Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
aka Deny Fear
📷 Esther Bubley
Man on Platform, c. 1951
Profile:
Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
📷 Esther Bubley
Man on Platform, c. 1951
Profile:
Nicola D'Ascenzo's "His Master's Voice" stained-glass window
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
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Dean Frey
@dean.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Another cup of coffee? No thanks, I've had plenty... Ha ha ha ha ha! I'm just kidding. Keep 'em coming. ☕️☕️☕️
Lew Baxter in Her Own Money, 1922
This is a print from the great French photographer Roger Corbeau's silent Hollywood film collection.
Lew Baxter in Her Own Money, 1922
This is a print from the great French photographer Roger Corbeau's silent Hollywood film collection.
Reposted by Dean Frey
"We'll drink a cup of kindness yet
For the sake of auld lang syne"
Goodnight💫
📷Sergio Larrain ~ Chelsea Arts Ball 1958, New Years Eve.
For the sake of auld lang syne"
Goodnight💫
📷Sergio Larrain ~ Chelsea Arts Ball 1958, New Years Eve.
January 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
"We'll drink a cup of kindness yet
For the sake of auld lang syne"
Goodnight💫
📷Sergio Larrain ~ Chelsea Arts Ball 1958, New Years Eve.
For the sake of auld lang syne"
Goodnight💫
📷Sergio Larrain ~ Chelsea Arts Ball 1958, New Years Eve.
Reposted by Dean Frey
This is the sound of you
here and now whether or not
anyone hears it this is
where we have come [...]
our knowledge such as it is
and our hopes such as they are
invisible before us
untouched and still possible
~ W.S. Merwin
’To the New Year’
Agnes Martin | The Egg
here and now whether or not
anyone hears it this is
where we have come [...]
our knowledge such as it is
and our hopes such as they are
invisible before us
untouched and still possible
~ W.S. Merwin
’To the New Year’
Agnes Martin | The Egg
December 31, 2024 at 11:14 PM
This is the sound of you
here and now whether or not
anyone hears it this is
where we have come [...]
our knowledge such as it is
and our hopes such as they are
invisible before us
untouched and still possible
~ W.S. Merwin
’To the New Year’
Agnes Martin | The Egg
here and now whether or not
anyone hears it this is
where we have come [...]
our knowledge such as it is
and our hopes such as they are
invisible before us
untouched and still possible
~ W.S. Merwin
’To the New Year’
Agnes Martin | The Egg
Reposted by Dean Frey
Diana Ross & Steve Rubell at Studio 54’s New Year's Eve party 🎉
📷 Allan Tannenbaum, December 31, 1978
📷 Allan Tannenbaum, December 31, 1978
December 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Diana Ross & Steve Rubell at Studio 54’s New Year's Eve party 🎉
📷 Allan Tannenbaum, December 31, 1978
📷 Allan Tannenbaum, December 31, 1978
Reposted by Dean Frey
William Steig
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
William Steig
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
Reposted by Dean Frey
Yeah. Probably this.
"Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bileless New Year and leave it at that."
- Dorothy Parker
Parker & Alan Campbell at a Webster Hall New Year’s Party 🥳
📷 Peter Stackpole, 1938
- Dorothy Parker
Parker & Alan Campbell at a Webster Hall New Year’s Party 🥳
📷 Peter Stackpole, 1938
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Yeah. Probably this.
Reposted by Dean Frey
Exponentially Iconic image. Stunning.
The decor, the father-son, the fashion spectrum,
the generational expanse.
Not just any generational expanse, but particularly that one,
which was so defined by that very expanse itself.
Absolutely iconic.
The decor, the father-son, the fashion spectrum,
the generational expanse.
Not just any generational expanse, but particularly that one,
which was so defined by that very expanse itself.
Absolutely iconic.
January 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Exponentially Iconic image. Stunning.
The decor, the father-son, the fashion spectrum,
the generational expanse.
Not just any generational expanse, but particularly that one,
which was so defined by that very expanse itself.
Absolutely iconic.
The decor, the father-son, the fashion spectrum,
the generational expanse.
Not just any generational expanse, but particularly that one,
which was so defined by that very expanse itself.
Absolutely iconic.
Andy Warhol celebrates his last New Year's Eve at Cafe Roma, December 31, 1986. He died less than two months later.
