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Lips Collection (#33)

"Lips: The Motor and Sensory Homunculi of our Expressive Anatomy" In the vast tapestry of human existence, lips hold a unique place as both motor and sensory homunculi

Background imageLips Collection: Pike - freshwater Europe

Pike - freshwater Europe
PM-7723 Pike - freshwater Europe Esox sp. Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageLips Collection: Common (Giant) Gourami- originally from Java and Sumatra, now widespread in aquaria

Common (Giant) Gourami- originally from Java and Sumatra, now widespread in aquaria
PM-10071 Common (Giant) Gourami - originally from Java and Sumatra, now widespread in aquaria Osphronemus goramy aquarium fish Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Background imageLips Collection: Goliath Grouper - also know as Jewfish / Guasa / Black Bass / Esonue Grouper / Giant Seabass

Goliath Grouper - also know as Jewfish / Guasa / Black Bass / Esonue Grouper / Giant Seabass / Hamlet / Southern
KEL-98 Goliath Grouper - also know as Jewfish / Guasa / Black Bass / Esonue Grouper / Giant Seabass / Hamlet / Southern Jewfish / Spotted Jewfish

Background imageLips Collection: Chimpanzee - showing lips kissing

Chimpanzee - showing lips kissing
JD-16313 Chimpanzee - showing lips kissing John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageLips Collection: Traditional Mursi woman with lip plates, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

Traditional Mursi woman with lip plates, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Africa

Background imageLips Collection: Formula One World Championship: The wife of Sete Gibernau Former Moto GP Rider

Formula One World Championship: The wife of Sete Gibernau Former Moto GP Rider
The wife of Sete Gibernau (ESP) Former Moto GP Rider. Formula One World Championship, Rd 4, Spanish Grand Prix, Practice Day, Barcelona, Spain, Friday 11 May 2007. DIGITAL IMAGE

Background imageLips Collection: Redlip parrotfish, Scarus rubroviolaceus, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii

Redlip parrotfish, Scarus rubroviolaceus, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
Andre Seale / SplashdownDirect

Background imageLips Collection: Honeycomb cowfish at night, Lactophrys polygonia, Abrolhos National Marine Sanctuary

Honeycomb cowfish at night, Lactophrys polygonia, Abrolhos National Marine Sanctuary, Brazil (South Atlantic)
Andre Seale / SpecialistStock

Background imageLips Collection: Giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Giant trevally, Caranx ignobilis, Rongelap, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
Andre Seale / SplashdownDirect

Background imageLips Collection: Pike - front view in reeds Bedfordshire UK

Pike - front view in reeds Bedfordshire UK
BB-758 Pike - front view in reeds UK Esox lucius Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageLips Collection: Malawi Fish - mouth fighting between terratorial males. Lake Malawi, Africa

Malawi Fish - mouth fighting between terratorial males. Lake Malawi, Africa
AEB-2715 LAKE MALAWI FISH - mouth fighting between territorial males Petrotilapia tridentiger Elizabeth Bomford Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageLips Collection: Camargue Horse - Flehmen'. Lip curling

Camargue Horse - Flehmen'. Lip curling
WAT-109 Camargue Horse - Flehmen'. Lip curling. Camargue, France M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageLips Collection: Atlas Moth Caterpillar False mouth

Atlas Moth Caterpillar False mouth
PPG-706 Atlas Moth Caterpillar False mouth Attacus atlas Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageLips Collection: Dog - Basset Hound puppy in studio licking lips

Dog - Basset Hound puppy in studio licking lips
LA-4700 Dog - Basset Hound puppy in studio licking lips Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageLips Collection: Sweetlips - 10 species and 2 genera are known from the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef

Sweetlips - 10 species and 2 genera are known from the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef
VT-8698 Lined Sweetlips - shoal Coral Sea Plectorhinchus lineatus 10 species and 2 genera are known from the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef. The flesh of the larger Sweetlips is good eating

Background imageLips Collection: Potato Cod - In his territorial coral patch which is his home

Potato Cod - In his territorial coral patch which is his home. Cod Hole, Coramant Pass, Great Barrier Reef FIS-091
VT-8457 Potato COD / Potato Grouper / Bass - in his territorial coral patch which is his home Cod Hole, Coramant Pass, Great Barrier Reef Epinephelus tukula Huge Grouper

Background imageLips Collection: Green Puffer Fish – front view dist:s E Asia UK

Green Puffer Fish – front view dist:s E Asia UK
BB-1003 FISH, Green Pufferfish - front view Distribution: South East Asia Tetraodon nigroviridis Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageLips Collection: Colorado River Toad USA

Colorado River Toad USA
PM-6465 Colorado river / Sonoran desert TOAD - close-up USA Bufo alvarius Distribution: Northern Mexico, south Arizona and New Mexico

Background imageLips Collection: Ostrich - Close up of head, against blue sky

Ostrich - Close up of head, against blue sky
JS-1443 OSTRICH - close up of head, against blue sky Struthio carnelus John Swedberg Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageLips Collection: Dog - Great Dane bitch sitting down licking lips

