AGAINST THE MOON

Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi, Bronzino 

Antonio Abril, six years old, being cured after his mother had prayed to the Virgen de los desamparados (1864).

Vogue Taiwan “Heat Wave”, from the 2022 Sustainability Issue

The caption reads: Fortuna opes aufferre non animu potest.

A perfect date is with a person who eats without fear, prejudice, or concerns about his or her appearance. I remember one of my first dates with my wife (Ottavia): She ordered a six-pound lobster. I sat there, enraptured, watching her suck every bit of meat from it—she got a standing ovation from the floor staff. She’s the kind of woman who will order filet mignon as an appetizer followed by a T-bone steak. Her fearless, open-minded approach to food is completely alluring. For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in: I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person across from me, to share it with. There’s a beautiful intimacy in a meal like that. It’s about exploration and taste. And kissing after dinner. And maybe there’s a little wine and curry on your breath… and that’s nice.”

Quatre nuits d'un rêveur / Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971)

Courtesy Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

Photographed by Louise Dahl-Wolfe for Harper’s Bazaar, 1942

Sissy Spacek & Martin Sheen in Badlands (1973) dir. Terrence Malick

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1850s dolls’ house inside a cupboard, fully furnished and with electric chandeliers.

Nick Alm (detail)