Maria Wiik: Innocentia (1900) via Bukowskis
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[Self-portraits by Carrie Mae Weems, Käthe Kollwitz, Judy Baca, and Frida Kahlo, text “Never apologize for selfies”]
Wanted to get modern women artists and some WOC up in this one. If you reblog it would be cool if you kept the part in the brackets so these artists, two of whom are still working, will get credit—this conversational part below is nbd.
[Self-portraits of Caterina van Hemessen, Sofonisba Anguissola, Mary Beale, and Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, text “Never apologize for selfies”]
Sloan, Providence, Rhode Island, 1975-1978. Vintage gelatin silver print, 4 15/16 X 4 15/16”, ( 12.5 X 12.5 cm).
Boulder, Colorado, 1976. Vintage gelatin silver print, 8 X 10”, ( 20.3 X 25.4 CM).
Dorothy Lathrop ~ The Little Mermaid ~ 1939 ~ via
She had never seen such magic fires. Great suns whirled round, gorgeous fire-fish hung in the blue air, and all was reflected in the calm and glassy sea.