Film noir photography

FILM NOIR did it RIGHT. Show the BEAUTY in SHADOW. LIGHT & SHADOW: 2-Day Lighting Workshop AUGUST 12-13

A little radial blur creates a different mood from the same image. More ! than ~~~~~ :-/ Rick Silhouette: Caspar Braithwaite

Five years ago, I was told by a prominent perfumer that 75% of all fragrances are created by white, French men. I am not sure if that statistic was accurate but in recent years women perfumers are becoming as well known as their male counterparts by name, but perhaps not by face.

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by Matt Frederick

EO Hoppé's revelatory portraits of London life in the first half of the 20th century, now on show at the National Portrait GalleryHoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street is at the National Portrait Gallery from 17 February until 30 May

You need cops, venetian blinds, lots of smoking, hats, sweat, dead-end streets, guys who know all the angles except for the one that ends up sticking out of their backs. Sirens of the automotive and female kind. Film Noir is a genre of stylish crime dramas, difficult to define, but the 1940's and 50's were the classic period. Whether works since then can be accurately classed as Noir is a subject of much debate among film critics. Film Noir, and the literature from which it is drawn, is…

Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake in “This Gun For Hire” (1942)