Hot Photo Friday – Zoe Crosher

Zoe Crosher, ‘Mae Wested No. 4 (Crumpled)’ from ’21 Ways to Mae Wested’, 2012

Hot Photo Friday – Sabine Mirlesse

Sabine Mirlesse, from the series ‘As if it should have been a quarry’, n.d.

Winogrand opening at SFMOMA

A major retrospective featuring the work of the late American photographer Garry Winogrand is about to open at SFMOMA.  When he died unexpectedly aged 56, Winogrand left behind thousands of rolls of undeveloped film and unedited contact sheets, featuring nearly 250,000 images in total.  100 of these photographs have been printed for the first time and will hang alongside his better known images in the exhibition.  Winogrand had a knack for capturing everyday American life (particularly in the 1960s) with a knowing eye and an engaging sense of humour.  You can get a sense of his take on photography in the short documentary above.

Hot Photo Friday – Ren Hang

Ren Hang, ‘Untitled 33′, 2011

Happy Valentines, Lovers

Diane Arbus, ‘Retired man and his wife at home in a nudist camp one morning, N.J.’, 1963

On your toes

Christian Louboutin fetish shoes, photographed by David Lynch, 2007

The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York recently opened a shoe exhibition (if you’re into that sort of thing) to coincide with New York Fashion Week.  Included in the show are a pair of Christian Louboutin’s remarkable fetish shoes.  When Louboutin debuted the range in 2007 he collaborated with none other than David Lynch, who created five limited edition photographs featuring the footwear (see top and below)  and exhibited them at the Galerie du Passage in Paris.

More Lynch-photographed Louboutins

Including ‘siamese shoes’ bound together by a single heel and 26 cm heels with a spike on the inside, the high fetish collection was complemented by Lynch’s moody, cinematic images and ambiguous, noir-ish content featuring dancers from the Crazy Horse in Paris.  And if these numbers are a little too extreme for your taste, there’s now the foot friendly Lady Lynch Louboutin,  inspired by the director and yours for US$625.

Hot Photo Friday – Ruben Accou

Ruben Accou, ‘If I have to give it a title it might be this’, n.d.

Hot Photo Friday – Nicola Tyson

Nicola Tyson, ‘Unknown and Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama), from the series ‘Bowie Nights at Billy’s Club, London’, 1978

Hot Photo Friday – Amy Friend

Amy Friend, from the ‘Parallel Series’, 2010

Later Dudes

Image by Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama

Leg of Lamb’s off to Tokyo today (!).  I haven’t resolved my Internet situation there yet so maybe I’ll be tweeting, maybe not. Regular posts will resume mid-January. Until then, Sayonara!