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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.

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Boys Playing Over Doorway, by Helen Levitt

Boys Playing Over Doorway, by Helen Levitt

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

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

Tags: 1940s new york kids vintage photography helen levitt

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. (via pingnews) wr3c4shztx

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

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Tags: Brooklyn 1930's vintage recession

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.

Tags: John Houston Arthur Miller Clark Gable Cartier-Bresson The Misfits

The Misfits’ horse shot by Ernst Haas, 1961.

The Misfits’ horse shot by Ernst Haas, 1961.

Tags: Ernst Haas The Misfits

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.

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

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

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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).

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

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