Lee Hazlewood

unspoken dialogues

I love the silent dialogues, internal in the first image from Martin Parr on the Summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Whales (a Magnum Photo) And the following two from Elliot Elisophon take in Lapaland (Life Photographs)

buffalo painting

a new work in progress, the buffalo, inspired by the cowgirl, has now inspired the cactus painting that will be proceeded by ocean paintings...so, to be continued

Ralph Morse + Apollo portraits

Ralph Morse, a Life staff photographer, documenting NASA astronauts

 Project Mercury astronauts via Life

U.S. Astronaut John Glenn (1961) - Ralph Morse from themarathonwalker

Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, Al Bean- crew of the Apollo 12 space craft from justacarguy

Love

+ team photos of the Apollo crews from maverick2

Simon Phillips Drum Solo

Wanted to share a bit of percussion magic

these are some of the most crisp and precise and creative and rich and dimensional rhythms I've heard- Seeing him more recently performing with Hiromi Uehara in her "Trio Project" with Anthony Jackson on the Base and Hiromi on Piano- Simon Phillips was the one who really changed music for me-
drumming like you've never seen/heard it before. His strokes are so fluid and purposeful, literally extensions of his limbs.
+ you have to love the look

Lulu Kennedy

It is a really nice reminder that there are forces out there getting people onto the next phase of their work which are off of the traditional path.
Lulu Kennedy: fashion's fairy godmother - Telegraph

Kennedy is a great example of someone who saw an opportunity to GIVE opportunity to others whom she believed in. If that isn't a satisfying line of work, I don't know what is.

updated website

www.starkweather.fr

take a look! check back for updates as march fashion week approaches...

Corrine Day

Corrine Day is known for transforming the editorial fashion industry with her raw and natural approach to fashion phtography. With Kate Moss as the perfect imperfect muse, she was able to achieve a reality that was a close to real as any set can produce. But that was not always what people wanted- reality can be sad, as she said, and sometimes people just want fantasy. Turning her career down a documentary road she had that freedom. But in the spirit of grunge and unconventional transitions in the 90s in particular, I think it is appropriate to give a quick nod to Day. Here are some of her fashion contributions, recent and old.

Images from Chinese Vogue November 2008- here for their outdoor amazing chic use of tall grass and century old wooden shackled house

Two early shots from various spreads, for their whimsy

These from British Vogue October 2003- Geoff Dyer Haute Couture prep, for the rawness of the 'behind the scenes'
Since her death in 2010, several blogs, newspapers, and other publications paid homage to her life and career. Here are a couple that I wanted to share:
Really awesome selection of images on Focus on to Film Blog
Corrine Day Obituary in the telegraph

grunge expansion

A few more images I was moved to do a quick search for
My sister once described me as 'more grungy' in comparison to her when describing our styles to someone. my response was a quick "I am not grungy." I didn't really know what it meant at the time except I had the idea it meant dirty. And since I regularly washed my hair and my jeans, I figured it couldn't be true. Not that those things are less true now (maybe a little less true) but at least I get what she was saying now. I have very few memories from when I was younger...so I'm glad that is one of them.
there is credit due to the musicians and fans who created the movement:

 Veronica Webb in Stephen Sprouse FW 1985 via corbis

 On the Street in Seatle 1993 by Mauro Carraro via corbis

Kurt Cobain in Studio Image via eyeball.fm

And there is credit due to the designer who was able to channel and market it to a high end consumer. Did they know they were wearing clothes inspired by drug addicted, chain and ripped jean wearing, long haired dudes who screamed into microphones and smashed guitars in front of audiences of angst-y young people who felt these musicians were the only people who could possibly understand what they were going through?
Not when it has a Perry Ellis label in it (thank you young Marc Jacobs)

 Perry Ellis spring 1993 backstage via corbis

+ article on the 'rules of grunge'

Grunge Heroes

At the Rock en Seine music festival Renaud Montfourny was the honored photographer, with a photo expo combining aerials of dead animals in city streets, and, of course, portraits of Rock Stars. The man, who also founded the french magazine Inrockuptables (the French Rolling Stone), has an eye for the greats and how to create an image of them as real people, full on with in their iconic attitudes.
Hung up next to each other:
These are my two grunge heroes-