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lovely cover for this issue
the latest issue of paradis #5. we understand the magazine is now biannually so if you like it then get it now. nicely done and well put together. by uh
Paradis #5: well done thomas
books
photographer sam haskins: exhibit at milk gallery
the unaffordable original issue of cowboy kate book by sam haskins that was almost impossible to find is now available in a reissue “directors cut” edition
if you happened to be one of the few lucky ones to make it there at the right time, you would have had the chance to meet sam and take home a signed issue.
the highlight of my day, that day, was indeed the chance of of meeting sam haskins at his show. the exhibit at milk studio was very good but unfortunately not as great as his work indeed is.
that is of course my personal opinion. the small diptychs created did not do the images justice. sam’s pictures are so amazing and simple they deserve to stand alone and in large, large, large, wall paper size formats. of course space is the key issue in nyc and i’m sure that had something to do with it. the exhibits prints were rather small making you feel like you were going through a printed book (what is the point when you can buy the book?).
that night i met sam and his son and his grandson. extremely kind and graceful. sam unfortunately had suffered a stroke recently and was not in top condition yet he was pleased to see so many young fans at the opening and happy to talk and sign my book. by dd
DASHWOOD bookstore
opened a few years ago and still standing there is a little bookstore on bond street. tailored with a collection of contemporary photography dashwood is a great bookstore to visit. it is located on bond street (between lafayette and bowery) in new york. by dd
tauba auerbach’s deitch catalog
i was looking over artist tauba auerbach catalog from an exhibition she did at deitch gallery today. it’s not just a beautiful book, it’s exactly what you expect from an exhibition book. in other words, something that continues the experience, not photos that reproduce what you’ve just seen. on top of that, the manufacturing of the book is just sublime; no printed text, only debossings, holes, black and white and “thoughts for your eyes”…everything i love! by pp’
ultimate yves
after all the posts we’ve done previously on the various YSL personals belonging or interiors, i guess this book is the ultimate thing to have to get the ride of our obsession about Yves. the book is not out yet, but you can order it already on amazon. pictures are by the amazing ivan terestchenko, design by the none-the-less amazing peter saville and foreword by mr pierre bergé. i can’t wait. by pp’
can’t wait for robert polidori
i think robert polidori is my all time favorite photographer and i am reminded of this every time i see his work. i am crazy for this new book compiling all of his versailles work, although i don’t know if it’s a reprint or a rework of his first book. of course it’s published by steidl, and of course it’s a treat ($120) but whatever “quand on aime on ne compte pas“ by pp’
not in fashion – a collection of works by photograher mark borthwick
the signed cover by mark for us to keep… ahhh! we love mark.
at a dinner at mark’s house, we stumbled into none other but the mother of god ms. bjork and her football player, film maker, artist from trustafarian school yale, mister matthew barney. of course no one noticed!
another dreamer we love to love. by kl
patti smith : babel
love dreamers. by kl
underwater adventure
ah..the endless adventures of tintin. I miss scuba diving! by kv
Andre Benjamin: Benjamin Bixby lookbook
SOMETHING OLD TO SOMETHING NEW
old books become something completely new with a little snip snip. by kl
Of Walking in Ice
In the winter of 1974, filmmaker Werner Herzog made a three week solo journey from Munich to Paris on foot. He believed it was the only way his close friend, film historian Lotte Eisner, would survive a horrible sickness that had overtaken her. During this monumental odyssey through a seemingly endless blizzard, Herzog documented everything he saw and felt with intense sincerity. This diary is dotted with a pastiche of rants about the extreme cold and utter loneliness, notes on Herzog’s films and travels, poetic descriptions of the snowy countryside, and personal philosophizing. What is most remarkable is that the reading of the book is in continuity with the experience of watching his films; it’s as if, through this walk, we witness the process in which images are born. Out of print since 1979, this limited pressing done by promising new publisher Free Association. by xy
