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A PICTORIAL TRAIL OF MY MEANDERINGS THROUGH FASHION, ART AND LIFE

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Portrait of Helen Levitt (1963)
Helen Levitt, 31 Aug. 1913 - 29 Mar. 2009.

Portrait of Helen Levitt (1963)

Helen Levitt, 31 Aug. 1913 - 29 Mar. 2009.

Boys Playing Over Doorway, by Helen Levitt

Boys Playing Over Doorway, by Helen Levitt

Girls Staring at Soap Bubbles, Helen Levitt (1940s)

Girls Staring at Soap Bubbles, Helen Levitt (1940s)

You say pre- and post-war New York street life...

I think Helen Levitt and Irwin Shaw.

Bread line beside the Brooklyn Bridge (by OWI) - Library of Congress Photographs collection.
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Bread line beside the Brooklyn Bridge (by OWI) - Library of Congress Photographs collection.

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You say Arthur Miller...

I think Brooklyn in the 1930s.

John Huston, Arthur Miller & Clark Gable by Henri Cartier-Bresson, on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

John Huston, Arthur Miller & Clark Gable by Henri Cartier-Bresson, on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

The Misfits’ horse shot by Ernst Haas, 1961.

The Misfits’ horse shot by Ernst Haas, 1961.

Monroe & Gable by Eve Arnold, same as previously.

Monroe & Gable by Eve Arnold, same as previously.

Monroe by Eve Arnold on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

Monroe by Eve Arnold on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

Monroe by Eve Arnold on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

Monroe by Eve Arnold on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

Monroe & Miller by Inge Morath, on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

Monroe & Miller by Inge Morath, on the shooting of The Misfits, 1961.

You say Marilyn...

I think Arthur Miller and The Misfits.

Marilyn Monroe ‘caught’ by Richard Avedon, 1957 (via 2 Tropical).

Marilyn Monroe ‘caught’ by Richard Avedon, 1957 (via 2 Tropical).

Marilyn Monroe posing for Richard Avedon, 1957 (via larageijsen).

Marilyn Monroe posing for Richard Avedon, 1957 (via larageijsen).