Laura R Benson

Irving Penn, “Bee on Lips”, for Vogue, NY, 1995

My love clothed herself in seafoam

monday

Source details and larger version.

I’ve been weaving a collection of vintage spider imagery.

Saul Steinberg, Country Noises.

Digitized plates of solar eclipses from the United States Naval Observatory Library & Archives

Locations and years of eclipses:

Pinehurst, North Carolina. May 28, 1900

Limerick, Maine. August 31, 1932

Iloilo, The Philippines. May 9, 1929

Guelma, Algeria. August 30, 1905

Fort De Kock, Sumatra. May 17, 1901

Barnesville, Georgia. May 28, 1900

The Snake Charmer (detail, 1884) John Evan Hodgson 

Fan made of textured paper painted with gouache, and cedar wood

Made in the UK 1905-1914

Collection V&A