California
Photo: William Steinberg
A view from Mulholland Drive, south of Universal Studios, in Los Angeles on Saturday.
A view from Mulholland Drive, south of Universal Studios, in Los Angeles on Saturday.
31 August 2009
28 August 2009
Rosendale, New York
Photo: Chris Ramirez for The New York Times
NYTimes story here:
After finding the historic stone house of his dreams, John Masters wasted no time dragging its 1755 bones into the 21st century. “I wanted to show that you can take one of the oldest existing homes in the country and make it green,” said Mr. Masters, 52, the owner of the wind-powered John Masters Organics beauty salon in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.
Greece
Photo: Moises Saman
NYTimes:
Story here.
NYTimes:
Thousands of lone Afghan boys are making their way across Europe, fleeing the violence in their home country. Greece, in particular, which has no foster system for foreign minors, has been overwhelmed by the number of asylum seekers crossing its borders. "Afghanistan is hemorrhaging its youth into Europe," said Pierre Henry, director of France Terre d'Asile, an organization that works with the European Union, the United Nations refugee agency and the French government on asylum affairs.
Story here.
26 August 2009
Scotland
Photo: John Paul for The New York Times
NYTimes: For Sale: Ackergill Tower, a historic estate dating to 1476, is on Sinclair's Bay in the northeast corner of the Scottish Highlands. The estate has about 30 acres, including a Victorian walled garden, formal lawns, woodlands and waterfront land with five miles of sandy beach.
Senator Edward M Kennedy 1932-2009
Photo: Associated Press
The Kennedy brothers, John, Robert and Edward, in Hyannisport, Mass., in July 1960 after John F. Kennedy won the Democratic nomination for president. Edward, often called Teddy, was the last surviving brother of a generation of Kennedys that dominated American politics in the 1960s and came to embody glamour, political idealism and untimely death.
The Kennedy brothers, John, Robert and Edward, in Hyannisport, Mass., in July 1960 after John F. Kennedy won the Democratic nomination for president. Edward, often called Teddy, was the last surviving brother of a generation of Kennedys that dominated American politics in the 1960s and came to embody glamour, political idealism and untimely death.
24 August 2009
20 August 2009
Brioni
Photo: Chris Warde-Jones for The New York Times
NYTimes: Suits in the making in the classroom of the Brioni tailoring school.
NYTimes: Suits in the making in the classroom of the Brioni tailoring school.
19 August 2009
18 August 2009
Vancouver: Doug Coupland
Photo: Martin Tessler for The New York Times
His second home, directly behind his primary home.
A minimalist fireplace and a nook with ceramic logs occupy an otherwise blank wall in the living room.
His second home, directly behind his primary home.
A minimalist fireplace and a nook with ceramic logs occupy an otherwise blank wall in the living room.
Letter to the NYTimes
To the Editor:The juxtaposition of the actions of the leader of the Democratic Party, President Obama, and those of the Republican Sarah Palin says it all.
On the one hand, there is the thoughtful Op-Ed of our president (“Why We Need Health Care Reform,” Aug. 16) written in an attempt to reason with the American people, many of whom have reacted irrationally, without a clue as to what kind of health care reform legislation Congress is actually considering. On the Palin side, there is a Facebook page in which she fabricates and then rants about death panels.
Frankly, I am amazed that we somehow managed to vote in an intelligent, hard-working, enthusiastic person who, despite the despicable way that he has been treated lately and despite the idiocy of the debates at the town hall meetings, remains optimistic that the American people — even Republicans — will eventually support something that is so obviously needed in this country, that is, health care reform.
Ellyn S. Roth
13 August 2009
Picture Book
Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas on Nov. 23, 1963.
From Raynal Pellicer’s Mug Shots: An Archive of the Famous, Infamous, and Most Wanted (Abrams, $35)
11 August 2009
06 August 2009
East Hampton
Photo: Eric Striffler for The New York Times
Russell Groves and Neal Beckstedt: Story at NYTimes
04 August 2009
Greg Gorman
Greg Gorman: In Their Youth
Text by Audrey Wells.
In Their Youth: Early Portraits comprises over 200 of the California-based photographer's previously unpublished portraits from the last three decades, featuring famous actors shot when they were still unknown young men, from teen years into their early twenties. "I decided to do a project that expressed my infatuation with male beauty," Gorman explains, "especially in terms of youth... the portraits don't have lots of backgrounds, they're straightforward. It's really about the person, not the elements. It boils down to the graphics of the individual more than the graphics of the setting." Gorman's intimate celebrity portraits hinge on the sense of his subjects' vulnerability. Here, famous young men are juxtaposed with photographs of promising unknowns: one of the first shots of Tom Cruise, for instance, shares a spread with some anonymous ephebe that Andy Warhol met at Studio 54.
Publication date: October 2009
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