Sølve Sundsbø Shoots 50's Style Cover Of London's Luncheon Debut Issue
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Sølve Sundsbø photographs the debut cover of of Luncheon Magazine, a new independent , oversized magazine that "has the air of a 1950s issue of Vogue or Life", writes the New York Times. Editors-in-chief Frances von Hofmannsthal and Thomas Persson imagine Luncheon from Shoreditch's Rochelle School in London.
“It’s partly inspired by Brassaï’s imagery of café society in the 1920’s,” says Persson about the cover shot, which shows models wearing clothes from Gucci’s spring 2016 collection. The cover lines appear in a traditional format that mimics the design of a lunch card.
Inside Luncheon
'Portrait of a Hostess' features photographer Lee Miller, photographed by her second husband, the surrealist artist Roland Penrose at her countryside home, Farley Farm House in East Sussex.
"This is when fashion is treated like The National Geographic -- with a long lens," says Persson of the Roe Ethridge photo story. The title 'Lunch Is for Wimps' comes from the 1987 film 'Wall Street'. "It's hamburgers meets Vetements meets Manhattan meets a ton of makeup," adds von Hofmannsthal. "It's marvelous."
Prominent 'Mothers of the Movement' With Dead Sons Rally For Hillary Clinton
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Prominent 'Mothers of the Movement' With Dead Sons Rally For Hillary Clinton
The Hillary Clinton campaign released a gripping three-minute ad on Friday, titled 'Mothers of the Movement'. Titled 'Mothers of the Movement', the spot features Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin; Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland; Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; Maria Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton; and Lucia McBath, mother of Jordan Davis.
Above, the Mothers appear with Hillary Clinton and Mark & Gaby Gifford before the South Carolina primary.
Black Lives Matter: Nina Simone, Beyoncé and The Black Panthers Intersect
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Black Lives Matter: Nina Simone, Beyoncé and The Black Panthers Intersect
Talking about Nina Simone in her 2013 self-produced HBO documentary 'Life Is But A Dream', Beyoncé drew contrast between her public life and the fact that Simone's lived with her demons out of the public space.
“People are brainwashed… When Nina Simone put out music, you loved her voice. That’s what she wanted you to love,” Beyoncé reminds us, while lamenting the ridiculous things people write about her. “You didn’t get brainwashed by her day-to-day life. That’s not your business. It shouldn’t influence the way you listen to the voice and the art, but it does.” Remember the rumor that she used a surrogate mother to carry her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter? Bey called it “stupid.” She explained: “To think that I would be that vain. I respect mothers and women so much. To be able to experience bringing a child into this world, if you’re lucky and fortunate enough to experience that, I would never ever take that for granted.”
It was last week that music lovers were able to draw a new contrast between Beyoncé and Nina Simone, when the superstar took to the stage at Superbowl halftime to perform 'Formation'. I'm sparing the visuals and let you read the lyrics in Bey's sing-along.
Ringling Elephants Head For Early Retirement In Florida As Key Subjects For Cancer Research
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Ringling Elephants Head For Early Retirement In Florida As Key Subjects For Cancer Research
Studies published in October say elephant DNA holds 20 copies of p53, an important tumor-suppressing gene, compared to only one in the DNA of humans and other mammals.
Steven Klein Delivers Sexy Drama In Equinox 'Commit To Something' 2016 Campaign
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Steven Klein Delivers Sexy Drama In Equinox 'Commit To Something' 2016 Campaign
Steven Klein delivers a knockout punch with his new Equinox Fitness Clubs campaign 'Commit to Something'. The stellar photographer shares his perspective on the campaign and his provocative work with W Magazine.
Equinox came up with the stories and the concept that commitment needn't always be virtuous. Klein says this it's rare to see ad briefs this exciting in today media world. The photographer comments for the first time on his controversial 'Interview' cover, featuring Kylie Jenner in a wheelchair.
Do you feel it was misunderstood?
People are always going to misunderstand things. It’s human nature. That I accept. It comes with the territory of doing anything of value. In regards to the pictures of Kylie, they are based on pictures I did with Tom Ford a long time ago in W [from the November 2005 issue], where we used very humanlike dolls. Kylie and I discussed treating her like a doll. What happened when I shot them for W with Tom was that the dolls were too heavy to carry, so I had to put them in a wheelchair to get them around.
I often revisit pictures I’ve done before. Unfortunately, people see things in a personal way, whereas I see things visually. To me, it was just playing with this idea of the pseudo-living doll, the different positions and setups I could do with her. When you do things for magazines, you need to call attention to it somehow so people pay attention to what you’re saying visually, but I never do things for shock value. But what’s interesting is that since then I’ve received a lot of pictures from girls who are in wheelchairs who’ve done their own renditions of the pictures, in a positive way. So maybe for a girl who is in a wheelchair, she might say, ‘Look how beautiful she looks. How great is it that a girl in a wheelchair looks sexy and cool.’ So I always look at the positive aspect of things. You can find negativity in anything. What I try to avoid at all costs are mundane, boring things.
Kylie Jenner Is Fetish Sex Robot In Steven Klein's Interview Magazine December 2015
