The Telegraph has more of the images from the 2010 Pirelli calendar shot by Terry Richardson up online today. And they’ve also thrown in a few from years past which got us reminiscing.
There’s a gorgeous Avedon shot of Honor Fraser and a Peter Lindbergh of Jaime King from 2002 that I just love.
But the one that really caught my eye was this Herb Ritts photograph of Laetitia Casta in full pin-up mode. It made me miss Herb Ritts and wish that he was still around making beautiful people look even more beautiful.
We highly suggest heading over to his website (kept up by his foundation) and taking a walk down memory lane. You know, in case you’re looking for something other than actual work to get you through this Friday afternoon.
Chanel Iman, Sessilee Lopez and Jourdan Dunn shot what they promised to be a “major” editorial in London last month.
We still don’t know where it’s going or what it’s for but the girls have been much more forthcoming since their return to New York. Yeterday, Chanel twittered that she was shooting an editorial with Peter Lindbergh and swore the pictures would be “collectible” while Sessilee Lopez posed for Ellen Von Unwerth in Milk Studios. Today, the two of them are working together in Times Square and Sessilee thinks you should stop by.
If you make it, we want to know who’s behind the camera and what the girls are wearing. Major bonus points if you send pictures!
The Lara Stone Vogue Paris is in and it is, as promised, all Lara.
In the first few pages, the issue declares Lara the “rare bird” of the new model generation, likening her to a combination between Kate Moss, Lauren Hutton, and pretty much any famous supermodel you can think of.
Olivier Zahm, in his interview with her, proclaims Lara “a model of a different kind, one you don’t see very often” with the body of a “1970s Playboy model” and the face of a child. He also asks why she never called him back and that he would very much like to have a glass of wine with her later to which she politely giggles.
The Lara-only editorials are shot by a handful of the best fashion photographers out there including Terry Richardson, Peter Lindbergh, Hedi Slimane and an amazing fashion spread from Nan Goldin. And between each editorial are artistic interpretations of Miss Stone by Peter Beard, Rupert Shrive, Franceso Vezzoli, and others, all ringing with a distinctly iconic tone.
Okay, we get it. Lara is smoking. But she hasn’t exactly reached icon status yet. So is it just us or does this all seem a bit premature?
We think you should decide for yourself, so we’ve included here both interviews from the issue with Lara - a quick Q&A and her longer interrogation by Olivier - because we think her words might add a new dimension to the debate (Ok, not really, we just think models talking is always fun). As always, let us know what you think.
—HAYLEY PHELAN
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Ok, clearly we don’t actually think that. Anyway…
One for all you photo freaks out there:
Does the shot of Marion Cotillard on the Eiffel Tower shot by Peter Lindbergh (thanks, WWD) remind anyone else of the divine Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn on the Eiffel Tower shot by Erwin Blumenfeld in 1939?
Even though Lisa makes it look like a ferris wheel and Marion like a death trap, we think so.
Class discussion, please.
PS Just for fun, I’ve added two photos of another model standing precariously on another building that one of my old professors just passed along to me. Bonus points if you can name both the model and photographer.
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