Douglas Kirkland, 1934 | Hollywood's photographer

Douglas Kirkland is a Canadian photographer based in the United States.

Douglas Kirkland is the legendary photographer who captured Hollywood elite.

Kirkland has been the cutting edge of fashion, photojournalism and portraiture, working for the world’s most reputable magazines for more than 50 years.

As a young photographer in 1961 he was assigned to shoot Marilyn Monroe during several hours in a closed studio one night, captured a stunning portfolio of alluring and intimate images that survive to this day as a testament to her beauty and vulnerability.

Douglas Kirkland | Marilyn Monroe, 1961

Edoardo Ettore Forti | Neo-Pompeian painter

Edoardo Ettore Forti (1850-1940) was an Italian painter, active late 19th century - early 20th century.

was an Italian painter, who was prolific in depicting realistic Neo-Pompeian scenes of Ancient Roman life and events. These subjects were popular in the late-Victorian period, as exemplified by the popularity of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

He concentrated on ancient Roman subjects, which were rarely based on actual historical events.

Eugeniusz Żak / Post-Impressionist painter

Eugeniusz Żak (1884-1926), also known as Eugène Zak and Eugene Zak, was a Polish artist, born to a family of Polish Jews in Minsk, Belarus.

As a boy he moved to Warsaw, where he graduated from a non-classical secondary school.

In 1902, he left for Paris to undertake studies, first at the École des Beaux-Arts in the studio of the aged master of academism Jean-Léon Gerôme, and then at Académie Colarossi in the studio of Albert Besnard.

In 1903, he traveled to Italy and toward the end of the year to Munich, where he entered a private school run by the Slovenian Anton Ažbé. His fame grew rapidly.

Madeleine Lemaire | The Empress of Roses

Madame Madeleine Lemaire, née Coll (1845-1928) was a French painter and illustrator specialized in watercolour and oils of still-lives of flowers, especially roses, genre scenes and portraits.

Madeleine Lemaire was a pupil in Paris of the artists Madame Herbelin and of Charles Chaplin.

In 1864, she made her debut in the Paris Salon where she was to exhibit throughout her life, winning awards in 1877 and 1900.

She also exhibited at the Société des Aquarellistes from 1879.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach | Quotes / Aforismi

▻ "Your whole body… is nothing more than your thought itself, in a form you can see. Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too…"

▻ "Il vostro corpo non è altro che il vostro pensiero, una forma del vostro pensiero, visibile, concreta. Spezzate le catene che imprigionano il pensiero, e anche il vostro corpo sarà libero".

18 Marzo, Giornata Nazionale in Memoria delle Vittime Covid-19

Quel giorno anche la mia città era deserta. Deserta di persone, di negozi, di vita!

Uscita con i miei barboncini, ero sola per la strada, sola con la paura e la tristezza.

Non avrei mai pensato di vivere scene del genere.

La sera, il telegiornale trasmise la fila dei 70 camion militari che stava lasciando il cimitero di Bergamo per portare via i feretri delle vittime del coronavirus della prima ondata.

Tutto il mondo rimase scioccato di quella scena.

Bargamo, 18-marzo 2020 | Covid-19

Ozz Franca | Figurative painter

Ozz Franca (1928-1991) - born and grew up in Sao Paolo, Brazil, and from an early age he showed talents an artist, as well as exceptional prowess as a competitive swimmer.

At 14 he won first prize at the annual Spring Salon Art Competition. At 15, he qualified for the Brazilian Olympic Swimming Team.

With two amazing talents, Franca was unsure what he should do with his life. Fate stepped in, and the Olympic Games were canceled the year Franca was to compete due to the outbreak of World War II.