Irving Penn

I went to the Irving Penn Portraits exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery a couple of weeks ago. It's insane how all of his photos, even those taken way back in the 40s, still seem so fresh and modern. If you forget about the snazzy clothes, you could almost mistake some of them to have been shot this decade. I particularly like the ones taken in his studio where the subjects are sandwiched between two walls, and his extreme close up shots (in some of them he's so close to the sitter you can see his shadow in their eyes).

[Photos taken from Google images]

Italia, In Film

I took these using my manual OM20 Olympus camera. Having been quite out of practice I was surprised at the lack of blur and even when I overexposed some of the shots it's seemed to have worked in my favour - some of these almost look like paintings! Happy Snapper.

Maggie for Miu Miu

Maggie Gyllenhaal for Miu Miu - A/W 2004, shot by Terry Richardson...who recently started an awesome photo blog, Terry's Diary!

Red Dust

Type Sydney Dust into the Flickr search engine. Amazing light being created by the dust storm out there right now...Sci-Fi!

Miu Miu

I'm currently feeling like a kid at Christmas after having just bought my first designer handbag - a shiny, dark brown, Miu Miu Vitello Lux!! This was followed by a delicious afternoon tea set at Yauatcha (Dim Sum and Macaroons make a dream team) and a Liberty sample sale, lovely. In dedication I thought I'd post my favourite Miu Miu campaign starring Kirsten Dunst...

Jeurgen Teller 09

Natasa Vojnovic, Irina Kulikova, Ajuma Nasanyana, Kamila Filipcikova, and Olga Sherer. [Source]

I struggle to dislike any of Teller's campaigns for Marc Jacobs.

Summertime Clothes

Gingerlillytea's Flickr has put me in the mood for a lazy summer afternoon of bike rides, picnics and naps. Countryside jaunts will definitely be on my agenda over the coming months! Go here for the Animal Collective song I named this blog after.

Kate

[Kate Moss by Ryan McGinley, also check out his NY Times Magazine Oscars Portfolio]

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[By Khristian Mendoza]