POLAROID DAY.

BS led me to this wonderfully moving site Some Photos of The Day. New York based photographer, film-maker, circus performer Jamie Livingston took a Polaroid a day from October 1979 until the day he died of cancer, March 31 1997. Here are some of the 6,000 something photos. It was so hard to choose! This [...]

INDUSTRIAL ART.

A collection of beautiful renderings of industry. 1910s-1930s via Industrial Art Gallery

LEE MILLER.

Wow. I found a Lee Miller exhibition via the V&A and am completely in awe of her life and photography. Inspiring, indeed.

Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller (23 April 1907 – 21 July 1977) was an American photographer. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York State in 1907, she was a successful fashion model in New York City in the [...]

ARTISTS LEISURE-BATHING PICASSO.

Special Edition of ARTISTS LEISURE. This post is dedicated to Miranda who commented: No infamous Picasso with his shirt off?!? Those always make me giggle. Surfs up, Picasso! Hot Stuff!
Remember that song Pablo Picasso by Jonathan Richman?
Well he was only 5′3″
But girls could not resist his stare
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole
Not in New [...]

ARTISTS LEISURE.

Vacation, holiday, leisure! Everyone loves warm summer days on a sunny sea coast soaking in rays—Even Artists! I have been mulling over where to rest this summer when I discovered Smithsonian’s archive of the exhibition, Wish You Were Here: Artists on Vacation.

Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner at the beach, ca. 1955

Betty and Harry Bowden [...]