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Finally started playing L.A. Noire last night, and—well, this seemed appropriate.
Selections from a terrific film noir Flickr set spotted while aimlessly trolling “teh intarwebs”.
Film Noir 2, originally uploaded by Stefan Randholm.
Film Noir 1, originally uploaded by Stefan Randholm.
Film Noir 7, originally uploaded by Stefan Randholm.
Photographer: Stefan Randholm
Models: Jean d’Anvers & Irene Fernández
Makeup: Noelia Moreno Ibañez
2057-1646b, originally uploaded by AliceJapan.
Ms. Simon was a French actress of the 1930s, regrettably under-utilised.
Film Noir 1, originally uploaded by NapalmPhoto.
Film Noir 2, originally uploaded by NapalmPhoto.
Terry Cordell: You can’t expect to dodge the police indefinitely, George. Wouldn’t it be smarter to go to Cochrane and get this thing out in the open?
George Steele: Just about as smart as cutting my throat to get some fresh air.
— Crack-up. Dir. Irving Reis. Perf. Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall. 1946.
“There’s one good thing in being a widow, isn’t there? You don’t have to ask your husband for money.”
— Shadow of a Doubt. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Perf. Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotton. 1943.

Photographer: Matt Frederick. Model: Fleur de Guerre. Flickr: film noir femme fatale, originally uploaded by fleurdeguerre.
1931 – Times Square, originally uploaded by straatis.
The IT industry is often portrayed as weary soul-destroying labour in a matrix peopled with ungrateful or at least uncaring cubicle drones. How appropriate, then, that it should give rise to one Jared DiMartine, who has put his time in purgatory to good use—funding a photography hobby and small business that we hope yields great future dividends. Below are excerpts from Mr. DiMartine’s exhibition “Film Noir“, presented at the Kiehl’s Boutique in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, last February.
Film Noir 4, originally uploaded by jareddimartine.
Film Noir 5, originally uploaded by jareddimartine.
Film Noir 15, originally uploaded by jareddimartine.
Film Noir 12, originally uploaded by jareddimartine.
film noir 18, originally uploaded by jareddimartine.
film noir 19, originally uploaded by jareddimartine.