Category Archives: News

Richard Avedon

Posted on July 21, 2011 by

That’s Richard Avedon photographed by Brad Elterman. He has that taken back look because he had never seen a point & shoot camera before. After the photo Avedon asked Elterman what the fuck was a point & shoot. He never … Continue reading →

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Mia Farrow

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

Mia Farrow  “[Polanski] had the idea that I should absentmindedly walk across the street into the moving traffic, not looking right or left. ‘Nobody will hit a pregnant woman,’ he laughed, referring to my padded stomach. He had to operate … Continue reading →

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Katharine Hepburn

Posted on June 26, 2011 by

“I was never a victim of the times I lived in. In fact, I was a success because of the times I lived in. My style of personality became the style. I was sort of the New Woman at a … Continue reading →

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Osama Bin Laden

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

How ironic that Osama Bin Laden, who hated the West, lived and died in a place named after a British Army officer, Major James Abbott. And how strange that he lived in a million-dollar mansion in a military town also … Continue reading →

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William Claxton

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

This beautiful photo of actor Steve McQueen driving a Jaguar was taken in 1963 by photographer William Claxton, who won a place in the history of photography by immortalizing great jazz musicians of the 50s, such as Stan Getz, Duke … Continue reading →

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Erik Refner

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

He has an unusual ability far beyond the norm, to catch what lies behind the scene. Even the most unsympathetic politicians appear in the newspapers as ‘real’ people, with depth and vulnerability; caught in a split second- Refner’s split second, … Continue reading →

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Loneliness

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

I just read a comment from a 2004 article by the NY Times about the loneliest whale in the world. Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem: “She isn’t like any other baleen whale. Unlike all whales, … Continue reading →

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Sophia Loren

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Loren was born in Rome daughter of a piano teacher and a construction engineer. Her father refused to marry her mother,  leaving her without support so to surveve they move to Loren`s gradmother in Pozzuoli, near Naples. During World War II, … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

Even without prove or  no provide connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate legend has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young … Continue reading →

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Tura Satana

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi was born 72 years ago in Japan of  circus performers family. When she was 15 years old, holding a fake ID, she started a carrer as “Exotic Dancer” and when she had the opportunity to meet … Continue reading →

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