i’m smiling, i’m just smiling upside down

Illustrations by Theodor Kittelsen (Norwegian, 1857-1914) for Svartedauen (Black Death), 1900

A couple at a dance, Photo by Diane Arbus, 1960

Priceless “unhand me” face from my collection. No date/info.

“They were three months passing through the forest”, an illustration (for Old French Fairy Tales, 1920) by Virginia Frances Sterrett who died of tuberculosis #onthisday in 1931, at the age of just 30. See more of her magical illustrations here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/old-french-fairytales-illustrated-by-virginia-frances-sterrett-1920 #OTD

Psyché (Psyche), (Details), (1881), by Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823 – 1889), signed ALEX CABANEL and dated 1881 (lower left), oil on canvas, 40¼ x 28% in. (102.2 x 73.3 cm), Private Collection

Byblis (Biblis), (Detail), (1884), by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 – 1905), oil on canvas, 48 cm (18.8 in) x 79 cm (31.1 in), Salar Jung Museum, India

Debbie Deitering by Ellen von Unwerth

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room for the night

Aqrah, Iraqi Kurdistan (2016) by Safin Hamed ⍋ A shepherd and his flock on the green slopes — AFP / Getty Images

Photographed by Miles Herbert

Spreepark, Berlin, Germany

From our stacks: Illustration from Bewick's Woodcuts: Impressions of Upwards of Two Thousand Wood-Blocks, Engraved, for the most part, by Thomas & John Bewick, of Newcastle-On-Tyne. Including Illustrations of Various Kinds for Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides; Cuts for Private Gentlemen, Public Companies, Clubs, Exhibitions, Races, Newspapers, Shop Cards, Invoice Heads, Bar Bills &c. with An Introduction, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Blocks, and a List of the Books and Pamphlets Illustrated. By Thomas Hugo, M.A., F.R.S.L., F.S.A., &c. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1870.

Source: cooperhewitt.org

From " Aria di Napoli ", 1950

Breaking Open the Head, Bryan Kent Ward, 2015