a yearning nostalgia for an upbringing I will never experience

american beauty

<n>Emma Balfour</n> photographed by <n>Irving Penn</n> for <n>Vogue</n>, May 1997.

A vintage advertisement for cherry desserts from the <n>National Red Cherry Institute</n>.

Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Other Old Hollywood Stars' Homes

<n>Nastassja Kinski</n> in <n>Paris, Texas</n> (1984), directed by <n>Wim Wenders</n>.

<n>James Dean</n> on the set of <n>Giant</n> in 1955. Photo by <n>Sanford Roth</n>.

james dean photographed by sanford roth, 1955

<n>Gene Tierney</n> in the 1942 film <n>Thunder Birds</n>.