Donna Santisi LA Punk Scene of the 70’s Donna Santisi was one of the very few and lucky photographers who were able to capture the new punk rock craze and scene that had spread from New York to Los Angeles. On any given night Donna would be at The Whisky A Go Go, The Starwood, […]
Read More Ask the AngelsInstant Light Access the Soviet Filmmaker’s Private Polaroids Andrei Tarkovsky is often cited as the greatest cinematic artist of all time. His roster of just seven films – including Andrei Rublev, Ivan’s Children and Solaris – have made him one of the most lauded directors in history, awarded a Golden Lion, the Grand Prix du Jury at Cannes […]
Read More Tarkovsky PolaroidsA Violent Death. An Immortal Photo. The body of 23-year-old Evelyn McHale rests atop a crumpled limousine minutes after she jumped to her death from the Empire State Building, May 1st, 1947.
Read More THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SUICIDETales of Auto Elasticity Inspired by Californian road trips along endless highways through deserted baron lands. Auto aerobics began life as a tiny idea for a project about New York. Walking through Brooklyn on a winters evening is a truly memorable experience which motivated me to build a digital 3D model that captured the various […]
Read More Chris LabrooyBarbaraDidSoMe WICKED PHOTOSHOOT! Barbra Streisand looks absolutely crazy-hot here in a series of photos from a photoshoot she did for the 1970 film The Owl and the Pussycat. I mean, just look at her! In the film, Streisand plays the role of “a somewhat uneducated actress, model and part-time prostitute.” Her character’s name is Doris. […]
Read More BARBARA STREISAND 1970 ‘CYCLE SLUT’Tokyo Lucky Hole Notorious in his native Japan for his challenging, emotionally raw images and explicit depictions of sexuality and mortality, Nobuyoshi Araki has courted controversy for the last five decades. Simultaneously erotic and historical, Araki reflects Japan’s unique combination of strict tradition and constant innovation. His fascination with Tokyo is manifest in his work, delving […]
Read More ARAKINew-York City 1920’s If you enjoyed the Weegee exhibit at the International Center for Photography you’ll probably like gawking at these grisly (and we MEAN grisly: some are 100% NSFW) crime scene photos that we found in the city’s municipal archives. Most of the pictures in the archive have little backstory, and the captions have been reprinted verbatim. One constant […]
Read More Spooky Crime Scene ShotsQuestions and Answers About ”NYC Bad Boys” and a Lifetime Partnership Introduction in Disguise I will try to, like the Clash album says, ”Cut the Crap” and say that I heard about Victor Bockris the first time through a book called ”Conversation”, which I read avidly the first time it fell in my lap and have re-read a few […]
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Read More Druillet, Moebius, Star Wars and TroglodytesBurroughs’ Work as a Photographist Acknowledged in London Patricia Allmer and John Sears, the curators of Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs, talk about the man and the genesis of this exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery. Despite his prolific achievements as a novelist, essayist, spoken word performer and painter, Burroughs’ work as a […]
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