December 2011
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Larry Burrows: Vietnam
In the heat of battle, in the devastated countryside, among troops and civilians equally hurt by the savagery of war, Larry Burrows photographed the conflict in Vietnam from 1962, the earliest days of American involvement, until 1971, when he died in a helicopter shot down on the Vietnam–Laos border. His images, published in Life magazine, brought the war home, scorching the...
Paul X. Johnson
Panther. Masonic book. Axe… Check out more of Pauls work here. Really lovely.
Wrapped Monuments
By the infamous Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Monuments (Vittorio Emanuele II, on Piazza del Duomo, and the monument to Leonardo da Vinci, on Piazza della Scala) were wrapped up with polypropylene fabric and red polypropylene rope. Milan, 1970. More here
Thomas Struth - Museums
Museums by Struth, one of Germanys greats modern photographers. Be sure to check out his other works here.
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La Mer de Pianos
Short film about Marc Manceaux, the owner of the oldest piano shop in Paris. Like this man a lot.
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Wolff & Tritschler
Photos by Paul Wolff and his partner Alfred Tritschler.
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Damien Florébert Cuypers
Jeffrey Deitch
Grayson Perry
Hans Ulrich
Charles Saatchi
“The two-minute sketches started in a bar in Paris,” explains Cuypers. “All we had were crayons and paper so we thought we’d see how quickly we could draw people.”
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Memphis Furniture
Colourful 80’s Furniture design that changed the face of modern design. More via design museum: designmuseum.org/design/memphis
MaricorMaricar
Otherwise known as Maricor and Maricar Manalo. Amazing stuff, especially love their letter ‘C’.