Longest Blog Post…EVER
Written on September 24, 2007
Hmmm, that sounded really cool. Please excuse the long delay in posting, but after being away for two weeks I had to catch up on some reading…so here’s some stuff you might enjoy.
From the New York Times..great article on Gerda Taro, Robert Capa’s love, and acknowledged as the first female war photographer to die in action.
Absolutely astounding article on Edward Mapplethorpe in New York Magazine…his show is up at the Foley Gallery now.
On the editorial world…
Opposing viewpoints on the re-design of Another Magazine - Creative Review vs. Search & Destroy. (In Fact S&D has a whole running feature on the uglyfication of magazines, and a great photo collage of all types of magazines that have died the last few years, and some great shots from Details in the late 80’s…how time flies.)
Creative review writes about the new issue of Wallpaper, guest edited by Hedi Slimane, Jeff Koons and Dieter Rams.
From Steven Heller…is print dying? (in 200 words or less)
If so, a premium fashion advertising agency is looking into the interactive world…(from Adage).
American Photo has a nice write-up on Andrew Zuckerman’s new site and book, Creature.
From the lads at Wieden+Kennedy, a nice opinion piece on the new Alexander McQueen ads and why they are one of the best agencies around - one day they have Bruce Davidson come in to speak and the next they have Juliette and the Licks come to perform.
Filed in: Art, Exhibitions & Events, Advertising, Fashion, Talent, Editorial, Word on the Street.
The Edward Mapplethorpe feature in the recent issue of New York magazine, was indeed astounding.
For the record: One of Ed’s portraits entitled, “Keith”, featured in the segment, “The Evolution of Edward Mapplethorpe” is in fact, me.
Shortly after the portrait was captured, Ed made about a dozen prints; one from each negative. He gave one to me and later showed the entire collection to a PE from Interview magazine with whom he’d worked on a few assignments during that time. The PE immediately arranged a meeting between Ed and pop icon, Elton John who then purchased a limited edition print as part of his massive and well publicized fine art photography collection.
Keith Green