killing me

the kills played here last night.  sadly, we were not there.  but just for fun, here’s this photo i love of jamie from hedi slimane’s diary.

fashion and distortion

erwin blumenfeld was a german born photographer who took pictures his entire life, but only began fashion photography shortly before his fortieth birthday.  he worked with vogue, harper’s bazaar and did advertising images for a number of major brands.  these images are from the 30s and 40s when he was focused on exploring abstraction and [...]

master of objects

 
i think i can easily say that bela borsodi creates the most unusual still life photography that i’ve seen.  the two that i picked here are actually really tame for him, but i specifically love these for how he reinterprets such recognizable symbols as the hermes box and the chanel 2.55.  he received a lot [...]

the low down

benjamin lowy may be best known for his war photography.  he started his career covering the iraq war in 2003.  those images were named some of the most iconic of the 21st century by photo district news 30.  other subject matter includes run down towns, tsunamis and the haitian revolution.  intense stuff.  i’m not entirely [...]

just because

 

david bowie shot by helmut newton.  monte carlo 1983.