My Friends Bordello No. 2

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Who would think a Bordello would be so appealing but I love these rooms (especially the equipment room…I became a fan of pink after seeing these as well as a lover of gouache, which is the medium John paints with.

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My Friends Bordello No.1 with Video

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The video of My Friends Bordello

Northern Ireland – Bessbrook Linen Mill Rowhouse

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Architecture, Historic, INTERIORS, Ireland, IRELAND ARCHITECTURE INTERIORS, Travel

One My Favorite Photographer – Clarence John Laughlin

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Architecture, art, New Orleans, PHOTOGRAPHY, Southern

Biography of a New Orleans Photographer

Clarence John Laughlin (1905- 1985) of New Orleans is arguably the father of photographic surrealism in America. He was best known for his photographs of old plantation homes and his book, Ghosts along the Mississippi, but his life’s work was varied and broad. Laughlin was a mainstream photographer who was published in many national magazines. His contemporaries and associates included photographers Minor White, Wynn Bullock, and Edward Weston, as well as legendary editor Maxwell Perkins.

Laughlin was, however, often marginalized and ignored due to misunderstandings of his work and his often volatile personality. Equally annoying to many was his devotion to capturing images that depicted, with a zealous and sometimes disturbing sense of self-righteousness, the evil and poverty that he saw in the world.

A. J. Meek looks into the controversial life of one of the greatest photographers in American history. Through interviews with Laughlin’s colleagues, friends, and family, the author details the tumultuous connection between the struggles of the artist’s life, including strained professional relationships and failed marriages, and the work that brought him fame.

 

“The Mirror of Long Ago” (1946)

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"The Mirror of Long Ago" (1946), originally uploaded by vidalia_11.

My favorite of Clarence John Laughlin’s’work. I love the romantic glimpse into the grand old past of the South as we knew it, but it also feels haunting.

Clarence John Laughlin, “Farewell to the Past” No. 4. March 8, 1946

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Clarence John Laughlin, "Farewell to the Past" No. 4. March 8, 1946, originally uploaded by BlackDoll.

Clarence John Laughlin captured the Romanticism and mystery of New Orleans as no one else has ever been able to do. His compositions captured the grand architecture fading into ruin and decay. but still with its beauty intact. He had an eye for fantasy and was able to make poetry with his work . Laughlin took areas out of the tourist view that had suffered from climatic conditions and poverty and created a world of his own. His was known as an Industrial and Architectural Photographer but I think most think of him as the the first American Surrealist photographer. and an enigma in his own right. It has been said the movie “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte ‘s” film direction was influenced by his work.