I thought I’d start this year off with an old favorite, Tolstoy’s War and Peace. This is a different translation from my go-to (the Aylmer and Louise Maude edition). War and Peace is ultimately a story about the basic elements of the human experience. It focuses on love, duty, and the lifelong search for meaning. All…Read More
Frida Kahlo
Next up in the Artist Series is the stunning and tragic Frida Kahlo. As many of you know, Frida was a Mexican painter who worked in the first half of the 20th century. She’s famous for her self portraits which reveal the trials of being a woman in a stifling patriarchal society. Frida was a…Read More
Cindy Sherman
As the first two creatives featured in the Artist Series were men (Francisco Goya and Hiro) I felt it was high time to introduce a lady. Cindy Sherman is an American, feminist photographer best known for her conceptual portraits made to look like film stills. Some of Sherman’s most compelling work involves her dressing up…Read More
Sunday Snapshots
From left to right: 1) Getting fancy at the salon. 2) Recipe for a perfect Sunday. 3) Relaxing after a long day at the office. 4) Can’t start the day without the Times. 5) Dainty details. 6) All the donuts please.
Hiro
Our next step in the Artist Series is the photographer Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, professionally known as Hiro. Hiro is a fashion photographer with a bold aesthetic that’s still widely influential. He began work in the mid ’50s and is still active today. Much of his work has an edgy, modern feel to it, perhaps because he worked…Read More
Francisco de Goya
To follow up the Author Series I’m delighted to introduce the Artist Series. These outfits will embody the life and spirit of some of my favorite painters, photographers, and sculptors. And who better to start with than my favorite artist, Francisco de Goya. Goya worked in Spain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries….Read More