American Cool

[retro ruth]

A great gallery of images from a new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery:

Eleven Photos That Define American Cool

The exhibition:
http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/Cool/index.html

A few images below, more on the links above:

Lauren Bacall, 1949

Jean-Michel Basquiat 1986

Debbie Harry 1978

So Cool.

 

[bartondoll]

the Tony Hawk photo is pretty cool!

 

[retro ruth]

I also love the Walt Whitman one!

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Beautiful Photos!

 

[furwise]

Ditto on Tony Hawk. My skateboarding son will definitely think that is cool. Interestingly, as controversial as Madonna is now, she is an icon, and was very cool back in 1983. She looked beautiful too.

 

[EndlessAlley]

Interesting, never thought the definition of "cool" to include a dark side.