asiasociety:

Photos: Kyrgyz People Cling to Tradition in Forbidding Corner of Northern Afghanistan

Photographer Matthieu Paley spent more than a decade photographing the Afghan Kyrgyz people, who live in one of the world’s most remote and inhospitable areas.

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definitelydope:

By Monika Ottehenning

deviatesinc:

Mathilde de Morny and Colette

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air-ahead:

Tuareg bride by العقوري [ Libya Photographer ]

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asiadreaming:

mai nishida | 西田麻衣

atavus:

Roe Ethridge - Pigeon, 2001

travelthisworld:

Saint Cecil Cathedral, Albi, France

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carolathhabsburg:

Adan´s magazine. 1960s.

vintagemarlene:

gloria swanson (via stirredstraightup.blogspot.com)

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ivebeentoamarvellousparty:

Ida Rubinstein dancing as Saint Sebastian, or posing in promotional photos for that role.

Ida was perhaps not one of the virtuosa ballerinas of her time (1920s), but she was known for her acting skills on stage.

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the-next-emperor:

A gege from Qing dynasty. (In China, an emperor’s daughter was called ‘gege’ and not princess.)

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theartofchina:

© Feng Hai | 冯海 (b.1971), New garden fantasies. 

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dynamicafrica:

Kiara Kabukuru in Vogue Germany Oct 97 by Ruven Afanador

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