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i remember the first time i saw patti smith polaroids in paris at “la fondation cartier” and the book published along with it. that was so great and so poetic, i guess people are nowadays a little more into those not so tech-ish thing but at the time that felt fresh (even if polaroids are not so fresh per say, i know) so i was happy to see another selection of her pictures this week end in the ny times. so from top to bottom, left to right we have: Pope Benedict XV’s slippers / a replica of William Blake’s life mask / Virginia Woolf’s bed / Susan Sontag’s grave in Montparnasse Cemetery / Constantin Brancusi’s grave, also in Montparnasse / Robert Mapplethorpe’s slippers. more here. by pp.
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anna bauer – backstage
a lovely book designed by none the less lovely fabien baron, on the work of photographer anna bauer. 4×5 polaroids of everybody in the fashion circus. remind me ezra’s book of polaroids few years ago, amongs my favorites, dries, agyness and the lovely tanya. by pp.
cy twombly – bruce webber
ok, one more cy twombly portrait, but also the re-launch of bruce webber website. buy one, get one free. by pp.
Frederike Helwig – skype
another exhibition form galerie fur moderne fotografie in berlin, frederike helwig is presenting a selection of work shot using his laptop video camera through skype. not so often that we see more than decent work using the more or less the internet. really nice. by pp
Markus Jans & Reisende – amerika
well, if you happen to be on the other side of the pond and precisely in berlin then you should hurry up to catch the last days of Markus Jans & Reisende’s show amerika at the galerie fur moderne fotografie, it’s nice. by pp.
fantastic man + gentle woman
while we’re there, two great shots from the mens and the womens version of fantastic man! by pp.
no photo – tom ford
seen on fantastic man, great!:
“Photographing everything and throwing every random image on Facebook is the new stalking, and a sign of bad manners, which is what provoked designer Mr. TOM FORD to hand out the card as shown above to his audience on Sunday night’s womenswear show in London. Indeed, photography should be an act of consideration, not something to do just out of total boredom. Also, one should trust one’s memory more often.”
by pp+fm
COS BY SCHELTENS & ABBENES
i always loved the then experimental still lifes by maurice scheltens, but collaborating with artist liesbeth abbenes (creating scheltens&abbens) seems to create a beautiful minimalist world. these images from the most recent cos lookbook are so great because they are simultaneously functional, industrial, direct, cerebral, mysterious and playful. by kl
shikai tseng – photosensitive
recently graduated from the london’ royal college of art, shikai tseng is covering vases with photo sensitive solution before placing them into a case that will act like a pinhole camera and expose the vases, it’s beautiful and very poetic if you ask me. video here by pp
two moments from azim haidaryan
browsing through some gorgeous images by azim haidaryan this eve. he usually is taking slightly surreal fashion pix, but i prefer the interesting romance of more personal work by this afghani photographer. by kl
kate middleton?
wow! i never thought of kate middleton as sexy, but i’m about to change my mind. photo glen luchford… (not really but close enough). by uh
los angeles slack: faye dunnaway photographed by terry oneill
if im not mistaken this is at the hollywood hotel pool. we may have posted this before but in researching material i came upon it and its quite a feeling. you can imagine faye having her morning coffee after receiving her oscar the night before and reading the papers and the hollywood trash reporters with all the phoney accolades and her thinking to herself what is greatness after all… ok maybe i’m over thinking it, im sure terry just set up this shot and asked faye to sit her butt down and after the click of the shutter they exchanged cordial goodbyes, but het it does sound romantically dark and beautiful none-the-less. by dd
