Sofia Coppola, shot by Juergen Teller.
∞Karl Lagerfeld’s Hummer on Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm
I’m confused. A Hummer? Not a dozen white stallions pulling a black leather-upholstered chariot of fire?
∞“The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
∞Paz de la Huerta at the Hogan campaign shoot, having a beer, Bushwick, New York. Photo Rachel Chandler
Jamie Livingstone took, for no particular reason, a Polaroid a day. For 18 years.
6,000 Polaroids later, his life ended with this self* portrait, taken on his deathbed at the age of 41.
Here is his website which also gives a good look at the evolution of New York over the span 1979–1997.
*I’m not sure I can justify calling it a self portrait, but it’s fascinating just the same.
∞Fifty years ago every product on the market either made you prettier, or made you into more of a man.
Now everything either gives you a boost of energy or guarantees you eternal life.
∞Last Sunday I took the day off from work to recover from something like 32 hours of being awake. I figured I wouldn’t miss much.
If I had gone in, I would been responsible for driving Roger Daltrey to the airport. In a purple Cadillac Escalade.
So, there’s that.