Thursday, January 30, 2025

Day 4540: Frida Kahlo, 4 letter words & TBT

"Used": junk collage, acrylics, digital.



 




  

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Click: David Sanborn, Maputo.


 


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Almost every artist I know shares a love or fascination with Frida Kahlo. German-born French photographer Gisle Freund (1908-2000) offers a rare look at Frida Kahlo in intimate snapshots taken of the celebrated artist during some of the last years of her life.
 

  Freund, who fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and later became known as one of the greatest portraits photographers in history, met the legendary couple Kahlo and Diego Rivera when she embarked on a two-week trip to Mexico in 1950. A fortnight gradually turned into two years that Freund spent living in the home of Kahlo and Rivera. During that time, Freund captured hundreds of photos documenting the couple's private lives as well as the rich culture of Mexico.


  
As Freund's poignant images show, Kahlo loved to spend time painting and wandering through her garden with her pet dogs, even when she became weaker and later confined to a wheelchair.



 

  
 
A 5  minute video,  Coin Operated , here
 
 
 

  
 
Just because ...

American White Ibis by Daniel Riddle




 

Thursday's Smiles ... 




 

 








  
  



  

2 comments:

elenor said...

These photos of Frida Kahlo are superb! Gisèle Freund was also a true artist. What luck when one artist meets an even greater artist.
Thanks for another interesting blog, Jacki!
Sending you lots of cyber hugs across the ocean!

jacki long said...

Thank you, Elenor. I am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Have a great day and weekend.