For all the lovers of great books out there. This one is amazing. ‘When, on his twenty-second birthday, Dustin Graves is diagnosed with terminal illness, he thinks his life is over. But then he falls in love with a young nurse, whose eccentric father transforms the seed of death into the source of eternal life, making Dustin . . . The Invincible Man. But when tragedy strikes and he must face the future without the girl who gives his life meaning, he is left to wonder if immortality is the blessing it is made out to be.’
The author, an MD himself, explores the physiology of cancer and creates a scenario in which cancer, the seed of death, is turned into the source of eternal life. The Invincible Man, in addition to creating a modern day super hero, is also a beautiful love story that will bring you to tears. Highly recommend!
Rock’n Roll marries Hippie. Set for Spring – For the spring 2012 season. Below is the look book for German based label Set. Rock and roll aesthetic of the 1970′s with casual denim, suede, leather and lightweight knits in a neutral color palette. Accessories include oversize hats, understated jewelry and bohemian accents for all the spring essentials. This is my kind of style.
Classic black & white photography – something so elegant about it. Another one by Fashion Copious. ‘Black & White Lie’ for the Australian Magazine Fallen.
Feet don’t fail me now
Take me to the finish line
All my heart, it breaks every step that I take
But I’m hoping that the gates,
They’ll tell me that you’re mine
Walking through the city streets
Is it by mistake or design?
I feel so alone on a friday night
Can you make it feel like home, if I tell you you’re mine
It’s like I told you honey
Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry
Sometimes love’s not enough when the road gets tough
I don’t know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let’s go get high
Road’s long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause you and I, we were born to die
Lost but now I am found
I can see but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get
Scared that I couldn’t find
All the answers, honey
Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry
Sometimes love’s not enough when the road gets tough
I don’t know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let’s go get high
Road’s long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words,
This is the last time
Cause you and I
We were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Don’t make me sad, don’t make me cry
Sometimes love’s not enough when the road gets tough
I don’t know why
Keep making me laugh,
Let’s go get high
Road’s long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words
This is the last time
Cause You and I
We were born to die
We were born to die
A friend just reminded me about one of my all time favorite photographers by sending me this video of Paolo Roversi. His work is stunningly eerie and dreamy.
Here’s an excerpt from his fascinating Bio:
Born in Ravenna in 1947, Paolo Roversi’s interest in photography was kindled as a teenager during a family vacation in Spain in 1964. Back home, he set up a darkroom in a convenient cellar with another keen amateur, the local postman Battista Minguzzi, and began developing and printing his own black & white work. The encounter with a local professional photographer Nevio Natali was very important: in Nevio’s studio Paolo spent many many hours realising an important apprenticeship as well as a strong durable friendship.
In 1970 he started collaborating with the Associated Press: on his first assignment, AP sent Paolo to cover Ezra Pound’s funeral in Venice. During the same year Paolo opened, with his friend Giancarlo Gramantieri his first portrait studio, located in Ravenna, via Cavour, 58, photographing local celebrities and their families. In 1971 he met by chance in Ravenna, Peter Knapp, the legendary Art Director of Elle magazine. At Knapp’s invitation, Paolo visited Paris in November 1973 and has never left.
In Paris Paolo started working as a reporter for the Huppert Agency but little by little, through his friends, he began to approach fashion photography. The photographers who really interested him then were reporters. At that moment he didn’t know much about fashion or fashion photography. Only later he discovered the work of Avedon, Penn, Newton, Bourdin and many others.
Donovan Leitch, Annie Morton and Liberty Ross Cavort Poolside in a Tucker Film
Models Annie Morton and Liberty Ross hole up in a Palm Springs bungalow for a retro-glam romp with actor Donovan Leitch in today’s short. Directed by noted set designer Happy Massee and soundtracked by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck’s “Heaven Can Wait,” the film was shot at Tucker designer Gaby Basora’s grandmother’s home and references the 60s Hollywood spirit of Steve McQueen and Marilyn Monroe. “Everything from the house to the clothes to the perfect weather just created this vibe,” Massee says of the nostalgic aesthetic. “My mom had an art house movie theater when I was growing up in Seattle, and in lieu of a babysitter, we’d just sit there and watch whatever was playing, over and over again, until it was time to go. So I have this long relationship with film,” she says.
I just fell in love with photos from a ‘Fish Head’ from Germany. Jorg Badura’s images. Don’t they want to make you run – swim – have an adventure – be in nature – outside – take a breath of fresh air! Stunning!
