i wanna make a new guy. but idk how to make em... unique looking...
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Leith, Scotland. July 2023.
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SET ONE - ROUND ONE - MATCH SIX
"Dr. Helen Taussig" (1975 - Yousuf Karsh) / "Une Martyre" (1913 - André Devambez)
DR. TAUSSIG: karsh is considered one of the best portrait photographers of the 20th century and it shows. this is the guy who was so unintimidated by winston churchill he just took churchill's cigar OUT OF HIS MOUTH and then took a picture of churchill GLARING at him. who ignored william lyon mackenzie king trying to order him not to take a picture of him looking Vulnerable and instead got one of him reading with his dog. and yet. this picture is of helen taussig. not well known around the world, but she helped change it. this lady essentially founded the field of pediatric cardiology. she saved thousands of children with heart defects. and this portrait shows it! she's cradling this baby so carefully, as she listens to their heart. and the baby stares at the viewer. curious about the world, and the thing hanging in front of them, and so so alive (kaerran)
UNE MARTYRE: something about this painting is so eerie in the best way. it strikes just the right balance of horrifying and making you want to look at it longer. perfection (frillishpink)
("Dr. Helen Taussig" is a 1975 black and white photograph taken of the doctor herself at the John Hopkins Hospital for the “Healers of Our Age” Series II. You can find the rest of Karsh's work here.
"Une Martyre" is a 1913 watercolor painting done by the French artist André Devambez based on a Baudelaire poem of the same name.)
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