jacques henri lartigue – master of the snapshot


looking back at jacques henri lartigue photographs recently, i was smitten by the snapshoty aspect of it. and actually it makes total sense, at the time photo was only for technical usage as well as rich people that could afford it. and lartigue was not only rich but he was young and has plenty pf time to laugh around. so the prohibitive price of a single snapshot had people only doing contrived picture, when jacques henri was snapping around. somehow, there is this kind of fresh and great aspect to his work that you see a lot those days on blogs and candid shot photographers portfolio. not sure if the vintage aspect makes me not being really objective, yet he seems to remain the master. love it! by pp.

 


THIS’LL GIVE DENIS A RUN FOR HIS MONEY

beautiful image, wish we had seen this! unfortunately the credits were not available which is always a shame, with so many blogs (jjjjound included) who seem to take something and own it and don’t find it necessary to honor the original creator(s)… should anyone have any info please pass it my way via comments. enjoy. by dd

lid twelve: the magazine for the color-blind

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

giasco bertolli – “blow up” maryon park

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.

ERWIN OLAF: FROM COMMERCIALISM TO MOMA


i’m not a huge fan of, dutch photographer, erwin olaf’s work, many of which i find to be derivatives of others, and seldom done with the finese that makes a fashion image current, but i do like this series from his body of work… by dd

Freudsche Rektifizierung: Erwin Wurm

the 2004 c-print 40.98 x 35.07 by austrian artist erwin wurm who is better known for his one minute sculptures that usually involve him and some everyday objects. “my work speaks about the whole entity of a human being: the physical, the spiritual, the psychological and the political.” – erwin wurm. by dd

obsessed with ito

i don’t really know who is ito and it’s not as if his website was really helping to that matter but his pictures, man… they’re absolutely fab! if i was living in the place i want to live in, there would be a “beyond reason” size print from the man on the wall! and on a less capitalist note, i think what the guy captures is really different from the rest of the crowd but keep a really edgy and modern look… can’t get enough of it by pp.

Martina Hoogla: at dashwood book store Tonight


dashwood books in NY is a great venue for limited edition books. the small store is run by, fashion stylist anne christensen other half: david strettell, who carefully edits every title that makes it into the store. will try and stop by tonight to check out martina hoogland ivanow’s book “far too close” published by steidlmack. should be worth the walk. by dd

christina kruse ruse

not just a pretty face. christina kruse is someone i’m sure you’ll recognize from fashion and advertising over the past many years, but did you know she also makes art? supermodel + artist, what a thing to envy! i recently came across some of her work which you can see here, i hope it’s more than another style of visual stimulation. if anything the results have an atmosphere that speaks of identity and emotional travels.  by kl