Showing posts with label Carl Van Vechten. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carl Van Vechten. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Carl van Vechten

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Carl van Vechten began his professional life as a writer and critic, but he gave that up to take up photography.  Describing himself as an a...
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Donald and Sandy

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These two are Donald Windham and Sandy Campbell, lovers who used their connections and own money to found a major literary prize.  They also...
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Unknown

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I have no idea what the head cover and waist band signify, but I like the photo.  
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Allen Meadows and Hugh Laing

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Allen Meadows (left) and Hugh Laing make a nice counterpoint here.  
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Unknown

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The metallic backdrop for this photo of an unknown dancer might have been edgy at the time, it doesn't do much for me.  Van Vechten was ...
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Richard Wright

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Born and raised in Mississippi, novelist Richard Wright (1908-1960) wrote of the struggles of African-Americans in a racist America in the f...
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More curtains

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Van Vechten's male nudes tend to be in unimaginative settings such as this, although sometimes he spiced them up with prints and props. ...
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Seated

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We get a glimpse of bush in this van Vechten seated nude.  
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More curtains

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This unidentified van Vechten model looks partially wrapped in drapery material.  

John Latouche, 1914-1954

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Our last Carl van Vechten image is a portrait of Broadway lyricist John Latouche, taken during his World War II service in the U.S. Navy.  M...
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Saturday, December 24, 2022

Virgil Thomson and Maurice Grosser

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This is Lyne's 1936 portrait of groundbreaking American composer and author Virgil Thomson, 1896-1989.  Mr. Thompson and his lifelong lo...
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Monday, May 30, 2022

Carl van Vechten Day

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Carl van Vechten (1880-1964) was an American writer and photographer best known for chronicling the Harlem Renaissance and being the executo...
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Brando

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Van Vechten did a memorable photo shoot with up and coming Broadway star  Marlon Brando on December 27, 1948.  This is about as close to a n...
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Vincent Puriter

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Although he is consistently named on a number of archival and resale websites, I was not able to find any information on this Van Vechten mo...

Ramon Navarro

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Carl van Vechten's life and career intersected with a number of famous (and sometimes notorious) figures in 20th Century gay life.  He t...
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Bill Earl

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Dancer Bill Earl posed for Carl van Vechten in 1948. Mr. Earl later became a well regarded ballet instructor.  

James Earl Jones

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This relatively rare color Van Vechten photo is a young James Earl Jones.  

Dancer?

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One gets the impression that this unidentified Van Vechten model is a dancer.  
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Phillip Johnson

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This 1933 portrait of gay American architect Phillip Johnson is one of my favorite Van Vechten photographs.  
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Unknown

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Closing out the Carl van Vechten series with an unknown African-American model. I wish we knew who this handsome and well-built man was.