History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill

14 July, 2012

Shadow and Light

A showcase of incredible photographs by Hungarian-born photographer Gjon Mili. Unless otherwise specified, taken in Mili's studio in NYC. 

From the LIFE archives. 


Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

Skaters of the Hollywood Ice Revue at Madison Square Gardens, NYC, 1948. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A model in raincoat, umbrella and galoshes, 1943. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A little girl watching soap bubbles, 1941. Source




Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

Contestants dancing in a Caribbean dance contest, NYC, 1950. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A car being driven through deep water at a Ford test site, Detroit, 1948. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

Three models and a dog, 1945. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A double exposure of a woman in a hat, 1946. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A woman powdering her face, 1943. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A model in a pleated dress and hat, 1950. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

The hands of jazz pianist Eddie Heywood reflected in a keyboard, 1943. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

Picasso "painting" with light, Vallauris, France, 1949. (more in this series here). Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A woman modelling rainwear, 1941. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

Director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I. A. L. Diamond, Hollywood, 1960. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A woman's eye, 1945. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

A double exposure of a woman in a full draped coat, c. 1946. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

Dancers demonstrating the lindy hop, 1943. Source



Gjon Mili, LIFE © Time Inc.

Model Elise Daniels standing on a New York street, 1956. Source


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