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Posts by Mark Addison Smith
April 1946.
Marlon Brando wearing a large double-breasted overcoat. Photo by Cecil Beaton for Vogue.
Before the beard and hair are added #needlefelting
I'd like to write 10,000 words about how Norman and Sam look alike and this time it is not Norman who is reflected and becomes two people.
#TCMParty
Two vacancies: One PhD position and one Postdoc position within the project Fabulous Archives: Queer Intellectuals and their Archives.
Alfred Hitchcock on the set of The Birds
Rod Taylor and Suzanne Pleschette on on the set of The Birds
Tippi Hedren on the set of The Birds
Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock on the set of The Birds
On March 28, 1963, Hitchcock’s "The Birds" hit U.S. theaters. On a $3.3M budget, it grossed $11.4M domestically. It features no musical score; Bernard Herrmann supervised a pioneering electronic soundscape using the Mixtur-Trautonium to create synthesized bird effects. 🎬🐦⬛
Such a great one.
March 21, 1982: "Annie" directed by John Huston, starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnett premieres.
Eyes To See With/Ojos que ver (Flor Garduño, India, 2013).
#photography
#blackandwhitephotography
Thank you! 💚
Portrait of a man with a long beard, painted in profile
keep coming across wonderful portraits in my readings/research. Here is Claude Monet by John Singer Sargent, 1887!
Sheet of paper showing creased fold lines, with roughly oval, vertical pink form in the center with words "Be Calm" within in, and showing signature at bottom of artist Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois, Be Calm, 2005
He's one of those. (awkward green...round 16, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / February 5, 2026 / Whenever you want, we can have some, uh, pizza. / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (little pop of pink...round 15, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / February 4, 2026 / It's a beefy day. / Zoom, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (PG-13 + R...round 14, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / January 31, 2026 / HONEY, JUST HOLD ON / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (pen is pink, round 13, 2 speakers, 2 cities) / You Look Like The Right Type / January 28 + 29, 2026 / We'll kiss again soon. / You look like you're a little jealous. / Baton Rouge + New Orleans, Louisiana / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (blue round 12, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / January 28, 2026 / Thanks for speaking up for yourself. / Baton Rouge, Louisiana / New queer book coming soon.
George Platt Lynes (1940s)
Thomas Eakins: Study in the human motion. (1890s)
NORA EPHRON!
Jean Cocteau and his lover Jean Marais, Photo by Cecil Beaton, 1938–39
He's one of those. (round 11, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / January 15, 2026 / My whole thing is that queer relationships are elastic. / So I don't like stapling. / It just makes it too formal. / Zoom call to New York, New York from Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (round 10, 1 speaker / PG-13 + R) / You Look Like The Right Type / January 10, 2026 / It's illegal in some states. / I think you should. / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (round 9, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / December 27, 2025 / I need to be double-strained for clarity. / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
He's one of those. (round 8, 1 speaker) / You Look Like The Right Type / December 17, 2025 / You look a little naked / Rogers Park, Chicago / New queer book coming soon.
Morning Ritual
#terryhowardart #rebelle8pro
Last painting of 2025.
I find reflections to be particularly challenging.
For 2026, I'm going to focus on composition.
#gayart #gaymaleart #terryhowardart
Opening day of PRETTY IN PINK, 2/28/86 (Happy 40th)