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@daydreamwanderer.bsky.social

To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!

#SamuelBeckett

#WaitingForGodot

#portraitgraphy

#fineartphotography

a black and white portrait photo of Samuel Beckett, he sits on a chair. he wears a knitted turtleneck sweater

August 24, 2026 at 3:32 PM

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@daydreamwanderer.bsky.social

"L'art est dans tout : dans un geste, un vase, une casserole, un verre, une sculpture, un bijou, une manière d'être." — #CharlottePerriand

#art
#architecture
#furniture #design
#chaiseLongue

#portraitgraphy
#fineartphotography
#classicMono

a photograph of Charlotte Perriand, 1903 - 1999 🇫🇷
Architect, furniture designer

📷 Jacques Martin
probably in the early fifties

August 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM

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@daydreamwanderer.bsky.social

📷 Francis Haar born as Haár Ferenc (July 19, 1908 – December 22, 1997)

#FrancisHaar
#classicMono
#portrait
#portraitgraphy
#fineartphotography

August 20, 2026 at 5:52 AM

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@those-with-passion.bsky.social

David Bowie, 1965

📷 #AlisdairMacdonald 1940 - 2007 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

#DavidBowie

#fineartphotography
#classicMono
#portraitgraphy

Black and white Portrait photography of David Bowie

July 17, 2026 at 4:39 AM

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@those-with-passion.bsky.social

Since I can't hear your voice, your footsteps, or feel your presence, I have to pretend, so that's what I do.

📷 Nina Hauben

#fineartphotography
#portrait
#portraitgraphy
#classicMono
#memoriesmade
#tenderness
#sensual

July 12, 2026 at 5:39 AM

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@those-with-passion.bsky.social

BIRDS of MEXICO CITY is a striking #photographic series by Pieter Henket portraying a generation in #Mexico who are redefining #gender #identity and #self-expression with remarkable #courage and #imagination

#PieterHenket b. 1979 🇳🇱
#photographer
#portraitgraphy

Free as a bird: the Mexicans redefining gender – in pictures

From gymnasts in kitten heels to lovers stalked by a devil, Pieter Henket’s dazzling portrait series, Birds of Mexico City, can feel like being in ‘a museum where the art comes alive’

www.theguardian.com

June 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM

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@those-with-passion.bsky.social

Without elegance of the heart, there is no elegance.— Yves Saint Laurent

📷 #JeanloupSieff 1933 - 2000

#YvessaintLaurent Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent 1936 - 2008

#fineartphotography
#portrait
#portraitgraphy

June 16, 2026 at 4:57 AM

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@those-with-passion.bsky.social

“The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.”
(Murphy, 1938)

Beckett’s words are tender blows to the heart, superbly morose, always acerbic, and unrelentingly pessimistic.

📷 Samuel Beckett, 1977

#SamuelBeckett 1906 - 1989

#portraitgraphy
#fineartphotography
#tenderness