Photographer
RIP, Bert Stern. I wrote the noted photographer up years ago here. He sadly passed away recently. Here are just a few of the iconic images he leaves behind.
Be sure to check out the lovely Jazz on a Summer’s Day too.
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Web Sites »Humans of New York
City Portraits
So much of the Internet is negative and depressing but Humans of New York is different. While it can hardly be called constantly uplifting – many of the brief interviews involve questions people’s saddest days – it makes people from all walks of life seem like brothers, sisters, children, mothers, and fathers. Where the Internet has given rise to faceless hate (I just don’t even read comments anywhere anymore), HoNY gives grief, humor, pain, joy a face. It’s one of the only feeds on Facebook that I look forward to seeing.
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Posted on June 29, 2013
Web Sites »The Impossible Cool
Photo Tumblr
The Impossible Cool is an aptly titled tumblr that features amazing, mostly black and white photography of the coolest men and women.
Often featuring photos rarely seen and always mesmerizing, the site makes the idea of “celebrity” seem cool again.
Just a few favorites here, but the archives are worth browsing for inspiration.
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Posted on March 18, 2012
Style Icons: Female »Lillian Bassman
Photographer
Lillian Bassman passed away recently and I’ve been meaning to commemorate her influential and inspiring career. A giant among men in the fashion photography world, she lent mystery, dreaminess, and drama with her high contrast, geometric and experimental images.
Her photos are moody and intimate, seeming to capture impromptu moments with the models faces often obscured.
While Bassman may not be a name as widely recognized as Avedon or Himmel (both of whom she helped with their careers as an editor at Bazaar) her iconic images are instantly recognizable.
She was 93.
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Posted on February 25, 2012
Spend a Couple Hours »Weegee: Murder Is My Business
at The ICP Museum, 1133 Ave of the Americas
I’ve been looking forward to the ICP Weegee show Murder is My Business for months and it didn’t disappoint.
The larger than life tabloid photographer, never squeamish, brought the bloody and violent truth of NYC crime to the front page with shots of recently killed gangsters (and innocents), taken sometimes before the police even arrived (his nickname came from the Ouija board because people joked he used it’s powers to know about crimes.)
His images, though gruesome, are rarely without a sense of humor though. He not only took photos of the gorey, but often captured he way New Yorkers accepted the violence around them, often convening around crime scenes with smiles on their faces.
His Coney Island images, reversely, always have an element of creepiness among the smiles and summer fun.
ICP has added a couple neat components to the show including a replica of his room and an interactive station that shows Weegee’s images next to the current locations in NYC. It’s hard to imagine people being shot in broad daylight on the steps of the chic stores in Soho and Little Italy.
Fans will be thrilled, but the salacious material should gather new fans too. Don’t forget the gift shop – I always like to get a little something from the best shows I see and they have mugs, totes, pins, and posters.
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Posted on February 12, 2012
Spend a Couple Minutes,Web Sites »Instagram
Awesome App
Like Twitter it took me a while to “get” Instagram (and not just me judging by how many friends have posted one or no photos).
Not only does it have it’s own language, the purpose is individual.
I’ve found that it’s a lovely way to document the days. Like a visual journal. Glimpsing others’ lives is also fun.
Sure, it’s strange at first to share images with the public, but unless you put effort into getting followers you won’t have too many looking anyways.
The filters are great and the coolest part is that you apply them after the photo is taken and get previews before applying them.
It takes some of the surprise of say a Polaroid or even the Hipstamatic away but at the same time you won’t lose a great photo to a bad filter.
If you want to get started with a few good people to follow let me recommend:
Manrepeller – style shots with lots of rad jewelry
Freepeople – serious office envy
Cocorocha – super model life
Davidlebovitz – Paris food awesomeness
Miwaramone – dreamy shots of food and more from Japan
Refinery29 – one of my favorite sites with a great feed. Recent Bangkok photos amazed
And of course me! Bhague
A few of my photos and ones from the people listed above are below.
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Posted on December 7, 2011
Web Sites »Vintage Everyday
Excellent Photo Blog
I have been completely captivated by the photo gallery blog Vintage Everyday.
From creepy old Halloween pics to portraits of Circus performers in the 1940’s, from heartbreaking images of London after a bombing to scary NYC subways in the 80’s, there’s so many fascinating images to behold in this neat, clean, well curated site.
It is indeed updated everyday, so be sure to bookmark this one and don’t be surprised if time simply disappears as you go through the archives.
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Posted on November 7, 2011
Style Icons: Male »Tom Palumbo
Photographer
As today’s weepy weather reminds us – everything is fleeting – including the fun days of summer.
Sure we have about a month more of it, but if you haven’t taken time to go to the beach, don a bathing suit or lounge in the sun, these gorgeous Tom Palumbo images will inspire you to snap to it and do so asap.
While his work was versatile, as a staff photographer at Vogue then Bazaar, Palumbo created indelible images of ideal summertime bliss.
Often photographing the great Jean Patchett and Anne Saint Marie, he caught moments of seaside frolicking that feel both exquisitely fashionable and quietly personal.
He taught for a time at my alma mater, RISD and was also an accomplished stage director.
His website features great galleries to peruse and some of my favorites from him are below and after the jump.
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Posted on August 14, 2011
Web Sites »J Cosmas Vintage Photography
41 Roslyn Avenue, Providence, RI
I stumbled across J.Cosmas Vintage Photography quite by accident but was immediately drawn into the arresting images.
Surely I am not the only one among us that can’t resist the eyes of the past and if you too are a fan of vintage portraits, this is an incredible collection.
Priced reasonably, these would make a great gift for the lover of antiquities in your life.
The website is well organized, with large, clear scans, and informative and enthusiastic descriptions. Clearly, they have a passion for their trade (and the passionate are the most fun to buy things from).
Plus, they’re based in one of my favorite American cities, Providence.
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Posted on June 2, 2011
Web Sites »Youthquakers
Vogue Magazine 1965-1975
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love Youthquakers!!
These wonderful people have posted large scans of British and American Vogues from 1965-1975. A Golden Era, if you ask me, before Jennifer Aniston took every third cover. If I had the time, resources, and energy, I wish I had provided a site so complete and excellent on the subject – lucky for us all, someone else has done a bang up job.
Not only are there tons upon tons of amazing photos from Bailey, Newton, and Avedon of Anjelica Huston, Lauren Bacall, and Twiggy to name just a few – but it’s also very easy to search by subject, photographer, or date.
This is really quite a feat and very time consuming no doubt, so much, much thanks to the people behind this. I’ve only skimmed a few issues and am already fawning and excited. A must visit for fashion, photography and vintage lovers.
Several of my favorite images are below and after the jump, but give yourself a nice afternoon to really peruse this fantastic resource.
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