a visual collective outlet of inspiration
came by this book at clic gallery over the weekend, it’s beautiful but “oh me, oh my” so narcissistic! brainless blonde babes are around the corner. that being said, it doesn’t diminish the power and greatness of the pictures though! more by pp.
books
talking about books and sex: i’ll take john waters advice
peekaboo! by german photographer andre gelpke. beautiful stuff. good luck finding a copy under $200. if you do see a re-edition (hint hint M. taschen) please post on comments. and once again, viva la hair. to catch up on my ref to john waters click here. by dd
cy twombly by francois halard
photographer francois halard photographed cy twombly few times in the last 20 years, there is a very nice selection of those pictures in halard’s latest book “visite privee” by pp.
more dieter rams
portraits de villes
portraits de villes is a serie of books edited by be-pole studio, every city is shot by a great photographer. love the idea and the simple and honest look of the collection. check it if you find them. i’m wondering who i would have chosen to photographed my favorite cities if i had the choice to commission my own collection… hmmmm.. by pp.
la maison de verre – francois halard
i was really glad last week when i saw thames&hudson re-released the book on the glass house by photographer francois halard. seeing the pile reducing seriously everytime i was passing by mcnally jackson (which by the way is the best place to get books and mag in the city) made me wonder if the fact that the new york times made a great article about the house recently was the reason or just general interest. now i’m crossing my fingers that they will also re-release the book on the villa malaparte by mr halard as well… by pp.
Samuel Beckett, Yul Brynner, Roman Polanski
love, love this picture of samuel beckett with his gucci bag, how cool is he with his grey hair and cable sweater. polanski on the other hand looks like a bit of a slob. Yul as usual straight from mars… but not without style. by xy
oublier modiano – marie lebey
france sometimes like to look its past a bit too much. i guess it can become an issue for some people, it’s a bit more of a situation when it comes to a country. anyway, out of those people turned on the past, cult french writer patrick modiano is somehow different. he’s books really smell this french nostalgia that is not so sexy and that maybe only french can get. at least author marie lebey gets it, and she gets it so much that she decided to go to all the places that patrick modiano talks about in his book. on top of going there, she decided to shoot them and publishing house leo scheer take on to make it into a book. i’m kind of relieved and intrighued at the same time because going to places from a book or so this is the kind of thing i would do, it’s a bit of a old school stalking, isn’t it? going back to the book, i don’t know why she decided to call it “oublier modiano” (forget modiano) but the author is said to be really furious, i guess it’s not in its plan to be forget…
in the book, she copied few lines from the book related to the place she photographed. i think the all thing is really moving. by pp.
mark borthwick
some more helmut’s in the pipes
we will never have enough of helmut’s! well, that’s great because taschen seams to be soon releasing a book of his polaroids, not the ones that are already in an other book, those ones were the test shots, with comments written on it. it is said that helmut’s wife june was never giving them away and was trading shots to everyone, even people on set wanting a “souvenir”. i read somewhere else that they used to give them away to some of their guests writing their names on them for diners table seating… anyway, a book is in the pipe. by pp.
martina hoogland ivanow’s book: far too close
beautifully dark, quiet, soft, and candid. the book of photographs by martina hoogland ivanow is available at dashwood books in NY and worth a look if not a purchase. the book is beautifully printed and published by steidlMACK in london. i have my signed copy displayed for your very observant eyes. by dd
Martina Hoogla: at dashwood book store Tonight
dashwood books in NY is a great venue for limited edition books. the small store is run by, fashion stylist anne christensen other half: david strettell, who carefully edits every title that makes it into the store. will try and stop by tonight to check out martina hoogland ivanow’s book “far too close” published by steidlmack. should be worth the walk. by dd
