Bill Blass, 1973, From Fashion In The '70s By Emmanuelle Dirix (2014)

Bill Blass, 1973, from Fashion in the '70s by Emmanuelle Dirix (2014)

Sarah Moon - The New York Times Magazine, March 1997, from The Graphis Photo Annual (1998)

Portrait of a Young Man, Age 29 (1567)

Giovanni Battista Moroni

Oil on canvas (56.9 x 44.4 cm)

Black was the most rare and expensive textile dye during the 16th century — available only to the top tier of society. The dye comes from the Logwood tree, found only in the New World (Yucatán Peninsula). Read more about it here.

-Hylas and the Nymphs-

Visionaire Magazine: 'The Bible Issue Mother & Child' Photography By: Jean-Paul Goude (1999)