it's rude to be rude

“Little thief. Sergei Lubovitch - ah, excuse me. Sam Lloyd. Will you always have to steal what you want? Or perhaps you enjoy going through life invisible, though I suspect you yearn for much more.”

Leon Bridges - New York City, 2015 

ph. Peter Gherke

080 Barcelona Fall Winter 2013 Backstage

“Don’t you get it? I don’t fit. The songs I want to write aren’t the songs they want to hear. All this time, I’ve been trying to figure out what they want and give it to them. I don’t want to do that anymore, Theta. I want to figure out what I want and write those songs. Songs I care about. And if I’m the only one singing ‘em, so be it.”

character study

Jhonattan Burjack by Jeff Segenreich

moodboards: wlw of the roaring twenties

         "…Have you ever been in love?“    "Yes. How about you.”          Ling remembered looking into Wai-Mae’s eyes.    "No,“ she said.         "Smart girl. Love is hell.”

Kiss you all over and over again Til the nite closes in

“I know we’ve already had New Year’s. But let’s usher in the New Year… of the Diviners!” the man barked while people raised their glasses and cheered. “Ready? Here we go: Ten… nine… eight…”      Their counting became a swelling chorus of everything that was good, everything that was hoped for. All Sam and Evie could see was each other.      “Four… three… two… one!”      Confetti and streamers rained down from the ceiling. Horns and blowers bleated their tinny congratulations. The air was giddy with celebration. The little orchestra took up with “Auld Lang Syne,” everyone warbling along drunkenly to the familiar tune, looking sharp and smug, as if it were all so clever, because they were celebrating a new New Year they’d just invented.     “Happy Diviner New Year, I guess,” Evie said, a little breathless.      “To hell with it,” Sam said and wrapped Evie in his arms, kissing her fiercely.

the boys of The Diviners

Life don’t come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain’t nobody handing it to us. Memphis Campbell & Ling Chan, The Diviners.

“Can’t we save her?” “We are saving her.” 

Leon Bridges by Bryan Schutmaat for The Telegraph – story here. (Many thanks to photo editors Leo, Andy, and Roz.)