Canadian poster for Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or winning ‘Blue Is The Warmest Colour’ directed by Abdellatif Kechiche (France, 2013).
The poster designer is Karine Savard.
This is a film I’ve watched for my article for Issue Two of The Quite Delightful Project, ‘Sex In Cinema’.
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US one sheet for Sex And The Single Girl as directed by Richard Quine (USA, 1964).
Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude (Memory of Biskra), from 1907.
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Updated preview of Kate Moss on the cover of the March 2014 issue of Lui photographed by Terry Richardson.
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The Gentlewoman No.9 SS 2014 Vivienne Westwood by Alasdair McLellan
Nude by recently deceased but legendary comic artist Frank Frazetta.
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Model Hanne Gaby Odiele photographed by Pierre Debusschere for the cover of what is always one of the more interesting of the many fashion periodicals.
The issue, which will be published March 3rd, features an interview with choreographer Benjamin Millepied, with whom Van Herpen collaborated on ballet costumes; and an essay by Costume Institute curator Harold Koda about the upcoming Charles James retrospective.
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Photography by Anna Lutaeva.
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Miley Cyrus seems to be continuing her transformation into something (someone) more adult as shown in these latest photographs by Mario Testino for Vogue Germany March 2014.
Eva Riccobono photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth for Max, February 2011.
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Self Portrait, Pregnant by Diane Arbus.
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Mariacarla Boscono photographed by Peter Lindbergh for Vogue Italia.
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An outtake photographed by Steven Meisel for his celebrated essay featuring Madonna in a 1991 issue of Rolling Stone.
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Sometimes it really doesn’t take much effort at all to make a beautifully composed photograph offering well-judged colourspace, to an altogether pleasing effect.
…just as this image for Karl Johan magazine featuring model Mathilde and photographed by Siren Lauvdal,
Atypical image from the great documenter of all things noir, Weejee.
Weejee was actually the working name of Arthur Felig.
Another delicious figurative study by Heb Ritts.
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There’s always room in this blog to showcase Madonna’s unerring ability to work with photographers to create great imagery and these are clearly no exception.
Strong fashion images by photographer Oleg Borisuk of model Melinda Szepesi for Ps. magazine’s December 2013 issue.
You can see the rest of the shoot across at Fashioncopious
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It seems nostalgia even applies – especially applies! – to good ole old school erotica.
This (I think) early seventies pic is a peach.
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A rather sweet image which seems to be titled ‘Butterfly’ (but as is the case with many photographs accidentally encountered on the web, no photographer credit).
The New York Times feature what they consider to be the best book covers of 2013 – to be honest, I don’t think it’s the greatest list, but I shall show you eight of the twelve selected here:
Perhaps Nicolas Le Forestier’s photo shoot for Bambi Magazine‘s latest issue comes across as being a little rough around the edges, but there’s nothing wrong in revealing that beauty also hides a wild side, a raw spirit and a completely unapologetic manner.
Beauty Revealed is a miniature, by Sarah Goodridge, given to Daniel Webster, 1828.
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We likes actress/model/muse Jamie Bochert, and no we like her snake spine tattoo too.
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When the movie Heaven’s Gate was first released it was slated in so many different ways; one of the most memorable was that it’s lead actress, Isabelle Huppert, had a face like a potato.
Anyway, the film’s gone on to be revered today as perhaps the greatest Western ever made and to celebrate the release of a fully restored cut on DVD, let’s enjoy the reality that was ‘potato-face’.
You can always rely on the master for something a little more suggestive.
Here’s Helmut Newton’s photograph of ‘Roselyne Behind Fence‘, shot in Arcangues, France in 1975.
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Liu Wen photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott for La Perla’s Spring/Summer 2014 campaign.
There are many more pictures of British model Cara Delevingne in this campaign, but I find her SO irritating that she shall remain amongst the pictures not posted.
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Here’s the cover of the Playboy 60th anniversary issue, January February 2014 featuring Kate Moss photographed by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott.
We’re always a big fan of Paolo Roversi’s photography and this image of supermodel Eva Herzigova is certainly no exception.
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Joe Wehner is working on a series of intimate portraits called The Roommates; some of the work from the series has already featured on S Magazine’s influential STALKER blog.
He adds new work every week; follow the project here.
This image is of the ever delectable Vee Laroche.