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
Pinned
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.
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eu adoro essa música, dá pra fazer uma lista no letterboxd com todos os filmes em que ela toca
Petula Clark's "Downtown" introduces the great Truck Stop Scene from François Girard's Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Colm Feore is wonderful as Gould.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikxk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikxk...
Glenn Gould - Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould - Truck Stop - Sub ITA
YouTube video by iosonofederico
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
eu adoro essa música, dá pra fazer uma lista no letterboxd com todos os filmes em que ela toca
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Un thread sur Petula Clark. Vous ne lirez rien de plus français aujourd’hui (yes, we did have a crush on Petula).
Happy birthday Petula Clark 🎂
📷 Albert Clarke, 1957
National Portrait Gallery, London
"If she was a swinging Englander, she was a clean-cut gal, not a slinky kohl-eyed 'bird' who might lead a boy to ruin."
- Stephen Holden
📷 Albert Clarke, 1957
National Portrait Gallery, London
"If she was a swinging Englander, she was a clean-cut gal, not a slinky kohl-eyed 'bird' who might lead a boy to ruin."
- Stephen Holden
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Un thread sur Petula Clark. Vous ne lirez rien de plus français aujourd’hui (yes, we did have a crush on Petula).
Happy birthday Daniel Barenboim 🎂
📷 Erich Auerbach, 1966 🏓
"There is always something happening. He is always moving the world. He never stands still."
- Michael Haefliger
youtube.com/watch?v=0Ak_...
📷 Erich Auerbach, 1966 🏓
"There is always something happening. He is always moving the world. He never stands still."
- Michael Haefliger
youtube.com/watch?v=0Ak_...
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Happy birthday Daniel Barenboim 🎂
📷 Erich Auerbach, 1966 🏓
"There is always something happening. He is always moving the world. He never stands still."
- Michael Haefliger
youtube.com/watch?v=0Ak_...
📷 Erich Auerbach, 1966 🏓
"There is always something happening. He is always moving the world. He never stands still."
- Michael Haefliger
youtube.com/watch?v=0Ak_...
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One last Petula Clark portrait:
Petula Clark & the late, great, Laurie Johnson, by Harry Hammond, 1955
Petula Clark & the late, great, Laurie Johnson, by Harry Hammond, 1955
November 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
One last Petula Clark portrait:
Petula Clark & the late, great, Laurie Johnson, by Harry Hammond, 1955
Petula Clark & the late, great, Laurie Johnson, by Harry Hammond, 1955
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Another remarkable portrait: Petula Clark by Chris Ware
glossy bromide print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
glossy bromide print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
November 15, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Another remarkable portrait: Petula Clark by Chris Ware
glossy bromide print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
glossy bromide print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
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Here's an awesome photograph: Godfrey Herbert Winn & Petula Clark by George Douglas
vintage print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
Winn was a fascinating character; at this time he was a newspaper columnist & radio presenter. Check out the vanity license-plate!
vintage print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
Winn was a fascinating character; at this time he was a newspaper columnist & radio presenter. Check out the vanity license-plate!
November 15, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Here's an awesome photograph: Godfrey Herbert Winn & Petula Clark by George Douglas
vintage print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
Winn was a fascinating character; at this time he was a newspaper columnist & radio presenter. Check out the vanity license-plate!
vintage print, 1950s
National Portrait Gallery, London
Winn was a fascinating character; at this time he was a newspaper columnist & radio presenter. Check out the vanity license-plate!
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Petula Clark and Peter O’Toole on the set of Herbert Ross's Goodbye Mr. Chips
📷 Larry Ellis, 1968
📷 Larry Ellis, 1968
November 15, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Petula Clark and Peter O’Toole on the set of Herbert Ross's Goodbye Mr. Chips
📷 Larry Ellis, 1968
📷 Larry Ellis, 1968
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Petula Clark's first screen credit: a memorable small part in Powell & Pressburger's 1945 film I Know Where I'm Going. She's really natural, & charming, & only 13 years old.
November 15, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Petula Clark's first screen credit: a memorable small part in Powell & Pressburger's 1945 film I Know Where I'm Going. She's really natural, & charming, & only 13 years old.
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A portrait of 14-year old Petula Clark by Norman Parkinson for Vogue's "Young as You Are" feature, 1947
November 15, 2024 at 8:23 PM
A portrait of 14-year old Petula Clark by Norman Parkinson for Vogue's "Young as You Are" feature, 1947
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Petula Clark's "Downtown" introduces the great Truck Stop Scene from François Girard's Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Colm Feore is wonderful as Gould.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikxk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikxk...
Glenn Gould - Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould - Truck Stop - Sub ITA
YouTube video by iosonofederico
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Petula Clark's "Downtown" introduces the great Truck Stop Scene from François Girard's Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Colm Feore is wonderful as Gould.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikxk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikxk...
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One of the oddest of Glenn Gould's many oddities was his fascination with Petula Clark. Here he is talking about her on CBC radio, from 1967. He said her voice was "fiercely loyal to its one great octave."
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Glenn Gould's fascination with Petula Clark
Gould reads his essay on the British pop singer. (excerpt)
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2024 at 8:19 PM
One of the oddest of Glenn Gould's many oddities was his fascination with Petula Clark. Here he is talking about her on CBC radio, from 1967. He said her voice was "fiercely loyal to its one great octave."
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Happy birthday Petula Clark 🎂
📷 Albert Clarke, 1957
National Portrait Gallery, London
"If she was a swinging Englander, she was a clean-cut gal, not a slinky kohl-eyed 'bird' who might lead a boy to ruin."
