Ouled Nail Couple, 1905

A young Ouled Nail couple, photographed by Rudolf Franz Lehnert. Tunisia / Algeria 1905      

Pasha and Bedouin, 1858

‘Pasha and Bedouin’, photographed by Roger Fenton in England 1858  

High Fashion, 1970

Les Lalanne, François-Xavier & Claude Lalanne, in their french studio 1980   High Fashion In France a artistic couple was able to take the art of making jewelry a bit higher… Les Lalanne is the name for a artist couple Read More …

Smoking Lover, 19th Century

“This abuna-e shows a woman smoking her pipe as she sits atop of her lover and reaches inside his kimono.” woodblock print, 19th Century “Abuna-e capture glimpses of nude or partially nude females involved in foreplay, bathing, washing their hair, Read More …

Love is as a Fever, 1905

“My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease, Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, Th’ uncertain sickly appetite to please.” – William Shakespeare, sonnet 147   Lehnert & Landrock – Tunisian Read More …

A couple that hookah’s together, 1850

Portrait of an unidentified man about 40 years of age and a somewhat younger woman, both in Oriental costume, between them is a hookah, the stem of which both are holding [between 1850 and 1860], by Mathew Brady’s studio, New Read More …