kate

                

kate moss photographed by nick knight wearing exclusively designed clothes by sarah burton of alexander mcqueen for anOther man, collector's edition, spring/summer 2012.

when you're running by yourself it's hard to find someone to hold your hand....

oblivion by grimes
she's kinda adorable.

la femmes de man ray - ady (adrienne fidelin)

ca. 1937

la mode au congo, harper's bazaar, 1937

man ray & adrienne fidelin

1937

ca. 1937

ca. mid to late 1930s

ady, marie & paul cuttoli, pablo picasso, dora maar & man ray summering in antibes.

in 1936 adrienne fidelin, a young dancer from guadeloupe met man ray in paris. she was in her mid 20s & he was 46. she became his lover, muse & model - not much more than that is known about their meeting, the details of her life or what happened to her after her affair with man ray ended.

she was welcomed by man ray's group of friends & socialized & vacationed with the likes of pablo picasso, dora maar, paul éluard & his wife nusch, max ernst & lee miller & husband roland penrose.

in 1937 man ray photographed ady for harper's bazaar. (william randolph hearst, bazaar's publisher, prohibited photographs of blacks in the magazine - not uncommon for the time.) the photos were inspired by an exhibtion of headdresses from the belgian congo that man ray had seen at the galerie charles ratton in paris earlier that spring. four pictures were selected for the 2 page spread, headlined "the bushongo of africa sends his hats to paris. 3 images of white women, along with text by paul éluard were on the left. on the right the entire page was of fidelin. 

fidelin & man ray parted in 1940 when he fled france for the states during the nazi occupation while she chose to remain in paris to care for her family.  she later married, & the last thing on record is that she was dancing at a "negro" club on the champs-élysée.

blaze of glory

julia nobis & katlin aas photographed by julia hetta & styled by cathy edwards for anOther, spring/summer 2012.

eleanor

eleanor in max weber's studio, ca. 1951

ca. 1947

eleanor & barbara

eleanor, aix-en-provence, 1958

1948

eleanor, chicago, 1949

eleanor, lake michigan, 1954

a love story

all photographs by harry callahan.

eleanor callahan, wife & muse of photographer harry callahan died of cancer in atlanta on february 28 at the age of 95.  they met on a blind date in 1933 - she was 17 & he was 21 - & married 3 years later.  she worked professionally as a secretary supporting harry until late in his career when his photographs began to command more money. 

"he just liked to take the pictures of me," she told an interviewer in 2008. "in every pose. rain or shine. and whatever i was doing. if i was doing the dishes or if i was half asleep. and he knew that i never, never said no. i was always there for him. because i knew that harry would only do the right thing."

divine aesthetic

divine aesthetic photographed by david bellemére for digital temple magazine #11.

break of dawn

leonardo windlin, sergio cazzaniga & austin myers photographed by luca campri & styled by marcelo burlon for hunter #52, spring/summer 2012.