Tales

“A house like me” is the description Curzio Malaparte used to describe the house he built for himself, with the help of Adolfo Amitrano, on a remote cliff in Capri.  Cruzio decided to build Casa [...]

Sometimes not only do we want to escape to a faraway exotic destination, but we want to time travel to a specific time in that particular place. That’s how we feel about Rio. Don’t get us [...]

“You can take a picture or you can take a picture.  I much prefer the latter.”  Arthur Elgort knows how to bring out the best of his subjects, especially when he is taking pictures of [...]

Louise Dahl-Wolfe introduced a kind of naturalism to fashion photography that was not popular at her time.   Joining Harper’s Bazaar in  1936 she characterized the magazine for two decades by contributing 86 covers.  Working as [...]

“It’s a world, someone’s face. When I capture it, I see the future of the world. I believe with my heart and soul in the power of the image.”  Malick Sidibe, the Malian photographer, is able to capture [...]

Summer seems so far away during these cold days and nights, yet all we can think of is relaxing by the beach under the warm sun.  Richard Rutledge’s vintage fashion photographs capture our fantasy of [...]

Taking a bath can be quite indulgent, especially after a long tiresome day.  To draw the perfect bath, you have to make sure the water is the right lukewarm temperature and it has the right [...]

“I like to make people look as good as they’d like to look, and with luck, a shade better.” Norman Parkinson had a candid approach to his photography, and that approach made his subjects always [...]

There was a time when advertising was ruled by glamorous fashion illustrations, and René Gruau was at the helm.  Gruau’s fashion illustrations are the perfect mix of simplicity and drama.  Drawing you in with bright [...]

“I like taking photographs because I like life.  And I love photographing people best of all because most of all I love humanity.”   During Horst P. Horst’s sixty-year spanning career he was able to capture [...]