Two Blogs

www.purple-diary.com

I thought I'd share two blogs I really enjoy, and have somewhat of a relation to mine (minus the success, fame, talent.....ok not so similar but I like them). The first being that of Purple Magazine's creator, Olivier Zahm. He posts almost daily from the looks of it, and it's mainly a diary of just him and his famous friends in fashion or art going to afterparties or getting naked. Apparently he's using a Canon G9, and does a more than sufficient job of taking some enjoyable pictures.

www.hedislimane.com/diary

Hedi Slimane of Dior Homme fame also has a very, very well shot diary of all the amazing musicians he hangs out with, concert photos, and of course, models. I'm almost really angry at how talented he is, I don't think much more needs to be said. Also, he shoots with a Contax G2!

for the record I have ZERO permission to use these photos and both are property of the respective owners. don't sue me!

A Couple Videos for Sunday

Staying in the same vain, I found this video of Terry Richardson shooting Kermit for a supreme ad a long time ago and though maybe I should share it again. Apparently the audio has been disabled, so you'll just have to imagine Black Sabbath playing in the background.



Erin Wasson x RVCA • Fall 09 Collection from RVCA on Vimeo.
I've really been enjoying Kenneth Cappello's work for a while now, thought I would share. I'm extremely jealous he gets to shoot so many rappers, I couldn't imagine anything more fun haha.
kennethcappellblog.blogspot.com

Seven Photographs That Changed Fashion

Continuing with my theme of just watching people take pictures instead of actually doing it myself, I watched "Seven Photographs That Changed Fashion" starring non-other than Rankin himself. It's a documentary following Rankin as he attempts to re-create seven photos by seven very infleuntial fashion photographers at the top of their game. You get to watch the entire process from start to finish, and see (sometimes) exactly how the image was made. It was a BBC Four documentary so at this moment I haven't been able to find it anywhere but Youtube, apparently there's a torrent floating around somewhere as well. A billion stars out of a billion.

So recently I've become somewhat obsessed with everyone's favourite fashion dandy, Mr. Karl Lagerfeld. I've watched a documentary on him and bought his book "The Lagerfeld Diet" and can honestly say he's got to be one my new favourite people. From his collections of ipods and shirt collars to his dieting advice (lose weight because you want to fit into the clothes you like, not because someone told you to....couldn't be more honest haha), he departs wisdom wherever you care to look. Even in traffic safety.