"... What horrors were lurking under the red skies..."

Evening Dress, 1960

Cristóbal Balenciaga

White silk satin emboridered with crystals and polychrome silk and metal thread

Taken in the 'China: Through the Looking Glass' exhibition (May-September 2015).

This exhibition explores the impact of Chinese aesthetics on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. In this collaboration between The Costume Institute and the Department of Asian Art, high fashion is juxtaposed with Chinese costumes, paintings, porcelains, and other art, including films, to reveal enchanting reflections of Chinese imagery.

From the earliest period of European contact with China in the sixteenth century, the West has been enchanted with enigmatic objects and imagery from the East, providing inspiration for fashion designers from Paul Poiret to Yves Saint Laurent, whose fashions are infused at every turn with romance, nostalgia, and make-believe. Through the looking glass of fashion, designers conjoin disparate stylistic references into a pastiche of Chinese aesthetic and cultural traditions.

The exhibition features more than 140 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear alongside Chinese art. Filmic representations of China are incorporated throughout to reveal how our visions of China are framed by narratives that draw upon popular culture, and also to recognize the importance of cinema as a medium through which to understand the richness of Chinese history.

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In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue, New York

92220 "Evening Star", York, Scarborough Spa Express, 28 August 1984.

Went for a much needed but chilly walk with my daughter. Stopped for a quick evening portrait by the church close to our home.

The view across the Docklands, Victoria Harbour and Melbourne's western suburbs from the Rialto Towers.

Amtrak 696 heads west through Lawrence towards Boston this evening with 90220 leading.

evening dresses purses

Lately I have been drawn to take more photos in black & white. For some reason I find a strong sense of depth in it despite the fact that thistle has a beautiful purple colour. The bee just wanted to be part of the image...a bonus. Thanks for stopping by!

First go-round with the Fuji x100s

View over the CERN grounds after sunset, Jura mountains at the horizon.

Nov. 2007

In Explore, Dec. 5, #191

Fort Kochi

Waiting at the Woodley Park metro for the night to begin.

(Yes yes, we'll be back to Scotland pictures tomorrow.)

(Also, can I just mention again how much I love my 35mm lens?)

Large view.

Following a day of whale watching out of Port McNeil we returned to Campbell River, our home for the next two days. We decided to check out the new cruise ship terminal after dinner. The evening's guard was very knowledgeable, very patient and happy to have some company. While my siblings plied him with questions I kept taking shots of first the golden evening, then a glorious sunset.

It has taken me five months to post the shots as I could not decide which to post, which to exclude.

(Still in week one of being without my laptop.)

Evening hike to Eltrane,the end of Sulafjellet,view back to Langevåg where I started.

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canon 7d

canon 100mm macro l

jupiter-9

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May 1, 1948 Saturday Evening Post

Taken earlier this evening... while strolling along the Fox River. Lovely low sunlight and warm, summer-like feel.

This spring came so early, with a string of 80º+ days already in March! Brilliant greens and yellows and pinks and reds. Deep robin's egg blue skies... and now I'm adding iris lavender and purple to the list.

There's something new out there every day... don't miss it!

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Warm evening sunlight and brilliant spring color... larger and more detailed on black...

On the evening of the 6th July 2022 the VLCC 'Esteem Astro' (2019, 312,105DWT) departs from Fawley for Zafiro oil field in the Gulf of Guinea Only one movement to see on Wednesday night but a VLCC in ballast was plenty enough!

Amsterdam. Evening

Busse in Abendlandschaft.

Oct-1959 POST

One fine evening at Mastuj, looking toward the Tirich Mir, Chitral, Khyber Pakhtun Khuwa, Pakistan

Street photography in the evening in Prague.

Elkhaar - Iplehouse Elchanan, Attar-Dis - Dollshe Ausley

The first day I got my lens turned out to be a beautiful evening for a Sunset. I therefore headed to the west cliffs of Fair isle where a couple of Shetland Sheep turned out to be great subjects to photograph.

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evening. Probably rolled the kids in the city center

Hotel window view in Patreksfjordur, Iceland.

Nice late evening with nice colors and shallow mist and fog sitting below town of Bathgate. Photo is few weeks old now.

Nikon D7000

iso-100 (low)

f/9

1/20 second

manual

-0.7 down

filters:

polarizer filter

evening falls

Padling up the west arm of the Cowichan river estuary.

Light study, sketched on location from the hotel SeaCruise.

Sokcho, Korea

6-13-2013

I woke up this morning with a huge clap of lightning at 5:00 and it has steadily been raining ever since. They say severe weather could move in this afternoon. We need to dry out!