Still from "The Conformist"

The author's haunting photographs are accompanied by his analysis of the architecture of war

"Almost forgotten. The movement, strength and frightening beauty. They are an opposite of orthogonal and vertical structures, an opposite of the urban fabric and architecture of US cities."

A legendary tastemaker in the legendary photograph

TI got a tip today that a certain atelier in Paris has the above portrait of the Vicomtesse de Noailles,

Larry Clark's legendary "Teenaged Lust", unlike "Tulsa" has not been reissued

Debbie Deitering PH: Bob Richardson from Big # 14 : Beyond Cool

'You can't be afraid to suffer. If you're afraid to suffer, you'll never be an artist. Editors used to say "Bob, why are you so difficult?" And I'd say "Listen, I'm not just a photographer -you don't understand -I'm an artist who happens to use a camera. You're not dealing with me right, you're talking to me like I'm some photographer. I don't know how to do what you're asking me to do. I only know how to do what I do. You're making me feel stupid and I'd appreciate if you wouldn't do that."

Bob Richardson in Big #14, 1996.

TI is obsessed with the June/July 2006 issue of L'Uomo Vogue

I was in LA the day the issue dropped in the US. I was just leaving Mauro's at Fred Segal's when my phone blurbled an incoming email from Jason Kanner at Major.

Legendary Naomi in Yohji's legendary catalogue created by Nick Knight, Marc Ascoli and Peter Saville

"For me, a woman in Yohji is like a nymphomaniac nun. His clothes are at once sensual and very ritualistic."

Jean Michel Jarre on Yohji Yamamoto

Icy, contained and beat to perfection, the women of Skrebneski

So this hairstylist friend of mine comes over to the flat with a pile of books for reference on a hair story we're working on together.

Its a really vital book

I Will McBride is a cornucopia of beautiful photography and powerful design

I completely stumbled onto the work of American photographer Will McBride at the OFR store in Paris.