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Wigglegram: Feast of Flowers in Angel City

June 23, 2014 by Jimin self-assignedLeave a Comment

I just made this wiggly animated gif, from a stereoscopic card shot circa 1903 that I found at the abundant and fabulous picture archives at the Library of Congress.

Title:The famous “Feast of Flowers” in the “Angel City” — reviewed by President Roosevelt, Los Angeles, Cal.

Repro#: LC-DIG-stereo-1s02034.

Ambidextrous on the moon

December 16, 2011 by Jimin Portraits, self-assignedLeave a Comment

Laura Left and Helena Right on the moon. Photo by Jim Newberry.

I shot this self-assigned portrait at my studio last week. The lunar inhabitants pictured are aerialists Laura Left and Helena Right of the duo Ambidextrous. (here’s an earlier post with a shot of them in the air at a lower altitude). The set was painted by the masterful artist Ray Borchers.