(Photos in this and the previous post © Sam Haskins)
11.30.2009
sam haskins 2
As I wrote yesterday's post, it had been my intention to write today about the sad (and sadly ironic) circumstances leading up to Sam Haskin's death. But on second or third (or at least subsequent) thought, I've decided instead to simply post another Haskins photo, this one an apparently unused shot from the sessions for his 1962 book Five Girls. It just seems like a better thing to do.
11.29.2009
sam haskins
I read last night that the photographer Sam Haskins died last week at the age of 83. I discovered his work back when I'd just entered college and was absolutely in awe of it. Sure, it didn't hurt that it was full of naked young women, but his sense of design, his stunning use of high contrast black and white printing and purposeful graininess, and his layouts combining multiple images (a quarter century before the advent of Photoshop), continue to influnce photographers and art directors to this day.Maybe more tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are a couple of spreads from his hugely influential book Cowboy Kate & Other Stories from 1965.
11.28.2009
only you
Video for Porstishead by Chris Cunningham (who you may or may not remember from Rubber Johnny).
If you like (or as in my case, love) Portishead and have not yet watched the DVD of their 1997 concert (with full orchestra) at Roseland in New York, track it down (Netflix has it), and watch it immediately. That's an order.
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