📷 Catherine McGann
@cmcgann.bsky.social
📷 Catherine McGann
@cmcgann.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Andy Warhol celebrates his last New Year's Eve at Cafe Roma, December 31, 1986. He died less than two months later.
📷 Catherine McGann
@cmcgann.bsky.social
📷 Catherine McGann
@cmcgann.bsky.social
This is great: Davy Jones sings & dances to Harry Nilsson’s “Daddy’s Song” in Bob Rafelson’s Head. He’s joined by Toni Basil, who did the choreography.
Stick around until the end for a surprise cameo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDi7...
Stick around until the end for a surprise cameo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDi7...
HEAD Daddy's Song
YouTube video by john smith
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is great: Davy Jones sings & dances to Harry Nilsson’s “Daddy’s Song” in Bob Rafelson’s Head. He’s joined by Toni Basil, who did the choreography.
Stick around until the end for a surprise cameo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDi7...
Stick around until the end for a surprise cameo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDi7...
Talking Heads: "Once in a Lifetime" from the album Remain in Light, 1980
Directed by Toni Basil & David Byrne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsS...
Directed by Toni Basil & David Byrne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsS...
December 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Talking Heads: "Once in a Lifetime" from the album Remain in Light, 1980
Directed by Toni Basil & David Byrne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsS...
Directed by Toni Basil & David Byrne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IsS...
The photographer Esmond Edwards tells a great story about Red Garland's legendary tardiness.
Happy New Year! 🎉
If I'm still up after midnight, I'll play this then:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFE6...
Happy New Year! 🎉
If I'm still up after midnight, I'll play this then:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFE6...
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The photographer Esmond Edwards tells a great story about Red Garland's legendary tardiness.
Happy New Year! 🎉
If I'm still up after midnight, I'll play this then:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFE6...
Happy New Year! 🎉
If I'm still up after midnight, I'll play this then:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFE6...
A great shot by John Olson of David Crosby with his father Floyd in the family home, for a Life magazine feature, September 24, 1971.
"My parents did their absolute best, but I'm just another stumbling-along-blind human being trying to do without the instruction booklet."
"My parents did their absolute best, but I'm just another stumbling-along-blind human being trying to do without the instruction booklet."
December 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A great shot by John Olson of David Crosby with his father Floyd in the family home, for a Life magazine feature, September 24, 1971.
"My parents did their absolute best, but I'm just another stumbling-along-blind human being trying to do without the instruction booklet."
"My parents did their absolute best, but I'm just another stumbling-along-blind human being trying to do without the instruction booklet."
Reposted by Dean Frey
Also How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and Beach Blanket Bingo. Respect.
I was yesterday days old when I learned that David Crosby of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash fame, is the son of Floyd Crosby, who shot High Noon and Roger Corman's wonderful The Pit and the Pendulum.
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Also How to Stuff a Wild Bikini and Beach Blanket Bingo. Respect.
Reposted by Dean Frey
For Matisse fans out there, this is a neat "Walk Through the Gallery" piece from NYT. A friend and I went in person to see “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York ten years ago. I can't believe it has been ten years.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Walk Through the Gallery (Published 2015)
This is the last weekend of an exhibition of Henri Matisse’s painted-paper works in New York. Can’t make it? Explore the art in this wall-to-wall experience.
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
For Matisse fans out there, this is a neat "Walk Through the Gallery" piece from NYT. A friend and I went in person to see “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York ten years ago. I can't believe it has been ten years.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Happy birthday Anthony Hopkins 🎂
📷 Alastair Thain
toned bromide fibre print, 1985
“Though he grew up very consciously as a neighbor and disciple to Richard Burton, Hopkins has a range that reaches from Charles Laughton to Laurence Olivier.”
- David Thomson
📷 Alastair Thain
toned bromide fibre print, 1985
“Though he grew up very consciously as a neighbor and disciple to Richard Burton, Hopkins has a range that reaches from Charles Laughton to Laurence Olivier.”
- David Thomson
December 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Happy birthday Anthony Hopkins 🎂
📷 Alastair Thain
toned bromide fibre print, 1985
“Though he grew up very consciously as a neighbor and disciple to Richard Burton, Hopkins has a range that reaches from Charles Laughton to Laurence Olivier.”
