One day last week, two prints of Edward Weston’s Nautilus, a famous image of a seashell, sat on a cluttered table inside the photography department at Sotheby’s. The department’s director, Denise Bethel, and her colleague Christopher Mahoney stood by, examining the prints closely. The first, which Mr. Weston printed himself in 1927, is nearly shadowless, Read More
Irving Penn, the legendary fashion photographer, died this morning at age 92.
The New York Times obituary writes about Penn’s first Vogue cover, shot just after he started as an assistant to art director Alexander Liberman:
Mr. Penn’s first assignment was to supervise the design of Vogue’s covers, and he obliged by sketching Read More
Since many of you have been out of the dating loop for some time, I thought it might be fun to do a little role-playing. First I’d like you to imagine, for the sake of this exercise, that you are a single woman in your 30′s who, although you have a demanding and rewarding career Read More
I have always clung to the belief that “shrimping,” i.e., toe-sucking, though not the most revoltingly incomprehensible sexual aberration known to man, is still pretty gnarly. Feet should be tended and soothed–not slobbered over.
Then, last week, I went to Rescue, and now I find I am more than ready to revise my opinion. Improbably Read More
