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Freja Beha Erichsen for UK Vogue, May 2006 photographed by Javier Vallhonrat

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- "Where are we going?" - "The future."

CHRIS EVANS and SEBASTIAN STAN as STEVE ROGERS and JAMES BUCHANAN BARNES ↳ CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (2011), dir. JOE JOHNSTON

'the ladies on the bridge,' edvard munch, oil on canvas, 1903.

a storm coming in on Georgian Bay in the late 1970s on film by my grandpa, courtesy of his old slide collection that I am in the process of scanning (@reelygoodtimes for more)

CHRIS EVANS as JOHN MATERIALISTS (2025) dir. Celine Song

“Much has been made of the fact that Bucky Barnes is one of the few people to recognize the greatness in Steve Rogers before his transformation into Captain America. Much has also been made of the fact that, in The First Avenger, Bucky demonstrably feels conflicted about that transformation. Less noted, however, is how Bucky’s sense of conflict and resentment—and the way he dealt with those feelings—reveals the kind of person he truly is. The narrative motif of the man who can recognize greatness in another but not attain it himself, and who is therefore corrupted by his resentment, is a classic trope. It appears in such literary masterpieces as Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo, Melville’s Billy Budd, and Schaefer’s Amadeus. However, the story of Bucky Barnes is one of a man who recognizes a greatness he cannot himself achieve and is not corrupted by that recognition. Unlike the villains of the above-mentioned tales, Bucky Barnes comes to terms with the situation, choosing friendship over envy—and heroism over villainy—something that suggests a greatness within Bucky Barnes that Bucky himself is not aware of. But Steve Rogers, of course, is. Just as Bucky is one of the few people to recognize Steve’s greatness; Steve is one of the few people to recognize Bucky’s. Both of them know each other better than they know themselves, and it is that parallel knowledge that ultimately saves them both.”

— Sara Reads: Pain, Personhood, and Parity: The Depiction of Bucky Barnes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe  (via sergeantjerkbarnes)

Anyway I had a lot of fun with the last one so I decided to do another photo study and I fucking regret it so much. Shiny objects my detested.

'mammoth mountain,' patty van dolson, c. 1980-90.

Noelia Towers (Spanish, b. Barcelona, Spain, based Chicago, IL, USA)Female Artists - Skinned Knee, 2025, Paintings: Oil on Linen De Boer Gallery