The New Yorkers: Portraits

christina kruse, artist & her son august…

jane mayle, fashion designer. founder of eponymous womenswear and accessories line mayle… more pictures on janerussell simmons, hip-hop pioneer, founder of rush communication, global grind & phat farm…

shirin neshat and shoja azari, iranian artists / filmmakers and long time collaborators…

fabrice penot founder of le labo, with his wife jennifer and his son sasha, the made to order beautiful fragrance creation of pure rare ingredients…

jihae, musician-artist…photography director jennifer pastore from the WSJ magazinemore pictures on jennifer

ucef hanjani, co-founder and executive creative director of ceft and company new york and the fashion photographer karen collins and their twin daughters… more pictures on ucef and karen

richard meier, architect…

angela, adi & gabi, cutting edge fashion design threeASFOUR

a peak at an upcoming book on new yorkers, a project conceived by new york based german photographer gerald forster. see more of it on here we go now. by ac

the other warhol – les levine

Les Levine_Levine-Untitled-1 Les Levine_Levine-Untitled-7by les levine, irish-canadian artist… deemed “the other warhol” even though his works were generally ‘pre’ not ‘post’. he was a major precursor to the conceptual movement, but considered himself  a ‘media sculptor’ as he was one of the first to use technology and information as a base for his art works. 
by kl

silence

tumblr_ml5s5lV6bk1qd0knjo1_r1_1280i don’t know where this image is from, who it’s by, or where it is, but i am haunted by it today. i imagine silence–the isolation of underwater. the independence and vulnerability of being below the surface.
by kl

modern woman, modern man

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the previous post reminded me of one of the most adorable couples, the dutchess and duke of windsor. it was her 3rd marriage and he abdicated the throne to marry her. search and sacrifice to find and give happiness. looks well worth it. by kl