black and white obsessed: 03/2012

2012-03-31

Hedi Slimane. Fashion designer turned photographer

Rock musicians, guitars, smoking girls, californian landscapes - some of the themes from over 2500 photos on Hedi Slimane’s diary. Apart from that there is a Fashion diary, Motion diary, Rock diary and Portrait Diary.

It’s a real fun to scroll through 100 large images on a page!

Hedi Slimane

was born in Paris in 1968. He was highly influential menswear designer and artistic director at Dior Homme from 2000 to 2007. Slimane is said to have transformed the male silhouette - working with thin, androgynous-looking teenagers and designing super-tight tailoring (as in rock bands). Then he stepped away from Dior and became a photographer (what is quite surprising since very few people leave their profession when they are at the top)

In 2006 Slimane started a photographic blog called "Diary". Nearly all of his photos are black and white and among famous faces of contemporary culture are: Amy Winehouse, Lady Gaga, Gisele Bundchen, Robert De Niro and Kate Moss.

Hedi Slimane don't want to talk about fashion in interviews any more, what is quite understandable when he is constantly asked about his return to fashion design.

above: Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love (more above, in the crown)

above: Amy Winehouse

more: www.hedislimane.com

2012-03-25

Chanel Cruise Collection 2011-2012

Chanel cruise collection 2011-2012. What to say? Exceptionally black and white, especially the evening dresses. via chanel.com

2012-03-23

Lady Gaga - You and I. HAUS OF Ü.

Lady Gaga as a smoking mermaid. Well, if looking for advantages of living on the ground - smoking is definitely one of them ;)

HAUS OF Ü FEAT. YÜYI

Next episodes: Gaga as dark bride and promiscuous ballerina.

HAUS OF Ü feat BRIDE

HAUS OF Ü feat NYMPH

DIRECTED BY
INEZ AND VINOODH

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
LADY GAGA

FASHION DIRECTOR
NICOLA FORMICHETTI

2012-03-18

Iggy Azalea - The last song

Iggy Azalea is an Australian songwriter and rapper now based in LA.

Music video directed by Bell Soto.

2012-03-13

Krzysztof Kieslowski - Talking Heads full movie (1980)

Today's sixteenth anniversary of death of Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941-1996), famous polish film director and screenwriter . More here

Talking Heads (1980)
In 1979 Krzysztof Kieślowski carried out the probe among polish society.

The questions were like: who are you? What you want? What is the most important thing to you? This short documentary film is the result of the probe. Kieślowski chose 44 people and set them in alphabetical order. Only one scene devoted to a single man. Consecutive talking-heads appear on the screen and on the bottom appears the year of birth of each person. Starting from preschoolers, pupils, students, adults, until oldies, we can observe the changing desires of people of different ages and in different life situations.

2012-03-09

THE BEAST PAGEANT

"THE BEAST PAGEANT is about a man who goes on an adventure.

Abraham lives deep in the heart of an industrial wasteland. His only companion is a giant machine. Inside the machine is a man and a woman who take care of Abraham's every need. Abraham drifts through daily life until a tiny singing cowboy bursts from his stomach and leads him into the wild.

THE BEAST PAGEANT is a feature film full of fantastical characters, costumes, puppetry, animation and original music. It was shot on 16mm with a Bolex camera rescued from a dumpster."

from: thebeastpageant.jubadaba.com

2012-03-06

Dogs in motion. Carli Davidson pet photography

Unique dog portraits in motion by pet photographer Carli Davidson.

via carlidavidson.photoshelter.com

2012-03-04

Adele - Someone like you

There is no need to present this famous English artist and songwriter Adele, who released two albums for now and became the first female artist in history to lead the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart.

Each her album “19” and “21” was named after the age of the singer during its production, what for me personally is a little bit frustrating ;)

Very modest clip, all situated on the bridge of Alexander III in Paris.

Want to know what is a musical device called an "appoggiatura" and why certain features of music are consistently associated with producing strong emotions in listeners? Below link to an interesting article in Wall Street Journal.

Why does Adele's 'Someone Like You' make everyone cry? Science has found the formula

And everything is clear, yep.
However I can cry just reminding myself how long ago I visited Paris.