#Van Vechten

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Billie Holiday, 1949 Carl Van Vechten (American; 1880­­­–1964) Kodachrome slide Photograph taken: March 23, 1949 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

#Billie Holiday #Holiday #American singers #icons #American icons #American jazz #American jazz singers #American jazz musicians #Carl Van Vechten #Van Vechten #portraits #portrait photographs #legends #jazz singers #portrait photography #American portrait photographers #American portrait photography #singers #Lady Day #jazz #jazz musicians #musicians #African American singers #African American musicians

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Donald Windham and his partner Sandy Campbell (1955) by Carl Van Vechten. Windham was an author and memorist. Campbell was an actor, and later a publicist and editor, mainly for Windham. They met in 1943 and were together for 45 years until Campbells death in 1988.

#classic #style #gay #gay artist #black and white photography #gay history #lgbt artist #lgbt history #donald windham #sandy campbell #carl van vechten

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James Baldwin, Photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1955

#james baldwin #carl van vechten

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Florine Stettheimer, Portrait of Carl Van Vechten, 1922. Florine and Ettie Stettheimer Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature

#Florine Stettheimer #Carl Van Vechten #Art #Portrait

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Dizzy Gillespie por Carl van Vechten

#dizzy gillespie #carl van vechten #musica #trompeta #jazz

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VAN VECHTEN, Carl. (Betty Field)

Captioned by Van Vechten on the verso: "Betty Field. December 20, 1947" 

Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph. Approximately 7.25" x 9.5". Fine. Photographer's embossed name, as well as with his stamp on the verso. Captioned by Van Vechten on the verso: "Betty Field. December 20, 1947" with the number of the negative "XXIII.DD.1." Portrait of the American actress seated and looking to her left.

#Carl Van Vechten #Betty Field #Photographic Portraiture #Portrait #Portraits

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Carl Van Vechten. Jean Arthur, circa 1934.

#Carl Van Vechten #Jean Arthur

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Carl Van Vechten

Carmen de Lavallade, dancer, choreographer, actress, 1955

#carl van vechten #carmen de lavallade

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Carl Van Vechten (American, 1880-1964), Cab Calloway, c.1933

#photography #black and white #portraits #music #carl van vechten #cab calloway #1930s photography

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Man Ray, August 27, 1890 - November 18, 1976.

1934 photo by Carl van Vechten.

#man ray #carl van vechten #art

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~ Anna May Wong ~

Anna May Wong by Carl Van Vechten

You'll never be as COOL as Anna May Wong...

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'Til you get YOUR FACE on MONEY!

American Women Quarters

Anna May Wong. Hand-colored bromide postcard 1920s.

#Anna May Wong #photography #vintage photography #old hollywood #American Women Quarters #carl van vechten #gif

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Paul Taylor | Carl Van Vechten

#carl van vechten #paul taylor

[joeinct]

Salvador Dali, Paris. Photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1934

#carl van vechten #dali

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Anna May Wong, 1932. Photographed by Carl Van Vechten.

#anna may wong #black and white photography #black and white #monochrome #1930s #30s #carl van vechten #anna looking like marlene dietrich here #top hat #drinking #alcohol #booze

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Carl van Vechten. Austrian beauty Luise Rainer. 1937

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#BW #Black and White #黒と白 #Schwarz und weiß #Noir et blanc #Preto e branco #vintage #retro #Carl van Vechten #Austria #Luise Rainer #1930s #30s #1937 #portrait #肖像 #画像 #retrato #Porträt

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Carl Van Vechten

Man Ray, at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse exhibition in Paris

June 16, 1934

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