Similar but Different: Capote and Wentworth

All photos © Cecil Beaton: The New York Years. Above: Truman Capote in Morocco, 1949.

 

Richard Wentworth: Untitled. 2009 Installation, walking sticks (detail).

Ruckercorpltd

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Hilda Rix Nicholas

Les fleurs dédaignéesoil on canvas, 1925

This explains my mood...

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Found on FB, not sure of source...

More Royal Tenenbaum covers via Miss Moss.

Art crush: Jen Blazina

Thinking forward to Dallas...

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Rodarte Fall 2012

Zero + Maria Fall 2012

 More here.

Irving Penn

Vogue's July 2007 issue

Read the article in Vogue.

David Rakoff

David Rakoff in a high school yearbook photo

"David Rakoff died last night. It was no surprise; he'd been talking about it for months. He even named August as when it would happen. We've watched him get weaker and sicker. But still it's hard not to be stunned. At this moment I don't have anything smart to say, because my feelings are raw and stupid. He was my friend, our friend here at the radio show, and our brother in creating the program, making it into what it's become. We loved him. We'll miss him. We'll put some of his work on the air next week. For now, to remember him, we're posting two favorite stories. The Canadians interview was the second time he was on the show, back in 1997, fifteen years ago. In our recent cinema event, he talked about his illness and, for the last time in his life, danced onstage. We're digitizing the video and uploading it. It'll be posted here soon."- Ira Glass

This American Life tribute here.
NYTimes obituary here.
Rest in peace mr. rakoff

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From 50 Unexplainable black and white photos

Gender-Variant Children

Lindsay Morris

Above, a boy prepares for a fashion show at a camp for gender-variant children and their families. More Photos »

"Even transgender people preserve the traditional binary gender division: born in one and belonging in the other. But the parents of boys in that middle space argue that gender is a spectrum rather than two opposing categories, neither of which any real man or woman precisely fits". READ MORE...

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Women Boxers Olympic Fight

Jed Jacobsohn for The New York Times

Quanitta Underwood of the United States evaded a left thrown by Natasha Jonas of Britain in their lightweight match

LONDON — For much of the match, the North Korean boxer seemed intent on wrapping her arms around her Russian opponent as if her strategy were to dance cheek to cheek. Occasionally, they traded blows, and the Russian slightly got the better of that. She won the bout, 12-9. 

Jonas won a 21-13 decision after four rounds. And there it was: history. More at the NYTIMES.

Of Men and Monsters