Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Count Basie
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Madonna photographed by Stephen Torton at his loft on Crosby Street, 1982.
Stephen Torton:
One Day On Crosby Street …
One fine day early in my year of employment as Jean Michel Basquiat’s assistant; Madonna came by, popped a cassette of Everybody in the tape player and then hung out with us while we worked feverishly building and painting. I quickly shot off an entire roll of black and white film on my Leica.
The loft was a swirling, sumptuous carpet ride of activity and in these few moments time stopped… Love was in the air. This was not the eroticism of the Madonna of later years nor was it Basquiat; the ladykiller. This was the tender, childlike love of two kindred spirits wired for success who were grateful and soothed by the comfort of each other’s arms. The kinship of familiarity, a safe harbor full of joy.
So the James Webb telescope took a picture of a infant star!!
The small glowing blob is protostar L1527! Caught in the glow of its sunrise-like creation the baby is only 100,00 years old! It can take up to 50 million years for a star to reach the size of our sun. This infant has a long time to go.
Located 460 light years away this is one hell of a childhood photo!
Camp Trans 1994 an annual demonstration and event held outside the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. This demonstration was held to protest against the Festival's policy of excluding trans women from attending. (Pictured activists include: Nancy Burkholder, Riki Anne Wilchins, Leslie Feinberg, Minnie Bruce Pratt & James Green)
