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Photography may correspond to the intrusion, in our modern

society, of an asymbolic death, outside of religion, outside of 

ritual, kind of abrupt dive into literal death. Life/death: the paradigm

is reduced to a simple click, the one separating the intial pose from

the final print.

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new favorite magazine

I just went to a party at the tribeca grand for Corduroy Magazine. Corduroy magazine is a beautiful new magazine celebrating their fifth issue which has Emily Mortimer on the cover.

It has a few nice editorials in it and my favorite is the series " from all different walks of life" shot by Peter Ash lee. The series contains different shots of shoes placed in beds, in fields etc. I also liked the editorial entitles " white heat" by garance dore. the lighting it natural, the girl is dressed simply, and some of the photographs are slightly out of focus, which i like. i highly recommend that you check out this magazine which is on stands now. 

check out their blog: http://www.corduroymag.com/blog/

Biographies and journals

I am fascinated by biographies and journals. The two that I would definitely recommend is the biography of Lee Miller, who lived a thousand lives in one and the journal of Susan Sontag which was published last year. 

My sister first stumbled upon Lee Miller and then I saw a show of her work a couple of years ago at the Victoria and Albert museum in London. She was absolutely fascinating. She was discovered by Conde Naste in New York, was Man Ray's apprentice, muse and lover, discovered solarization, photographed world war 11 for life magazine and recorded the first use of napalm. If this doesn't make you want to read her biography I am not sure what will.

She was also integral in the surrealism movement and was friends with Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. 

She also attended Vassar College for a brief time and grew up in poughkeepsie when it was a thriving city, unlike today. 

I read her biography on the plane from Paris to New York and at the end I was so engrossed and i didnt want the book to end. This is also the plan ride where I convinced myself I was sitting next to Lance Armstrong because he was a. wearing shorts in october b. had shaved legs and c. was blonde. When I exited the plan in New york i got a better look... he looked nothing like lance armstrong. 

 Susan Sontag journal information to come...

Caroline Seikaly

It was a busy week.

Went on a wonderland photo shoot (http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/)and to the Caroline Seikaly Resort 2010 Presentations at the Cooper Square Hotel. It was a a very elegant collection that harked back to 1930's evening wear. I was also particularly fond of the shiny black heeled shoes with tie front straps. Caroline experience in the field of fashion is also particularly impressive. Read her biography at http://carolineseikaly.com/