- Stephen Holden
📷 Albert Clarke, 1957
National Portrait Gallery, London
"If she was a swinging Englander, she was a clean-cut gal, not a slinky kohl-eyed 'bird' who might lead a boy to ruin."
- Stephen Holden
November 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Happy birthday Petula Clark 🎂
📷 Albert Clarke, 1957
National Portrait Gallery, London
"If she was a swinging Englander, she was a clean-cut gal, not a slinky kohl-eyed 'bird' who might lead a boy to ruin."
- Stephen Holden
📷 Albert Clarke, 1957
National Portrait Gallery, London
"If she was a swinging Englander, she was a clean-cut gal, not a slinky kohl-eyed 'bird' who might lead a boy to ruin."
- Stephen Holden
Listening to Ahmad Jamal’s Emerald City Nights, released in December 2022. This was recorded in Seattle 1963-64.
A great cover photo by Don Bronstein.
Ahmad, play "Misty" for me:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekR9...
A great cover photo by Don Bronstein.
Ahmad, play "Misty" for me:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekR9...
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Listening to Ahmad Jamal’s Emerald City Nights, released in December 2022. This was recorded in Seattle 1963-64.
A great cover photo by Don Bronstein.
Ahmad, play "Misty" for me:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekR9...
A great cover photo by Don Bronstein.
Ahmad, play "Misty" for me:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekR9...
What’s your favourite song about the rain? ☔️
Judy Collins's version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSq...
Judy Collins's version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSq...
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
What’s your favourite song about the rain? ☔️
Judy Collins's version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSq...
Judy Collins's version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTSq...
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Time to throw on the Switched On Bach vinyl. It’s party time!!!!
Happy birthday Wendy Carlos 🎂
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Time to throw on the Switched On Bach vinyl. It’s party time!!!!
Happy birthday Wendy Carlos 🎂
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Happy birthday Wendy Carlos 🎂
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
📷 Leonard M. DeLessio, 1979
"For me, she’s a hero. Not only is she a pioneer in electronic music, but she’s also a pioneer of living with grace, courage, & personal conviction in the modern age."
- Jonny Pierce
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More than a century before the Eurostar and LeShuttle, a group of engineers and statesmen dreamed (and fretted) about connecting Britain to France with an underwater tunnel. @PM_Keeling drills into the early history of the Channel Tunnel — publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
More than a century before the Eurostar and LeShuttle, a group of engineers and statesmen dreamed (and fretted) about connecting Britain to France with an underwater tunnel. @PM_Keeling drills into the early history of the Channel Tunnel — publicdomainreview.org/essay/t...
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We used to be a real country
Aaron Copland & Oscar Levant laugh it up at a Leonard Bernstein party, photographed by Stanley Kubrick in 1949 for Look magazine
I adore this shot!
I adore this shot!
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We used to be a real country
Remembering Aaron Copland on his birthday 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
📷 Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Remembering Aaron Copland on his birthday 🎂
📷 Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
📷 Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
Remembering Dick Powell on his birthday 🎂
📷 Earl Leaf, 1955
"Powell had an uncanny knack of reinventing himself: first, as a big band crooner, then a musical star, a serious actor, a director & finally an enormously successful producer in television."
- John Farr
📷 Earl Leaf, 1955
"Powell had an uncanny knack of reinventing himself: first, as a big band crooner, then a musical star, a serious actor, a director & finally an enormously successful producer in television."
- John Farr
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Remembering Dick Powell on his birthday 🎂
📷 Earl Leaf, 1955
"Powell had an uncanny knack of reinventing himself: first, as a big band crooner, then a musical star, a serious actor, a director & finally an enormously successful producer in television."
- John Farr
📷 Earl Leaf, 1955
"Powell had an uncanny knack of reinventing himself: first, as a big band crooner, then a musical star, a serious actor, a director & finally an enormously successful producer in television."
- John Farr
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indeed, Shrek is love, Shrek is life
Remembering William Steig on his birthday 🎂
📷 Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
📷 Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
indeed, Shrek is love, Shrek is life
Remembering William Steig on his birthday 🎂
📷 Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
📷 Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Remembering William Steig on his birthday 🎂
📷 Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
📷 Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
A wonderful photo by Richard Kalvar on his birthday 🎂
A nun in front of an advertising poster for "Vedette", representing la Mère Denis, 1974. The Magnum caption says the nun is "an Henri Cartier-Bresson look-alike". I'm assuming that's Kalvar's joke. And a good one it is!
A nun in front of an advertising poster for "Vedette", representing la Mère Denis, 1974. The Magnum caption says the nun is "an Henri Cartier-Bresson look-alike". I'm assuming that's Kalvar's joke. And a good one it is!
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A wonderful photo by Richard Kalvar on his birthday 🎂
A nun in front of an advertising poster for "Vedette", representing la Mère Denis, 1974. The Magnum caption says the nun is "an Henri Cartier-Bresson look-alike". I'm assuming that's Kalvar's joke. And a good one it is!
A nun in front of an advertising poster for "Vedette", representing la Mère Denis, 1974. The Magnum caption says the nun is "an Henri Cartier-Bresson look-alike". I'm assuming that's Kalvar's joke. And a good one it is!
Remembering Veronica Lake on her birthday 🎂
📷 George Hurrell, 1941
"I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair."
📷 George Hurrell, 1941
"I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair."
November 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Remembering Veronica Lake on her birthday 🎂
📷 George Hurrell, 1941
"I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair."
📷 George Hurrell, 1941
"I never did cheesecake like Ann Sheridan or Betty Grable. I just used my hair."