Moth Smoke Lingers, 1888
“The poets say some moths will do anything out of love for a flame… The moth takes off again, and we both step back, because he’s circling at eye level now and seems to have lost rudder control, smacking into Read More …
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Nautch Girls with Hookah, 1870
Nautch girls with Hookah, Kashmir, an albumen print by Frith, c.1870s
Hookah Break in the Shade, 1952
“Two farmers taking a break in the shade.” Punjab (province) Lahore, Pakistan 1952 Two farmers taking a break in the shade man with hookah setting fire. Punjab (province) Lahore, Pakistan 1952
Veiled Hookah, 1917
Two Egyptian Women and Girl in Costume, One Veiled, With Hookah (Water Pipe) – c.1917
Public Pipe, 1900
“Public pipe – The man holding the waterpipe, would sell 3 puffs to all comers, in public places.” Sichuan, China, 1900-1920 Selling puffs on a pipe, Sichuan, China, ca.1900-1920 – “A young man is shown wearing a pouch for Read More …
Visions of Hookah, 1933
Ramon Batlles – Advertising photograph for Myrurgia, 1933
Hookah Girl Painting, 18th century
A girl smokes a hookah -unknown, India – dated “last quarter of 18th century”
Rembetiko: The Music of Hashish
“to revoke, carried away, the love a woman, to stave off the suffering, to weep in secret for the injustices of society. They were people that had to live out of the boundaries of society; because they wanted to live Read More …
A Voluptuous Smoke, 1800’s
A Voluptuous Smoke by Charles Edouard Edmond Delort (1841 – 1895)
The Prince of Lebanon’s Daughter, 1873
The Prince of Lebanon’s Daughter posing with hookah in Beirut, Lebanon, 1873 Prince of Lebanon’s Daughter, Felix Bonfils taken in Beirut, Lebanon, 1873