torpedo the ark

Blue Angel meets Blonde Bombshell     I.   In a fascinating series of photos taken at a New York party in 1955 [1] - four of which are repr...

Der blaue Engel embracing la Môme Piaf     German-born actress and singer Marlene Dietrich first met French chanteuse Édith Piaf in the la...

Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003) Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt (1939) One of the things that Roland Barthes doesn't like is...

Heide Hatry III. The Truth of Masks I don't want to appear dim, but I'm not sure I understand this opening sentence from yo...

What Roland Barthes felt about the face of Greta Garbo, I feel about the face of Marlene Dietrich: it's a pure and perfect object...