Dog - Great Dane bitch sitting down licking lips
HAR-126 Dog - Great Dane bitch sitting down licking lips Anthony Harrison Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageLips Collection: Chimpanzee - 'Gigi' excited by Colobus hunt. Gombe Tanzania, Africa

Chimpanzee - "Gigi" excited by Colobus hunt. Gombe Tanzania, Africa
AW-5210 CHIMPANZEE - Gigi excited by Colobus hunt, with teeth barred Gombe Tanzania Pan troglodytes Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageLips Collection: Whale Shark - Swimming near the surface, shark is filter feeding on small marine life

Whale Shark - Swimming near the surface, shark is filter feeding on small marine life. Ningaloo reef, Western Austrlia
VT-7309 Whale Shark - Swimming near the surface, shark is filter feeding on small marine life. Ningaloo reef, Western Austrlia Rhincodon typus Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for

Background imageLips Collection: Giant Gourami. Anabantidae. Malaysia, Jarva, India

Giant Gourami. Anabantidae. Malaysia, Jarva, India
KEL-655 GIANT GOURAMI - close-up of face Malaysia, Jarva, India Osphronemus goramy Anabantidae. Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageLips Collection: Coral Grouper Indian Ocean / Maldives

Coral Grouper Indian Ocean / Maldives
KA-64 CORAL GROUPER- close up of head Indian Ocean / Maldives Cephalopholis minata Kurt Amsler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageLips Collection: Isaiahs Vision

Isaiahs Vision
He has a vision of Heaven, whence God sends a seraphim with a burning coal which touches his lips and takes away his iniquity and purges his sin

Background imageLips Collection: Racial / Japan / Geisha 1900

Racial / Japan / Geisha 1900
A portrait of a geisha holding a parasol and characteristically made up with a pale face and red lips

Background imageLips Collection: Helen Keller

Helen Keller
American author and lecturer, Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), blind, deaf and mute from the age of 19 months; with her tutor, Anne Sullivan Macy, and the actor Joseph Jefferson

Background imageLips Collection: Toilet / Sare Booklet

Toilet / Sare Booklet
Beauty preparations by SARE

Background imageLips Collection: Edna May / Hat & Feather

Edna May / Hat & Feather
Edna May in a bonnet style hat tied with a large bow under the chin & worn tilted upwards to reveal the underside of the brim. White ostrich plumes complete the effect

Background imageLips Collection: 20S Hat Selection 1929

20S Hat Selection 1929
Designer hats: yellow felt cloche with irregular brim, black capeline with chevron hatband, beaded helmet, a broad brimmed picture hat & a hat with an assymetric brim

Background imageLips Collection: Schiaparelli Hats 1938

Schiaparelli Hats 1938
Two hat designs by the eccentric and inventive Elsa Schiaparelli (Sciaparelli). One has a large pink hat-band, the other a short black veil

Background imageLips Collection: Charity Flower Seller

Charity Flower Seller
Pretty blonde selling roses at a charity fete encounters some lecherous middle-aged men, " The one between your lips or those down there? I d like something in between..."

Background imageLips Collection: Showgirl on Pig 1926

Showgirl on Pig 1926
She powders her face, paints her lips and adjusts her suspenders while sitting on the back of monocled pigs, presumably symbols of her rich admirers and patrons




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"Lips: The Motor and Sensory Homunculi of our Expressive Anatomy" In the vast tapestry of human existence, lips hold a unique place as both motor and sensory homunculi, and are the gateway to our emotions, capable of conveying joy, sorrow, anger, or desire with just a simple curl or pout. Like the jaws of a Great White Shark in close-up view - white and pointed - they possess an undeniable power. Ancient Romans revered Angerona Goddess as the protector of secrets; her sealed lips symbolizing discretion. Just like John Donne's portrait from 1595 captures his contemplative expression, our lips too can reveal volumes about our inner thoughts and desires. As part of our head's intricate anatomy, tongues dance behind these fleshy curtains when we speak words that shape destinies. Even a Bactrian Camel wearing a Christmas hat reminds us that even animals have their own ways to express themselves through digital manipulation. A nun looking directly into the camera challenges societal norms by breaking her silence with her gaze alone. And David Wright's artwork "Just Wright" showcases how they are be sensual yet powerful in their simplicity. Perfume adverts throughout history have often focused on capturing sensuality through scent but also hint at its connection to lip-locking passion. Guerlain's Vega perfume from 1937 entices us to explore this mysterious realm where fragrances mingle with kisses shared under moonlit skies. David Wright's depiction of a woman holding a black negligee reminds us that sometimes it is what remains unsaid that speaks volumes - leaving room for imagination and anticipation. Even chimpanzees join in on this celebration by playfully puckering up while wearing Christmas hats through digital manipulation – reminding us that love knows no bounds across species boundaries. Finally, an elegant young lady stands before us with arms crossed beneath sheer black wrap – exuding confidence and mystery all at once.