Wednesday, June 13, 2012

100 Portraits: portraits 67 to 74

It’s the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
 Tallulah Bankhead


“Harlow was not frightened of the camera; she reacted to it, and in some strange way, I was the third party - THEY were the conspirators.”
— George Hurrell (MGM chief photographer)


“Big girls need big diamonds” Elizabeth Taylor



Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you’re just fair game. 
Greta Garbo



Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experience, but that’s not where I live. 
Marilyn Monroe 



I don’t want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures. 
Greta Garbo


I never said, ‘I want to be alone.’ I only said, ‘I want to be left alone.’ There is all the difference. 
Greta Garbo



I smoke all the time, one after the other. 
Greta Garbo



Saturday, May 26, 2012

Solar Eclipse of May 21, 2012

I shot this from about 5:52 till 7:30 on my front driveway. I had no way of registering the sun's position so  sorry about the jittery video. But you do get a sense of two massive bodies aligning in space. Always makes me feels so small.