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more about #photography more comments ā†’ The HZA.: I love Ellen's work because I can usually tell it is her doing. There is a sense of fun and whimsy but still sexiness. more » Scout: so many lovely breasts I can't take it - lovely breast overload! yeah, I'm like a 13-year old boy right now more » nobodyr: The photography itself isn't bad, but what's so new about the content? Kind of reminds me of when I see well-done screenprints copying off Warhol. It... more » Diziet_Sma: She's great. I like Helmut Newton's, too. If anything, I think his look more like they were taken by a woman. more » Diziet_Sma: . more » outsidevoice: I understand what people are getting at saying that there is some traditionally male-gaze-type jutting of sexual parts, but the overall context is so ... more » kookla: AMAZING! Thanks for this. more » JerseyGrrrl: I wish I could have considered them without knowing the artist was a woman. I do feel that there's a difference not only in the subject selection and ... more » MIXED: There's a shot several pages in, if you go to the link, of a woman smoking a cigarette and playing the accordian...I basically need it, like yesterday... more » Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: I'm not sure if it's because she is a woman more than she is an excellent photographer who knows how to pick interesting, provocative models and get a... more » Pandorasvoicebox: I personally am not convinced that I like them. Vulgar is the wrong word for them--a nude female body is not vulgar or inappropriate. Dirty and sleazy... more » BlondeGoddess: I think her photos have a playfulness and sense of humour about them that makes them more sexy & erotic than sleazy. more » greensandbeans: Oh I love Ellen Von Unwerth... Her photos always have a wonderful attention to detail and a certain spontanaeity. She was a pretty big presence in Vog... more » cheshirecatfish: Wait, $700 for a book? I wonder if Vogue will include it in an issue just because of the price. more » queenjulie: Really? I'm not seeing how this is different then the typical sexy pictures we see--in the top right, an eye-less woman is making the blow-job face. I... more » -
#pictureperfect
Ellen von Unwerth's Photographs Of Women Are Provocative, But Not Vulgar
Dazed Digital's Octavia Morris calls photographer Ellen von Unwerth's images "intimate" and "playful." And they are. But they're also incredibly sexy. Erotic. And yet: Not sleazy. Is it because she's a woman? (Some images NSFW) More » -
#inthebedroom
(It's Still A Little About Them, Though.)
"From what photographers are saying, requests from regular people for boudoir portraits are rising...It's become less skeezy. This is getting to be more about empowering women and less about dirty ol' men in basements." [Washington Post] -
#isue
Bride Sues Over Racy Wedding Photos
New Yorker Sarah Bostwick is suing her wedding photographer for posting pictures of her in her underwear on the studio's website. Bostwick says she didn't want pictures taken of her getting dressed and they've given her PTSD. [N.Y. Daily News] -
#photofinish
Is The Anti-Paparazzi Measure Fair?
About two weeks ago, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law allowing civil lawsuits against media outlets that commission or publish illegally taken photographs. This should be interesting. More » -
#cameraobscura
R.I.P. Irving Penn
Irving Penn, one of the most famous and influential fashion photographers of all time, has died at 92. [NYT] -
#notablequotable
Quotes From The Players In The Great Photoshop Debate
As previously mentioned, lawmakers in France and Great Britain are pushing for disclaimers to be added to Photoshopped images. If you extract the quotes from the piece in today's New York Times, you get a sense of the conversation: More » -
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#artssake
Elevator Girl Recognizes Herself In Iconic Photograph, Years Later
In 1955, photographer Robert Frank snapped a picture of a girl in her uniform, working the elevator in a Miami hotel, as she looked toward the camera with an unreadable expression. Her name was Sharon Goldstein. More » -
#athousandwords
R.I.P. Mary Morris Lawrence
Mary Morris Lawrence, an accomplished photojournalist who was the first female photographer ever hired by the Associated Press, has died at 95. (That's her work at left.) [SFGate] -
#creditcrunch
Annie Leibovitz's Financial Woes Enormous, Irrationally Disappointing
So, how exactly did Annie Leibovitz, one of the most iconic photographers of our times, end up going broke? And why does this feel especially tragic and infuriating? More » -
#imageconscious
Why Photograph A Black Woman In A Cage?
Amber Rose's photo shoot for the latest issue of Complex magazine has some wondering about fashion's ongoing fixation on the idea that black women are animals.
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#funnyface
"I Spent A Lot Of Time Talking To Them About Their Husbands, Their Lovers, Their Babiesā€¯
Lillian Bassman is hard to define: a pioneering fashion photographer who objected to the politicization of the 1960s, an artist who destroyed all her own work, a free-thinker who objected to the women's movement.
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#coffeeklatch
Today's Special
Candacy A. Taylor's Counter Culture: The American Coffee Shop Waitress is a tribute to career servers; the author-photographer interviewed fifty-nine waitresses in forty-three cities across America. [New Yorker] -
#snapshots
Photographers Annoyed By President's Stance On Pix Of The Kids
There's a dispute heating up between photographers and the Obama White House when it comes to pictures of Sasha and Malia. More » -
#modelbehaviors
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We've seen her as a queen, as a man, and as muse. Now we're seeing Agyness Deyn [Link NSFW] totally naked, landing strip and all. [Fleshbot via Refinery29]EmperorModel Has No Clothes -
#artssake
Tooth Fairy
We are slightly obsessed with the blog "My Milk Toof," in which two of the author's baby teeth, Ickle and Lardee, go on adventures. Odd? Why, yes! [My Milk Toof] -
#eyecandy
Outtakes From Johnny Depp's Vanity Fair Shoot
Check out some of the great shots photographer FranƧois-Marie Banier caught of the handsome pirate who obviously has a horrid, disfigured painting stashed in his attic. [Vanity Fair] -
#artssake
Helen Of Joy
Awesome: The Metropolitan Museum has established an endowment fund in memory of the late street photographer Helen Levitt, is acquiring more of her work, and is showing a selection of photographs through this summer. [MediaBistro] -
#dirtygirl
HER-otica
Esquire has a new piece, "How To Take Dirty Pictures Of Your Girlfriend." (What? Wives get no love?) Anyway, they forgot one important rule: The girlfriend gets the original digital file/film for safekeeping. [Esquire]
