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The excess of the Guy Bourdin-in-black-and-white makeup.

Oh the shock these images caused in 1994.

Miss Bouquet as the ultimate paragon of unattainable sang froid

Her beauty is mutable (cold/warm),(tan/pale) , (feminine/powerful) and provided a blank screen and a perfect template for beauty as cultural myth.

Ashes to ashes. Sepia on sepia.

They are glimpses of a world that was on the brink of dissipating.

First Spring by Yang Fudong for Prada SS2010 from North Six on Vimeo.

The great, bracing spirit of absurdity that informed Blackwood's writing spills over into the tone of Schoenberger's prose.

One odd thing leads to another. That whole hyper-linking thing? It happens to your mind these days.

Steven Meisel and Teri Toye by Tony Viramontes. Teri Toye Illustration: Viramontes

"Draw for yourself, paint for yourself, take photographs for yourself, you will love them so much more."

Viramontes

The final part of Pasolini's Trilogy of Life series.

A cross-cultural collision to the point of genius.

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Photography and Direction: Nick Knight Concept: Ed Griffiths and Alexia Somerville Chef: Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck

" In May 2004, a complement of mystery guests were invited to participate in this twenty-two-course meal, prepared by the gastronomic alchemist Heston Blumenthal and photographed by Nick Knight for a visually decadent W magazine shoot. "

Showstudio.

Donyale Luna has appeared in the films of Warhol & Antonioni