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Bal Blanc chez les Noailles par Man Ray ca 1930. Christian Bérard, Boris Kochno, Jean Michel Frank, Emilio Terry, Marie Laure de Noailles

Hussein Chalayan | Spring 1998 © condé nast

from The Theater: An Introduction by Oscar G. Brockett

Francis Picabia (French, 1879-1953), Harmas, c.1928. Oil and pencil on cardboard, 106 × 75.5 cm.

For Men in the Cities, Robert Longo set up his camera on the rooftop of his apartment and threw a variety of objects at his friends, capturing their aggressive reactions in these remarkable photographs, created between 1977 and 1983. The jerks and spasms of Longo's subjects, sharply dressed in business attire, have an elegance and grace that is entirely unexpected; protective reactions and exaggerated gestures have been turned into effortless and authentic choreography, a ballet of falls and stumbles, leaps and trips. The movements are fresh and vital, full of energy and life, even while they portray a sense of agony. They document an essence of human motion, boiled down to pure expression. This work later became the inspiration for his iconic Men in the Cities series of large-scale, monochrome charcoal and graphite drawings.

Diamanda Galas by Rosa von Praunheim

Mariangela Melato in Love and Anarchy (1973). One of my absolute favorite faces in cinema, her look is striking.

By Nicola Delorme for 10 Magazine. Makeup by Isamaya Ffrench.

I see the dull flame of desire

Akina Nakamori in promotional photos for her experimental album “Fushigi” (1986)

amber valetta @ chloe ss00

from the cd booklet for the soundtrack to 'velvet goldmine' (dir. todd haynes), 1998.

Sergio Sarri - Studio per esperimento (acrylic on canvas), 1974-75

Jan Švankmajer, Papuánské Zvíře, 2015