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Tag Archives: photography
The Ghost on the Sidewalk
Every time I walk by the Warwick Hotel, like I did yesterday, I take a moment to say hello to the ghost on the sidewalk. 2019 1956
The ’90s: When Amazons Walked the Earth
Photo by Peter Lindbergh It’s hard to grok, if you weren’t there, the ’90s supermodel era, when battalions of supermodels – impossibly gorgeous, otherworldly, like alien freaks – stomped across the land – on every magazine cover, on billboards, in … Continue reading
Remembrance of Photos Past and Inherent Vice
When I was a kid, my best friend’s parents had one of those huge Time-Life photo books. I became obsessed with it. It was very disturbing stuff and I was drawn to it with a queasy fascination. I was 9, … Continue reading
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Tagged Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson, photography
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Dynamic Duo #4
Miley Cyrus and dance partner (photo by a fave of mine, Ellen von Unwerth. Her Instagram feed here.)
Interview with Photographer Sheila Welch: “In Cars”
Sheila Welch, photographer. Part of her photo series “In Cars” Sheila Welch has a diverse background: involved in the early days of David Mamet’s creation of The Atlantic Theatre, a poet and devoted writing teacher, she also manages to find … Continue reading
Where Do I Sign Up To Pledge This Sorority?
Sorority Sisters (Tri-Deltas), University of Texas, 1944. There’s too much that I love about this photo (every last stinking detail) that it’s useless to even discuss it. All I will say is: these girls seem FUN.
R.I.P. Mary Ellen Mark
My first job was as a page at a local library. I would go there after school, shelve books for a couple of hours, and then head home. I ended up working there all through high school. Because one of … Continue reading
The Morrison Hotel Gallery: Icons on the Wall
After Inherent Vice, we headed south a couple of blocks to go check out The Morrison Hotel Gallery. I had never been. He knew where it was from memory (it had been years since he visited), only now it’s no … Continue reading
R.I.P. Alfred Wertheimer
Elvis. R.I.P. to the great photographer Alfred Wertheimer, known mainly for the extraordinary series (weak word, there are over 3,800 photos) of photos he took of Elvis Presley during the spring and summer of 1956, right before, and just as, … Continue reading
A Conversation with Bunny Yeager
My pal Bill Teck shared this 15-minute interview he shot between questioner Youri Mevs and the pioneer pin-up photographer Bunny Yeager at the Miami International Book Fair in 2012. Bunny Yeager just passed away last week. I loved this exchange: … Continue reading