Might is Right

Worth the read. Click HERE for download. 

Cool Minimalist Blogs

   

http://unphotographable.com
 

The medium is the message.

BYE BYE Mad Men

Milan K by Hunter & Gatti  Photos inspired by Mad Men. Click HERE for more photos.

Toronto Skyline

Toronto Skyline 1930s

 Toronto Skyline 2008

Kate Winslet (Throwback vanity fair)

Andressa Soares Playboy Spread

 

Time for a break.

Will return in a mighty minute.

January Jones in GQ

That’s two GQ covers in one year. Check out the article HERE. Fairly interesting read.

The History of Rock & Roll Photography

 

I want this.

“Featuring more than 250 photos, including many rare and never-before-seen images, Who ShotRock & Roll is an unparalleled compendium of portraits, live concert shots, behind-the-scenessnaps, and studio work selected for their aesthetic quality and power. Covering 1955 to the present.Who Shot Rock & Roll is a silent window into a world of sound.”

Get HERE

 

Supreme Interview

Supreme’s Head Honcho James Jebbia in Interview magazine.

Click HERE.

Just heard that Andre Agassi is a meth head, Marc Ecko sells the rights to his trademark. Recession is a bitch.

If you’re into fashion, you’ve heard of Dee and Ricky. I like their swagger. They’ve styled a Marc Jacobs fashion show, been on countless magazines, designed accessories that have been worn from Takashi Murakami to Stone Philips. Yeh, the dateline guy. 

Even with all of this success, there’s one thing i still don’t understand.  

They still live in the projects….! 

lmao. someone needs  to explain this to me. 

Rosa Acosta for Supreme

You’ve probably seen her in the Best I Ever Had video with  Drake.  This bitch is fine. No class. But Fine.

 Photographed by Terry Richardson. 

 

 

 

 

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Alexander Pope : Essay on Man

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A Being darkly wise, and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the Stoic’s pride,
He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reas’ning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little, or too much;
Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confus’d;
Still by himself, abus’d or disabus’d;
Created half to rise and half to fall;
Great Lord of all things, yet a prey to all,
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl’d;
The glory, jest and riddle of the world.

Ferrari Concept Car

This Ferrari concept is made from 1,999  items of designer clothing clocking in at  $64, 000.

 1,682 T-shirts,

88 pairs of jeans,

64 pairs of shoes  

31 belts

KIDS [1995]

HERE

Confessions of an Advertising Man [PDF]

CLICK HERE

Ricky Gervais talks to Larry David

Mad Men “The Fog” Review (Spoiler Warning)

This episode felt like a surrogate of The Twilight Zone. Time slows down to the point where it seems to have stopped. The daily activities at Sterling Cooper, i.e. creative, are halted without Don present to make the important decisions. The shots are slow and patient, especially in the waiting room scenes with Don and the prison guard. Betty’s labour is drawn out for a majority of the episode.

My initial reference to the twilight zone is also supported by the title. The fog seems to be a clear reference to the cloud that has decended upon our major characters. Betty’s labour is filled with hallucinations that blends the realm of reality and fantasy into one, blurring her senses. She also mentions that her labour felt like a fog. This may be her subconcious mind revealing outright what she truly believes: that she is a mere housewife who should be thankfull of her luxury. She also believes that a new child will mend the rifts in her relationship with Don: a show of naivety and ignorance.

This concept of time is echoed throughout:
- The prison guard in the waiting room with Don mentions not being able to wear a gold watch.
-Peggy stating to don that “maybe this is my time”, after her demand for a raise is shot down.
-Don telling Sally’s teacher that this is not a good time.
-Cosgrove wearing a watch from one of the clients, which leads him to say “what time isn’t it?
A non sequitur that sounded awkward and out of place, but ties into the whole theme of the twilight zone.
-there’s more****

This concept of time leads me to assert that this is a call to renewal and reassesment of values.The prison guard sees his new child as a fresh start to better himself as a father. The concept of renewal also leads Don to evaluate his relationship with his children. He acknowledges that he doesn’t nearly spend enough time with Bobby (throwing a ball around). He rectifies this failure by listening to Sally pontificate during a late night snack. Instead of dismissing her to the side as he usually does, he atentively listens to her tirade . He humbles himself and allows her to express herself (something that has been lacking these past three seasons)

Other cases of reassessment includes:
-Duck soliciting peggy for a new job forces her to reassess her position at Sterling Cooper.
-Betty names her new son after her father, symbolizing a form of resurrection, a chance at forging a better relationship with her dad, through her son.
-Pryce reassessing the Sterling Cooper’s approach the African American market.

It’s ironic that the proverbial Fog these characters actually walk into provides clarity on who they really are and what they should do to ameliorate themselves.

Interesting items:
-the nurse is played by Yeardley Smith, the voice of lisa on the simpsons
-Eugenes birth occurs on the same date as the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers.

what yall think?