Film Recommendation: Last Train Home by Lixin Fan
ShareI saw this tonight with the director doing a Q&A afterward. Beautifully shot, touching on a lot of topics.. grim reality leaves you feeling a bit unsettled. Showing until Thursday September 9th at IFC! http://www.ifccenter.com/films/last-train-home/ Trailer: Synopsis: Every spring in China, 130 million workers return home for New Year’s–the world’s largest migration, an epic spectacle [...]
Photo Industry News
ShareA Photo Editor is an amazing blog. I’m always learning from it.. things I couldn’t otherwise google so easily. Contracts, Rates, the how-tos of the photo side of business.. But also, industry updates. 1) Canon Wonder Camera: Always in focus, a gazillion megapixels. Shooting video becomes such an afterthought in the future, that we might [...]
Mast Brothers Chocolate
Share The Mast Brothers from The Scout on Vimeo. Stumbled across this on my blog reading this morning from Serious Eats. It’s a very nicely shot video, which makes me think I should give a shot at video on my mark ii. I mean, the video is a much more interesting and engaging presentation for [...]
The *MUST SEE* Movie Series of the Summer!!
ShareANTHOLOGY’S ANTI-BIOPIC SERIES There’s something to watch everyday this month at Anthology Film Archives. I saw Fellini’s Casanova (1976) this past evening– an excellent print on short loan from Universal, The Color of Pomegranates a few evenings before. I’ve missed Derek Jarman’s Wittgenstein. I saw Straub’s Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach. I will see Cavalier’s [...]
A Conversation About Modeling
Share This is for all you young models, enjoy! The rewards, disadvantages, and lessons of a youth spent modeling for the fashion industry. “Cindy Crawford interviews Beverly Johnson, Linda Evanglista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Lauren Hutton for House of Style Special.”
Film Recommendation: The Color of Pomegranates
Share Still from Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranates (Sayat Nova), 1968. Welcome to the dream world. One of my best friends turned me onto Sergei Parajanov. We had watched The Legend of Suram Fortress & Ashik Kerib. I was completely speechless and in shock on the first viewing. It hit really far inside my sub/unconscious. [...]
Film Recommendation: Stonewall Uprising
Share I saw this tonight and I think that if you’re a New Yorker, this is an important film. For school education, I think it’s not enough to just talk about the civil rights movement, the women’s rights movement; this should be included alongside the others. The current and upcoming generations of gay teenagers have [...]
“Paris Is Burning” Director & Drag Queens Interview, Joan Rivers Show!
ShareParis is Burning is a movie to watch. There’s the annual latex ball at the Roseland Theatre uptown.. where in 2008 I saw 8 year old Diva Davanna compete and walk off against another young girl. “The Joan River’s Show with Jennie Livingston, director of “Paris is Burning”. Legendary ball divas Dorian Corey, Pepper LaBieja, [...]
The Balancing Act of Art & Sedation
ShareOne of the nice things about art is that it’s esoteric. The varying levels of abstractness, symbolism, and perspective seem to contain hidden messages, which more or less fly under the radar of anyone who isn’t capable of mentally grasping the message (ie. an appropriate audience, whether in agreement or disagreement). There is an idea [...]
Cameo vs. Mariah Carey
ShareTwo amazing videos for their time! Cameo – Candy (1989) Mariah Carey – Loverboy (2001) I got myself a lover Who knows what I like When he invites me over I come every time And when my sugar daddy Takes me for a ride Whatever way we go it’s Delirium time He’s all mine And [...]
Scary.. Whitney Houston wants to Dance with Somebody
Share “Maraschino is Murder” Mixed acrylic media and objects on Polyurethane foam and wood 12″ x 24″ x 16” via: La Luz De Jesus gallery showing until April 25th in Los Angeles I’ve been reading House of Vader (not safe for work) all this morning!
A good way of pricing it..
Share“My feelings [have] always been that a great shoot if done in 5 seconds or 10 hrs has the same value. Just think of your 5k+ [laser eye surgeon's two minute job].” –forum post I stumbled onto (and then corrected grammar of) via http://robertbenson.com/blog/ . I’ve been addicted to reading that blog tonight. I love [...]
Congratulations! Heather Huey in VMAN. Formichetti / von Unwerth / Huseby, Summer 2010
Share VMAN Shrek of a Guy, Summer 2010 by Ellen von Unwerth Styled by Nicola Formichetti Model Agnete Hegelund Body Cages by Heather Huey VMAN Once Upon a Time, Summer 2010 by Benjamin Alexander Huseby Styled by Nicola Formichetti Model Rie Rasmussen Feather Crown by Heather Huey
Great Articles on Understanding Model Releases
ShareI came across some terrific articles written by Dan Heller tonight. They’re the most comprehensive (much more so than the ASMP’s site) guide to understanding the huge fuzzy unknown area of if a photographer even needs a model release, and what you can do legally with the photos you take. It takes about 2 hours [...]
Film Recommendation: A Prophet [Un prophète (2009)]
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ShareOn recommendation from Richard yesterday and a 5 star time out new york review I came across this afternoon, I decided to put today’s free time to good use, and darted out of the house to make the 5pm showing for my first time ever at the Angelika Film Center on Houston & Mercer St.. [...]
Congratulations! Heather Huey in Vogue Italia. Runway by Steven Meisel, January 2010
ShareFEATURED: Vogue Italia Runway, January 2010 by Steven Meisel Styled by Lori Goldstein Model Sessilee Lopez Model Karlie Kloss Citrus Headpieces by Heather Huey Model Karen Elson Palette Headpiece by Heather Huey Model Sessilee Lopez Model Natasha Poly Black & White Headpieces by Heather Huey Model Kendra Spears Model Sasha Pivovarova Glittery Headband by Heather [...]
Congratulations! Heather Huey in Numéro by Miguel Reveriego, January 2010
Share FEATURED: Numéro France Oiseau Rare, Dec/Jan 2010 par Miguel Riveriego Styled by Patti Wilson Model Abbey Lee Kershaw Headpiece by Heather Huey
A Dance Party @ Public Assembly, Williamsburg/Brooklyn
ShareWarm up your 6 degree (after windchill) frozen fingers and buns with a round of awesome dance parties. I went to see my girl DJ Lani Love‘s set for the DJ Morsy Gettin Jacked Fundraiser – who got his equipment stolen. My new music discovery of the night were amazing live performers The Beatards!! They [...]
The Public Baths of New York City
Share Hamilton Fish Pool, 1936 (All images in this post courtesy NYC Dept of Parks & Recreation) I’ve had the above image of a massive visually endless pool with dividing walkways strongly imprinted in my mind from a dream I had a couple years ago. I’m not sure if I’d seen this imagery before, or [...]
Watch Online: Zeitgeist – how astrology and the zodiac explain religion
Share (ie. Christianity, and other astrotheological stories throughout history.) It starts about 8 minutes in, after the intro. It’s quite fascinating!
Film Recommendation: THE RED SHOES
ShareI tried to catch the 7pm showing earlier tonight but it was sold out. I waited 2.5 hours for the next showing and passed time in Washington Sq Park.. and it was so worth it. So good! http://www.filmforum.org/films/redshoes.html
Art in Review: Albert Lamorisse – Postscript to Baadeh Sabah (1970/1978)
Share I went to the well-curated arts performance venue The Kitchen for a night put on by Bidoun (biduon.com), a middle eastern arts magazine. In one of the sections, they showed this 7 minute postscript (I’ve posted that above).. and clips of “The Lover’s Wind” by filmmaker Albert Lamorisse (1922-1970). Lamorrisse is most known for [...]