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Brigitte gives us a Flash

Brigitte gives us a Flash

Brigitte Bardot arriving at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport

Excuse the crass headline, made even more inappropriate by the fact that the subject of this post — Flash Projects — is a distinctly classy operation. [Read more...]

Books,Photography

Palm Springs eternal in a new Robert Doisneau book

Palm Springs eternal in a new Robert Doisneau book

Thanks to the Coachella festival, the environs of Palm Springs in California have become a little more young and hip of late — but back in 1960 it was the destination for Hollywood’s wealthy retirees to congregate and convalesce. It was also where, in that same year, French photographer Robert Doisneau, more famous for his Parisian scenes, was sent by Fortune magazine. [Read more...]

Exhibitions,Photography

Portrait photographers get personal in a new London show

Portrait photographers get personal in a new London show

If you’ve recovered from last night’s political-televisual extravaganza and are prepared to venture out into the big wide world again, stop in at You, Me And Everybody Else — an intriguing portrait photography exhibition that opens at theprintspace in London today. [Read more...]

Art,Exhibitions,Photography

The lights at the end of the tunnel

The lights at the end of the tunnel

A green star burns at the vanishing point of an urban skyline. A yellow zeppelin disappears round a busy corner. These mysterious glowing objects — which are probably decidedly less mysterious if you read Japanese — are in fact lights on top of Tokyo taxis, as captured by photographer Alexander James and displayed in a new London exhibition.  [Read more...]

Drink,Exhibitions,Photography

A Cheeky night out

A Cheeky night out

Long-term Esquire contributor and iconic photographer Rankin (left, with Esquire editor Jeremy Langmead) unveiled his latest exhibition Cheeky last night, as guests mingled to see his unique take on the female form which included original nudes of supermodels Kate Moss and Heidi Klum. [Read more...]

Books,Photography

Booking Barcelona

Booking Barcelona

A quick visit to any bookshop (if you can find any left) will quickly tell you the world does not need another tome on the work of Spanish Modernist architect Antoni Gaudi. Chances are you’ve visited his Sagrada Familia or the Casa Mila on a school trip or as the cultural conscience salve in-between all night binges in the Gothic quarter. However, Modernista: Gaudi And His Contemporaries by Michael Jones is a worthwhile addition to the creaking shelves. [Read more...]

Culture,Exhibitions,Photography

In Russia’s bleak midwinter

In Russia’s bleak midwinter

Think the last couple of days have been tough? Photographer Simon Roberts’ stunning new exhibition of pictures of winter in northern Russia — at Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery next year — will make you realise that being stuck in an VW Polo on the M62 for a couple of hours is nothing to text home about. [Read more...]

Photography,Style

Introducing the African dandies

Introducing the African dandies

Of all the style tribes in the world there are few harder to understand than les sapeurs of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dressed in a style that’s either a wildly exuberant homage to, or a mockery of, formal European dress the scope for projecting post-colonial politics onto their wild outfits is near limitless. To dig a little deeper, we spoke to Italian photographer Daniele Tamagni, who’s exhibition, Gentlemen of Bacongo, opened last night. [Read more...]