Ped xing coolhunting has become one of my unexpected specialties these days in New York; that is the good thing about visiting a place for the second time, that you can actually stop looking up there from time to time and discover new amazing details that the first-time visitor has no time to see...
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Images by New York-based photographer Yumna Al-Arashi represent an heterogeneous cocktail with the combination of fashion, politics and sexuality. With a degree in Politics and Middle East and being a self-taught photographer, Yumna explores her roots and her cultural legacy in her daily life and in her trips and shares her experiences and discoveries...
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Till next May, 5th you can find in New York (22D Howard Street) the new pop-up store of Silent, the second line by Croatian designer Damir Doma.
Doma redesigns once again for next summer his wrapping ethnic silhouettes of fluid lines in black and white with touches of mint green and bold prints imitating thick...
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The exhibition about Juergen Teller in Lehmann Maupin gallery in New York highlights three groups of images to define the career of this German photographer; the series with model Kristen McMenamy, portrayed at architect Carlo Mollino’s house, nude portraits with Vivienne Westwood and other photographs from his relatives and friends.
Through these images, the...
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A carpet with exuberant vegetation, a retro suitcase and a pineapple on the stool of a bar during the first twenty seconds of the video New York-based designer Dana Lee has created to present her new collection, for next summer, leave pretty clear what this is going to be about: we are traveling to...
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From the silky pink dress with little dots, to the wide-leg trouser in nude shades, including the pale pink blazer and the knitted and printed silk sweater, American designer Derek Lam takes now his exquisite minimal to his second line 10 Crosby.
Inspired by the effortless cool of the fashionistas he finds around in his...
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The first major retrospective in France about North-American photographer Diane Arbus gathers in the space Jeu de Paume -till next February- more than two hundred of her works, among which can be found her most representative images and also some of the unseen ones.
Her portraits, in occasions labelled as anthropological studies and never...
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Based in Barcelona, artist Marcela Gutiérrez is one of those multidisciplinary figures that gathers in her curriculum a little bit of architecture, a little bit of graphic, some more of fashion and, above all, a lot of talent.
After having published her illustrations in magazines like Harper’s Bazaar or having contributed to brans like...
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3.1 Phillip Lim is discovering for next summer a more technical, sporty, clean and minimal style, escaping from the subtle romanticism he has been displaying till now. The accurate feminine and delicate details that I have always liked so much in his collections are substituted next summer by the coldness of bright white, straight...
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The book American Studies compiles the pictures taken by Jim Dow in his trips during almost forty years around the USA, his native country. From baseball stadiums to barber shops, gas stations, fast food restaurants; all kind of places, empty of people but full of meaning, reflection of an aesthetic in which past...
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It could be considered the revelation of the season: Vivian Maier’s photographic work revealed to the world. The late recognition of that nanny from Chicago whose spontaneous images, taken during her time off, fell into oblivion until some time after her death were discovered by John Maloof at an auction.
Today opens in London,...
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It is all about textures and finishings, the colour and the overall feeling of the garment, claims Canadian designer Dana Lee, currently based in New York, when talking about her own creations; about her collections made up from those essential basics of the men’s wardrobe that mute and change, depending on its wearer, channeling...
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Sunny Suits is a Californian photographer -living at the moment in Paris-, that discovered her passion for photography in 2001, when one of her friends gave her his old camera for her then first trip to Europe.
Since then, and adding up professional experiences next to people like Nan Goldin, Jack Pierson or Mary Ellen...
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After watching the trailer of PINA – A film for Pina Bausch on and on these days, infinite times, I am now totally in favour of going on with the dancing mood a little more in here.
The beautiful session photographer Bon Duke has shot with Janie Taylor, prima ballerina in New York ballet...
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The artistic performance scene since the 60s and the key role of photography in the moment of their execution -not only as an essential documentary tool but also, in many occasions, as the only spectator of the actions due to the absence of public- is the thematic pivot of Staging Action: Performance in Photography...
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Hey, these things happen sometimes, really; being in New York and having no plan for this evening… Don’t panic! From 6 to 10 p.m. you can go to Studio XXI to meet photographer Neil Krug and his wife, the model Joni Harbeck, so they can tell you in person about the creation process of...
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Imagine you take pictures all the time, everyday: pictures in the streets, pictures of the people, pictures of life. Imagine that, some time later, all that pictures end up in boxes and your job as a nanny lasts till the rest of your life. Exactly as it happened to Vivian Maier, an American photographer...
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I never take stock of anything; at least not written, but the ones that have been following the blog for some time know this has been a quite different year for me, I guess that is why the balance has been almost inevitable. Without realizing I’ve found myself writing this review of what 2010...
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The undeniable filmic appearance of Alex Prager’s images helps the observer’s mind to instantly build possible complex and secret stories of mysteries, worries and several frustrations. The dramatic make up, the wigs and the whole chromatic plasticity give the scenes and the always-female models a powerful aesthetic that can sometimes find its references in...
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FREE is one of the current exhibitions of the New Museum in New York compiling the work of more than twenty artists reflecting on how internet has changed our perception of information and the concepts of public spaces and ownership.
Rashaad Newsome takes elements from high and low culture and diffuses the boundaries of both...
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