A collection of Gypsy photos

Some choice antique and vintage gypsy photos from the early to mid 1900s.  

find these [and more] 

HERE.

{ above photos with descriptions can be found here. }

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{ the above photo is of modern day gypsies, the one on the far right being Madame Scodioli herself! }

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Into the Future

... betchya didn't know I'm a fortune teller, did ya?

I love reading tarot cards as a hobby,

but I'm starting to take it more seriously.

And I'm pleased with the banner I recently made...

  

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  { the original graphic i created using photoshop. }

   { yes, I used an overhead projector.  shoot, I can't freehand like that! }

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{ I drew this design onto a piece of woven linen and mounted it on a large embroidery hoop.  I created the hand silhouette using Man Ray's photo of black and white hands painted by Picasso. }

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 Next project:  Gypsy tent!

We'll see... 

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tags: all seeing eye, fortune telling, future, gypsy, hand of fate, mystic, occult, past, present, reading, tarot cards

                                                                               

Let's Go to Bed

some bedrooms I could spend all day in...

{ more pretty places here and here. }

tags: antlers, bed, bedroom, blanket, blue, boho, bohemian, canopy, castle, decor, gypsy, home, pillow, red, rugs, sleep, stone, vintage, white

Lovely Ladies

As promised, here's version 2.0 of "Hot Tintypes":
The fairer sex.

Pretty photos of pretty people.
Tintypes, Daguerrotypes, Ambrotypes, and some other types, 
I'm sure...

 { This first picture is my new favorite favorite thing.  Witches? Witches!  What's with the dead bird? Doesn't matter.  It's all amazing, and an alluring mystery. }

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{ Gorgeous.  }

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{ This lady is the great or great-great grandmother of Drew Barrymore.  Fox! }

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{ A gypsy; taken after arriving on Ellis Island. }

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{ So haunting. }

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{ So young! }

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{ A straight-up Texas lass.  She'll cut a bitch. }

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{ I would wear allll of this. }

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And rounding out the "Hot Hair" category:

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Because I missed a few fellers last time:

{ Who is he? Who cares! He's a gentleman and a scholar... I can tell. }

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{ Artist Paul Gustave Dore.  Check out his amazing engravings. }

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{ ... }

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{ Could go either way.. }

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{ Haha... these are dudes. }

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tags: ambrotype, antique, daguerrotype. first drag queens, ladies, men, photograph, picture, tintype, victorian, women, 1800s