03
Sep
09

portrait #2

The legendary Morrissey, image by Kevin Cummins/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

The legendary Morrissey, image by Kevin Cummins/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

23
Aug
09

Random Meetings #1

Beck and Bruce Springsteen toast, 1997. Picture by Kevin Mazur/WireImage

Beck and Bruce Springsteen toast at the 39th Grammy Awards, 1997. Picture by Kevin Mazur/WireImage

23
Aug
09

Portrait #1

Twiggy, 1971. Picture by Justin de Villeneuve/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Twiggy, 1971. Picture by Justin de Villeneuve/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

23
Aug
09

Dynamic duos #2

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were married from 1951 to 1957. Frank left his "good" catholic wife Nancy (mother of Nancy and Frank Jr.) for "femme fatale" Ava, who had already been married twice, to child star Mickey Rooney and to band leader Artie Shaw. Frank and Ava had a highly publicized relationship, with reports of abortions, obsessive jealousy, violent fighting and one suicide attempt by Sinatra. All these events led the couple to divorce in six years after their marriage. But they remained friends forever, and Sinatra even paid her costly medical expenses after she went through 2 strokes in 1986.

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were married from 1951 to 1957. Frank left his "good" catholic wife Nancy (mother of Nancy and Frank Jr.) for "femme fatale" Ava, who had already been married twice (to child star Mickey Rooney and to band leader Artie Shaw). Frank and Ava had a highly publicized relationship, with reports of abortions, obsessive jealousy, violent fighting and one suicide attempt by Sinatra. All these events led the couple to divorce in six years after their marriage. But they remained friends forever, and Sinatra even paid her costly medical expenses after she went through 2 strokes in 1986. Picture by Stringer/Hulton Archive/Getty Images, taken in 1951.

23
Aug
09

Backstage #4

John Malkovich and Uma Thurman smoking in the set of The Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears. Picture by Brigitte Lacombe

John Malkovich and Uma Thurman smoking in the set of The Dangerous Liaisons, directed by Stephen Frears, 1988. Picture by Brigitte Lacombe

15
Aug
09

backstage #3

Director Nicholas Ray talks to his actors, Natalie Wood and James Dean, on the set of Rebel Without a Cause

Director Nicholas Ray talks to his actors, Natalie Wood and James Dean, on the set of Rebel Without a Cause

15
Aug
09

Model Behaviour #2

The Trinity speaks, hears and sees no evil, 1989, by Roxane Lowit

The Trinity speaks, hears and sees no evil, 1989. Picture by Roxanne Lowit

15
Aug
09

Let There Be ROCK #3

Rock legends Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon (from The Animals and War) fool around with the bassist of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Noel Redding

Rock legends Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon (from The Animals and War) fool around with the bassist of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Noel Redding

15
Aug
09

In Family #2

Ingrid Bergman and her kids, Isabella, Ingrid and Robertino. Their father was italian moviemaker Roberto Rosselini. After seeing his film Rome, Open City (1948), the swedish star wrote a letter to Rosselini, offering herself to work in one of his movies. He showed interest and they met in Paris, while she filmed Hitchcock's Under Capricorn (1949). Her husband, Peter Lindstrom, was also there. When Rosselini visited the US, he stayed in the Bergman-Lindstrom house. That was when their romance began to blossom.  With a notorious playboy reputation,

Ingrid Bergman and her kids, Isabella, Isotta Ingrid and Robertino. Their father was italian moviemaker Roberto Rosselini. Rosselini and Ingrid fell in love while they were both married to other people, causing one enormous scandal. The situation got even worse when she fell pregnant (with Robertino, born in February 1950) while filming Stromboli . The press was vitriolic and Ingrid had to desert to Italy, leaving behind her husband Peter Lindstrom and daughter Pia. She married Rosselini in May 1950 and in 1952, gave birth to twin daughters Isotta Ingrid and Isabella.

15
Aug
09

Backstage #2

Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick take a break in the set of The Shining, 1979. Picture by Murray Close.

Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick take a break in the set of The Shining, 1979. Picture by Murray Close.

14
Aug
09

High Fashion = High Art #1

Coco Rocha for Solve Sundsbo. Numéro Magazine 2007.

Coco Rocha for Solve Sundsbo. In Numéro Magazine #88, 2007.

14
Aug
09

Saul Bass of the day #1

Anatomy Of A Murder, 1959

Anatomy Of A Murder, 1959

14
Aug
09

Random Meetings #1

François Truffaut e Jean Luc Godard, maio de 1968, Festival de Cannes. Esse encontro materializa uma das relações mais contraditórias e conflituosas entre cineastas, marcada por trocas explícitas de elogios e posteriormente, farpas ruidosas.

François Truffaut and Jean Luc Godard, may 1968, Cannes Film Festival. Two of the most brilliant minds of the French New Wave, but with completely different philosophies, Godard and Truffaut had a complex relationship, a mix of admiration and open rivalry, that resulted in many bitter public remarks.

14
Aug
09

Dynamic Duos #1

Italian director Federico Fellini and his wife, actress Giulietta Masina

Italian director Federico Fellini and his wife, actress Giulietta Masina. With his humorous, confessional and surreal films (like La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2 and Amarcord), Rimini born Federico Fellini made a name for himself as one of the most inspiring and creative moviemakers of all time, winner of many awards around the world. Giulietta was his companion in marriage for 50 years and his artistic muse in a partnership that brought us masterpieces like La Strada (1954), Nights of Cabiria (1957) and Juliet of The Spirits (1965). She is often compared to Chaplin, for playing ingenues trapped in harsh realities. After many miscarriages and the loss of a young baby, the couple remained childless. She died from cancer in March 1994, less than six months after her husband Fellini died, in October 1993.

14
Aug
09

Backstage #1

Jean Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina and Jean Luc Godard during the filming of Pierrot Le Fou, 1965

Jean Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina and Jean Luc Godard during the filming of Pierrot Le Fou, 1965

14
Aug
09

Model Behaviour #1

21 year old Italian model Carla Bruni shares a moment with her then boyfriend, musician Eric Clapton in 1990. The relationship ended up badly, with Clapton claiming that Carla nearly made him "crazy" when she ran off with another rocker, Mick Jagger (married to american model Jerry Hall at the time). With a taste for scandalous affairs, along the years she dated men like Donald Trump, Kevin Costner and the Enthovens, father Jean Paul (the respected french intellectual) and son Raphael (then married to Justine Levy, Bernard Henri Levy's daughter. He left his wife and had a son, Aurelien, with Carla). Until she married a recently divorced Nicolas Sarkozy. Clapton's been married for the second time since 2002.

21 year old Italian model Carla Bruni shares a moment with her then boyfriend, musician Eric Clapton in 1989. The relationship ended up badly, with Clapton claiming that Carla nearly made him "crazy" when she ran off with another rocker, Mick Jagger (married to american model Jerry Hall at the time). With a taste for scandalous affairs, along the years she dated men like Donald Trump, Kevin Costner and the Enthovens, father Jean Paul (the respected french intellectual) and son Raphael (then married to Justine Levy, Bernard Henri Levy's daughter. He left his wife and had a son, Aurelien, with Carla). Until she married a recently divorced Nicolas Sarkozy. Clapton's been married for the second time since 2002. Image by Ron Galella/WireImage

14
Aug
09

In Family #1

Shirley McLaine and her daughter Sachi, by Allan Grant

Shirley MacLaine and her daughter Sachi, by Allan Grant, 1959

14
Aug
09

Let There Be ROCK #2

Elton John and Marc Bolan, 1974

Elton John and Marc Bolan (lead singer from T-Rex), both androgynous icons, reunite for the record of Children of The Revolution, 1974

14
Aug
09

Let There Be ROCK #1

John Lennon and David Bowie in the Grammy Awards, 1974

John Lennon and David Bowie in the Grammy Awards, 1975. Image by Ron Galella/Contributor/WireImage




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