Basil Clavering (1910-1973)
Studio Royale Hussar
Queen’s Guard
Colville Gallery
Clavering was a successful businessman, and owned the Gala-Royale cinema chain. More as a hobby than anything else, he established a photographic studio in the basement of his Pimlico home, with his friend John Charles Parkhurst (1927-2000). Both men had served in the Navy, and they were drawn to the military men around the Hyde Park and Chelsea barracks, whom they paid to model for them.
W. Eugene Smith, The Loft Window, ca. 1957-1964
Rumie and Sayuri: orphan sisters, 1959 - by Ken Domon (1909 - 1990), Japanese
lotte pritzel : dolls for the showcase (1914)
Couples kissing on the street, New York City, circa 1970s ♡
Photographed by Leon Levinstein
“A disco nap keeps you pretty and witty and gay!” (Photographed by Phyllis Christopher.)
source: The Femme’s Guide to the Universe, written by Shar Rednour