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"All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity." —Robert Francis Kennedy 

Phierce Photography

Sølve Sundsbø

Model - Karen Elson

Numero Magazine 2002

It's in the air...

A Madge return is right around the corner...

615 Jefferson Avenue by David Armstrong

Working in the West Village allows you to live out real-life cliché NYC moments, the kind of moments that allow you to fall in love with this magical city all over again. Not only is it one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Manhattan, it also exudes, in my opinion, the most personality. It looks, smells, sounds and feels like the NYC of my dreams.  I’m a lucky guy.

On that note, while strolling down Bleecker on my lunch break I happened to pass Bookmarc, Marc Jacob's trendy, yet surprisingly thoughtful bookstore.  Through the window an image of a young, boyish model with pink hair and tired eyes caught my attention and drew me into the store. It was the cover of fashion photographer David Armstrong’s new book, 615 Jefferson Ave. After thumbing through a few pages I quickly learned that all of the images, boyish models types, were taken in his turn of the century row house in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. I later learned after a little more research that this legendary residence is at once both Mr. Armstrong’s home as well as an odd house of curiosities. The reputation of this house becomes evident in beautiful, sunlit images of youth that fill the fascinating pages of this coffee table find – boys in clown collars and feathers, in claw-foot bathtubs or laid out on wrinkled sheets.

The whole idea of purchasing a photography book brought back an immediate feeling of nostalgia. I used to worship photography books when I was a kid.  I devoured the amazing groupings of images – models and fashion, sex and style, that could only be found in a bound hard collection. It made me realize that with the everything-at-your-fingertip virtual world that I am now a member of, one where images come and go so quickly and can be accessed at the speed of light, that the idea of buying a book of images seemed so old fashion…until I actually bought it, and then it immediately felt modern and new and relevant.

I think this purchase just might kick start a photography book renaissance for me. I can now appreciate what it means to actually take the time to study and absorb a collection of images. Maybe its old fashion, maybe its nostalgic, but for me its new, modern and now.

What I'm Listening To...

White Horse - Jessica 6 - See the Light
Something About You - Tensnake - Something About You EP
Dream On (Bushwacka Tough Guy Mix) - Depeche Mode - Remixes 2
Till The End of Time - Beyonce - 4
Little White Doves (Penguin Prison Remix) - Dirty Vegas - Little White Doves Remixes
Swedish Beauty/Diamond Life  (Starring Julie McKnight) - Swedish House Mafia - Until One
Time of My Life - Patrick Wolf - Lupercalia

Silence - Kylie Minogue - Put Your Hands Up EP

Alphaville (Time and Space Machine Mix) - Bryan Ferry - Alphaville EP
Lift Me Up (Mylo Mix) - Moby - Go

Jessica 6 - "White Horse"

LOVING this tune!!

Wherefore ART thou...

Ray Caesar

Guardian (2004)