i was never the biggest fan of the smiths (sometimes remind me of kate bush…) but i have to say i love the fact they used this photo of jean marais by jean cocteau without permission… even if the damn thing was taken out of circulation really quick and replaced with something else… and about the original artwork, well… it’s very the smiths by pp + ps
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.
it’s been a long day and i’m ready for slumber. hasse nielsen says it perfectly in fewer words. by kl
‘…aaaah you mentioned the ratio of 10 women to each man wouldn’t that necessitate the abandonment of the so called monogamous sexual relationship as far as men are concerned?” by xy
liv tyler by david croland
h.g.wells 1939
the amazing pierre clementi and isabelle adjani 1981
stuart sutcliffe and astrid kirchherr – hamburg 1961
we love lid, and publisher/photographer david croland… picked up the twelfth issue for $15 and worth every dollar. beautiful black and white photography and a range that is quite supereb. my favorite is the image of pierre clementi by jurgen vollmer. in a sea of crap fashion mags its nice to have david croland around. well done. by dd
i first saw this story by photographer giasco bertolli in purple mag some years ago and i remember what i felt seeing it at the time. it’s so relevant. for those who didn’t get it yet, the guy shot the park featured in antonioni’s “blow up”, 50 years later. the park was indeed an almost as important part of the cast as the actors. very poetic. by pp.
great song, wish i could say the same about the video… oh well, ladies and gentlemen, lars and the hands of light. by pp+dd
by dd
two things i came across tonight and loved but couldn’t place. anyone know where to find the illustrator or the glasses? by kl
Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books. – Emerson
this is too funny. by ar
a pencil is mightier than the pen. by dd
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