Hiroshi Nonami

Ethan Russell: Photographer of Music Legends

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Ghosts.

Alexandra Sophie

Once in a blue moon I'm completely unable to resist the temptation to watch a really scary movie. Like, a really, really scary one; one with nasty ghosts in it. I was talking about the macabre with my friend James recently and he confessed that he also got a sick kick out of scaring the hell out of himself with a movie. We both suffer for it afterwards when we are too scared to go upstairs/downstairs or turn the lights off, and every noise is heightened and almost certainly a monster ghost come to get you. Mum also used to tell me that she had eyes in the back of her head - that didn't help my creepy fascination at all. She used to stand with her back to me, but in front of the oven so she could see me reflected in the glass, and would then proceed to tell me exactly what I was doing. Scared the bananas out of me.

Ellen Von Unwerth

Ellen Von Unwerth is such an interesting photographer to me. She by no means just photographs female subjects, but when she does, she has this undeniable oeuvre. Obviously they are constructed with the woman as sexual icon, but the seeming 'availabilty' of the subjects is interesting as its another instance of 'women constructing themselves for the male gaze' - a long standing art debate when looking at photographs of women.

Beautiful work. I would love to read some of Von Unwerth's interviews to gain some insight into her rhetoric.

Black and White

Paul Himmel

Elliott Erwitt

Russell Lee

Jerry Cooke

Found these on a most beautiful blog One Blue Wren. I'd give anything for a print of the Russell Lee photograph, its extraordinary. Be sure to check this blog out as its packed with fantastic images.