8/13/12




Boris Karloff
as 
Edmond Bateman
in
 The Raven (1935)

8/12/12





Jeanne Moreau 
Le Sphinx 
in a 1954 adaptation of La Machine Infernale 
by Jean Cocteau






Hans/Jean Arp

When Arp spoke in German he referred to himself as "Hans", and when he spoke in French he referred to himself as "Jean". Many people believe that he was born Hans and later changed his name to Jean, but this is not the case.




A 1917 case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Middle East,
 known then locally as "Jericho Buttons" for the frequency of cases near the ancient city of Jericho.

Leishmaniasis is an infection caused by the bite of the female sand fly (genus: Phlebotomine and Lutzomyia)

details here







The Countess of Castiglione
 Photo by Pierre-Louis Pierson (detail)
c.1863/66





Nerofibromatosis
The Burns Archive






Eternal Pain 
 by Paul Dardé
1913

8/11/12













The creation of Dorian Gray
by Dick Smith
From
 Famous Monsters of Filmland #17, 1962





By Dick Smith
 Golden Showcase (Season 1, Episode 1)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1961


8/10/12





A color photo of Christopher Tucker's make-up on actor John Hurt as "John Merrick" in 
The Elephant Man (1980)

8/9/12




Photograph by Percy Hennell

During WWII, Hennell documented the work of pioneering plastic surgeons, Harold Gilles and Archibald McIndoe.


Antony Wallace Archive, British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.





8/8/12







Tippi Hedren
make up test photos
The Birds
1963

"Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies.."-T.H.



8/7/12




Yeux Sans Visage
1960