weekend in newport, rhode island.

“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” – Rachel Carson

I spent the last couple days in Newport, Rhode Island. While it was not the most idyllic beach weekend in terms of weather, there’s still something really calming about the ocean in summer, even on an overcast day. Here are a few photos I took on Saturday while at Sachuest Beach in Middletown.

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bits of inspiration – #36.

Loving this photo series of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera featured in the New York Times blog today. In 1951 photographer Marcel Sternberger travelled to Mexico where he befriended the iconic couple and ultimately photographed them in a series of really incredible and intimate portraits. Visit the article here to see more photos form the collection and read about Sternberger’s unique approach to portrait photography.

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Image courtesy of the Frida Kalho Corporation, via the New York Times

bits of inspiration – #31.

This week Mashable published a series of photos of pre-fame Audrey Hepburn from a photo-shoot she did in London’s Kew Gardens in 1950. Even at 21, before her acting career had taken off, Hepburn conveys so much joy and humor through these images.

As I was looking at these I was reminded of some photographs of my grandmother that I saw for the first time last fall as I was helping my aunt to create a family photo album. I’m not sure exactly when and where the photos of my grandmother were taken but I would guess she was about the same age as Audrey here and the photos also seem to have been taken in a park. You can see more images from the photo shoot on Mashable. I’ve also included a couple of my grandmother’s photos below.

Audrey In The Park
Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) relaxes in Kew Gardens after a strenuous season in the London revue ‘Sauce Piquante’, 13th May 1950. Picture Post – 5035 – We Take A Girl To Look For Spring – pub. 1950 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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