our friend photographer benoit pailley presents his latest work “morpholight” in soho, it’s beautiful, minimal and somehow very strange. it feels very fresh to use photography as art in this fashion. between james turrel and close to fashion still life photography without product. love it! by pp.
paris
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.
charlotte perriand – photo to design
i’m sure this exhibition is allover paris and french medias but here in new york, not so much. that is a very cool one, not another perriand/corbu show with the same book that is not bringing anything fresh to the talble. here, curators at “le petit palais “ put next to each other the photographic work of miss perriand and pieces that result from it. really interesting! is it a bit naive if i say that i prefer some of her photos over some of her furniture…
“from the fish bones that prompted her ‘banquette tokyo’ to the reclining figure that inspired her ‘chaise longue basculante’, the photographs lay bare her creative process. perriand began using photography for preliminary studies from the moment she joined the le corbusier/pierre jeanneret studio as furniture design associate in 1928, looking at the ‘laws of nature’ in urban and mountain contexts, and many of the 380 photographs show objects discovered on her many walks.” via wallpaper
by pp.
complainte de la seine by carlotta manaigo
another mood for today, some romantic meanderings by dreamy fashion photographer carlotta manaigo. by kl
deyrolle – 1000º celsius – touched by fire
during a night in february 2008, deyrolle, the most famous taxidermist in paris, was burned down almost entirely. after the fire, the place looked like beirut and all those sublime stuffed animals were disfigured. photographers martin d’orgeval and laurent bochet documented the place, it’s beautiful and moving. by pp.
We heart Paris
sofia coppola chose to debut her commercial career with an ad for dior’s fragrance, miss dior cherie. she shot model maryna linchuk out and about in paris, and this clip sure makes us long for summer in the city, flirty dresses and french desserts. by kv
Joel Meyerowitz – RETROSPECTIVE
awsome picture for the joel meyerovitz retrospective at “la maison europeenne de la photographie” now in paris by pp.