The lens speaks
February 18, 2013
Cecil B. DeMille interviews celebrated photographer George Hurrell.
Broadcast on 3rd January, 1938 during the intermission of the “Lux Presents Hollywood” broadcast of “Alice Adams”, starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray.
Running time: 4mins 4 seconds.
Previously:
“Diego and Nakita with Fiona” by Kyle Cassidy (2007)
From the book “Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes”.
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Get low
December 2, 2010
Bongoût Gallery in Berlin have finally announced that pre-orders are being taken for “Human Nature”, a 128-page, hard cover collection of photographs by Daikichi “Genki Genki” Amano. No indication when it will be released but, at only €39,95, it’s sure to sell out fast.
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Happy Holidays!
April 4, 2010
100 photographs you didn’t know were great #12: David Lynch
September 14, 2008
David Lynch by Jean Baptiste Mondino
“I love to translate ideas. If you are true to the ideas that you love and never walk away from any element until it’s correct, then there’s a chance others will feel it’s correct and go into that world and have an experience. Hopefully a good experience.”
David Lynch
More:
- The official Mondino website (mondino-update.net)
- Mondino at Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- The official David Lynch website (davidlynch.com)
- David Lynch filmography (imdb.com)
- The Universe of David Lynch (davidlynch.de)
A very comprehensive fan site with lots of links to other Lynch related resources. - The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace (davidlynchfoundation.org)
“Provides funds for in-school ‘Quiet Time’ programs utilizing the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique…”
Hell is other people?
July 8, 2007
“Crowd Porn 2″ by xtrapop (from the “Coachella Porn – Dante’s Orgy” series)
The idea that the Red Hot Chilli Peppers could inspire anything but catalepsy in an audience is beyond both my belief and understanding but, sometimes, it takes a photograph to show you what is in front of your eyes.
For me, this beautiful photo series of crowd scenes at Coachella, by Flickr member xtrapop (a.k.a. Thomas Brodahl), immediately brings to mind the listless rutting depicted in the orgy scene of the movie “Perfume” rather than Dante’s diabolical torments.
More:
- Coachella Porn – Dante’s Orgy (flickr.com)
Infrequent “Quote of the Day” #14
April 27, 2007
“My biggest problem with the phrase ‘white power’ is my distaste for redundancy.”
Merkley
More:
- Three Question Marks – the official Merkley site (threequestionmarks.com)
- Photos by Merkley on Flickr (flickr.com)
- Merkley on MySpace (myspace.com)
I want to believe it
February 26, 2007
There are two things I like about “Blowjobs on Flickr, Haiku style”:
- The titles of the posts make me feel as if melancholia is surging unhindered through my bloodstream with absolutely no possibility of me preventing it overwhelming my brain.
- The “haikus” achieve a level of honesty and brutality sadly lacking in what currently passes for pornography.
That’s enough. The pictures are window dressing.
“The hands, how they grab
I let them do this to me
mom, its not that bad”
More:
- Blowjobs on Flickr, haiku style (blowjobhaikus.blogspot.com)
100 photographs you didn’t know were great #11: Gaahl of Gorgoroth
February 4, 2007
“Gaahl of Gorgoroth” by Peter Beste (2003)
“You are what you came from.
It is your mission to go forth and to grow – to stay awake and to whisper.”
Gaahl
More:
- Peter Beste Photography (peterbeste.com)
- The Official Gorgoroth Website (gorgoroth.org)
- “Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground” (feralhouse.com)
The definitive account of the Norwegian satanic metal scene in the 1990′s, written by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind.
“a fantastic realm where Satanism, neo-paganism and National Socialism energized a musical scene in which fantasy was actualized” - “Lords of Chaos: The Movie” (roadrunnerrecords.com)
A fictionalised movie version of the Feral House book.
“Equal parts music, true crime, occult, and subcultural anthropology” - 100 Great Photographs (davidwaterston.com)
The rest of the photographs in this series.
100 photographs you didn’t know were great #10: Gene Tierney
December 21, 2006
“Gene Tierney” by George Hurrell (1944)
More:
- The Hollywood Photography of George Hurrell (hurrellphotography.com)
- George Hurrell Photos and Prints (hurrellphotos.com)
Buy prints of Hurrell photographs, including recent prints made under Hurrel’s supervision. - Hurrel: The Estate of George Hurrell (hurrellestate.com)
- George Hurrell Obituary (nytimes.com)
- Hurrell related books at Amazon (amazon.com)
- Gene Tierney (geocities.com)
“Unquestionably the most beautiful woman in movie history”. - Gene Tierney filmography (imdb.com)
- Self Portrait: Gene Tierney’s autobiography (amazon.com)
- Gene Tierney in the news (time.com)
A small but fascinating collection of contemporary news articles about or related to Gene Tierney at the height of her celebrity.
