• Drag, Drop and Give Credit

    29.12.09

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    The internet, a source of information, inspiration and freedom of expression, but from time to time also a source of irritation. I love all those tumblr blogs, but man I hate it when the names of the original artists are not mentioned. Whether it's a song, a photograph or painting the musician, photographer or artist must have credits. You can drag and drop whatever you want from the internet and that can be a beautiful thing, but don't flaunt another man's work without at least mentioning their name. Well that said, I found these beautiful images on a tumblr blog and I really wanted to show them on my blog, but no source was mentioned. Because I never post images without the names of the makers, I searched my ass off. I finally found the artists behind this beautiful work, called Bêtes de mode, on the website of Helmo, two graphic designers, Thomas Couderc et Clément Vauchez, from France. The images were originally made for Galeries Lafayette in 2006 in a cooperation with Thomas Dimetto, the animal photographs were made by Christophe Urbain, photographs of the people were shot by Laurent Croisier, styling by Romain Vallos  and creative directors Anne Claire Boulard and Tulip Santene.

    29 December 2009 ― By LP ― Photography0 Comments

  • Good Things can come from Ignoring Chistmas

    28.12.09

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    My boyfriend and I are both (thank God) not crazy about Christmas. Every year we pretend that it's just another weekend and we ignore every fancy diner, christmas tree or -song. To do that you have to keep yourself busy, and we are quite the experts in doing just that. Last year we painted the walls of our apartment and this year we (well my boyfriend and his buddy for life Roon) made our wall even look better. Earlier this year we watched the classic series Twin Peaks by David Lynch, for old time's sake. Still amazing. We got fascinated by the 'three things' the Giant tells Special Agent Dale Cooper in a dreamy vision, which he has to decipher in order to solve Laura Palmer's murder;
    There's a man in a smiling bag, The owls are not what they seem, Without chemicals, he points.
    My boyfriend, graphic designer 21bis, made this wall-piece out of these three sentences. Pretty cool, no? Placing this little piece of art on our wall was kinda tricky, so we asked the help of a professional, our personal Giant Roon aka krb33.

    28 December 2009 ― By LP ― Video, Classic0 Comments

  • All Shapes and Sizes

    22.12.09

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    V Magazine’s Size issue is a tribute to the idea that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. Terry Richardson photographed Crystal Renn and Jacquelyn Jablonski, two different body types, wearing the same outfits. Styling by Mel Ottenberg.

    22 December 2009 ― By LP ― In the Magazines, Photography0 Comments

  • Self Portraits

    22.12.09

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    Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, who are a married couple, on both sides of the lens, for the Lanvin Men S/S 10 campaign.

    22 December 2009 ― By LP ― Ad Campaign, Photography0 Comments

  • Through the looking glass

    15.12.09

    This is so funny. In the 1930's American fashion designers predicted what the well-dressed man and woman would be wearing in the year 2000. I don't think our predictions of the future would be any better.

    15 December 2009 ― By LP ― Video0 Comments