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All images by Ruven Afanador. 

 

THE GOLDSTINES

Untitled by Jim Goldberg, 1981

Gelatin Silver Print

Image courtesy of http://www.pacemacgill.com/

BIANCA BIANCA BIANCA

The girl can work a birdcage.

...gravity...

Ryan McGinley, Night Sky (Pine), 2010 (top), Blue Falling, 2007 (middle) and Cyclone, 2008/2009 (below)

...So this seemed appropriate today for various reasons. The image at top is supposed to represent "Scorpio."

These appeared as part of a "Zodiac" story for Vogue UK, photographed by Tim Gutt. Set designs by Shona Heath. Check it out (thanks Yellowtrace!) 

LEON LEVINSTEIN

@ THE MET

Also on Sunday, I stumbled on a small exhibit of Leon Levinstein's at the MET. I swear, every time I visit the MET, I discover a whole new wing, a whole new gallery. That place is simply gargantuan.

The show is called Hipsters, Hustlers and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein's New York Photographs, 1950–1980, and few of the above images are included. My favorite mmmmay be that very regal Coney Island queen...

But they all are literal jaw-droppers. So New York. So gritty. So lovely in its grit.

The good news is, although the Picasso show is no longer up, this one's up until October 17.

Read more here.

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FUCHSIA ME THAT

Model, Lakshmi Menon, photographed by Bharat Sikka in Bangkok for Vogue India.

Indian-born and bred Bharat Sikka, by the way, is NOT a fashion, beauty or celebrity photographer. Here in the states, it's pretty rare that a non-fashion/beauty photographer will be asked to shoot a story for a publication as big as Vogue. I find it totally refreshing that Vogue India doesn't seem to restrain themselves with such labels.

The colors are nothing short of sumptuous.

See the rest of the story here.

ALEXEY TITARENKO

...from his City of Shadows series, shot between 1992–1994.

Heavy and undeniably entrancing...

See more of his work here.

Jean Cocteau, photographer unknown

Cocteau (1889–1963) was part poet, filmmaker, playwright, illustrator, painter, boxing manager, novelist, postage-stamp designer....

This photo captures his multi--faceted character...but mostly, I'm drawn to the shapes that the multitude of hands create. He has been transformed into a French version of Durga.

Read more about his intriguing life here.

STEPHEN MEISEL + MADONNA

...from her infamous, infamous book....

We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory. 

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

Every time I see a Bresson piece, my heart just stops for a moment. 

There's a show at the MoMA, called Henri Cartier-Bresson: 

The Modern Century, up until June 28. Maybe I'll see you there...

See more about the show here.

tat tat tat...

Vintage postcard courtesy of Real Photo Postcards.

"Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man."

— Edward Steichen

Read about his life and work here.

WHY HELLO, HELMO!

Just a bunch of random cool stuff by French design duo Helmo, which is made up of Thomas Couderc and Clément Vauchez. 

See even more cool stuff here.