- David Thomson
📷 Alastair Thain
toned bromide fibre print, 1985
“Though he grew up very consciously as a neighbor and disciple to Richard Burton, Hopkins has a range that reaches from Charles Laughton to Laurence Olivier.”
- David Thomson
Reposted by Dean Frey
Another Paul Noth piece on this Matisse work
www.altaonline.com/culture/cart...
www.altaonline.com/culture/cart...
Weekly Cartoon: Altatude #11 Issue 22
This week's Friday funny comes to us from cartoonist Paul Noth.
www.altaonline.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Another Paul Noth piece on this Matisse work
www.altaonline.com/culture/cart...
www.altaonline.com/culture/cart...
Reposted by Dean Frey
and also a kitten between his legs, looks like
December 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
and also a kitten between his legs, looks like
Remembering Henri Matisse on his birthday 🎂
📷 Robert Capa, Nice, 1949
"Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality."
📷 Robert Capa, Nice, 1949
"Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality."
December 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Remembering Henri Matisse on his birthday 🎂
📷 Robert Capa, Nice, 1949
"Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality."
📷 Robert Capa, Nice, 1949
"Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality."
Reposted by Dean Frey
Love this, because it’s so true. Those 3 guys made some great songs together.
December 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Love this, because it’s so true. Those 3 guys made some great songs together.
Remembering Jule Styne on his birthday 🎂
📷 Murray Garrett, 1948
With his collaborator, Sammy Cahn.
"Frank's figured it out. He sings the words. The other fellers sing the notes. But we've already worked all that out: The words fit the notes. So sing the words."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnL2...
📷 Murray Garrett, 1948
With his collaborator, Sammy Cahn.
"Frank's figured it out. He sings the words. The other fellers sing the notes. But we've already worked all that out: The words fit the notes. So sing the words."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnL2...
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Remembering Jule Styne on his birthday 🎂
📷 Murray Garrett, 1948
With his collaborator, Sammy Cahn.
"Frank's figured it out. He sings the words. The other fellers sing the notes. But we've already worked all that out: The words fit the notes. So sing the words."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnL2...
📷 Murray Garrett, 1948
With his collaborator, Sammy Cahn.
"Frank's figured it out. He sings the words. The other fellers sing the notes. But we've already worked all that out: The words fit the notes. So sing the words."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnL2...
Reposted by Dean Frey
Sarah Miles in "The Servant" - BOTD
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sarah Miles in "The Servant" - BOTD
Reposted by Dean Frey
Goodbye December, we hardly knew ye!
Eugène Grasset ~ December, ‘La Belle Jardinière’ (1896)
#NewYearsEve
Eugène Grasset ~ December, ‘La Belle Jardinière’ (1896)
#NewYearsEve
December 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Goodbye December, we hardly knew ye!
Eugène Grasset ~ December, ‘La Belle Jardinière’ (1896)
#NewYearsEve
Eugène Grasset ~ December, ‘La Belle Jardinière’ (1896)
#NewYearsEve
Happy birthday Sarah Miles 🎂
📷 Joanne O'Brien, August 1985
Miles received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, 1970, but I think her best role was in Joseph Losey's The Servant, 1963
📷 Joanne O'Brien, August 1985
Miles received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, 1970, but I think her best role was in Joseph Losey's The Servant, 1963
December 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy birthday Sarah Miles 🎂
📷 Joanne O'Brien, August 1985
Miles received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, 1970, but I think her best role was in Joseph Losey's The Servant, 1963
📷 Joanne O'Brien, August 1985
Miles received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for David Lean's Ryan's Daughter, 1970, but I think her best role was in Joseph Losey's The Servant, 1963
A thread of Philippe and Yvonne Halsman's New Year's Cards 🧵
This one is from c. 1960
This one is from c. 1960
December 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A thread of Philippe and Yvonne Halsman's New Year's Cards 🧵
This one is from c. 1960
This one is from c. 1960
William Steig
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
December 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
William Steig
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 New Yorker cartoon
Happy New Year! 🥳
Owen Smith
"To A New Beginning"
New Yorker, December 25, 2006
Happy New Year! 🥳
"To A New Beginning"
New Yorker, December 25, 2006
Happy New Year! 🥳
December 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Owen Smith
"To A New Beginning"
New Yorker, December 25, 2006
Happy New Year! 🥳
"To A New Beginning"
New Yorker, December 25, 2006
Happy New Year! 🥳