the angels wanna wear my red shoes

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John Shearer

“A barred, broken window is testament to the level of violence after inmates took over Attica Prison charging inhumane conditions; riot police were sent in 4 days later resulting in 10 guards and workers being killed along with 29 inmates.”

New York, 1971

[From the LIFE magazine Photo Archive]

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Fosco Maraini

Face seen through a broken window, circa 1950

[From the Réunion des Musées Nationaux]

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Eugen Wiškovský

Untitled, Undated

From Eugen Wiškovský

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Herbert Tobias

Selbstportrait

Paris, 1952

From Herbert Tobias: Fotographien 1950-1980

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Wayne F. Miller

“Simple” was a character the poet Langston Hughes used in his syndicated newspaper column. Upon seeing the man in this photograph, Hughes said, “That’s him.”

Midwest United States, 1946-49

Published in Ebony, December 1951

From Wayne F. Miller: Photographs 1942-1958

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Ralph Eugene Meatyard

Lexington, Kentucky, 1962

Gelatin Silver print

From The Photography Book by Phaidon

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Alfred Stieglitz

Georgia O’Keeffe, 1931

[via Le Clown Lyrique]

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Eva Besnyö

Violette Cornelius, photographer

Keizersgracht 522, Amsterdam, 1938

From Eva Besnyö