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Carol Christian Poell S/S04 “Mainstream - Downstream” Photo by Makoto Nakajima Scanned from Gap Men Press Vol.3

RIP Akira Toriyama (1955-2024)

Eugène Carrière, The Sleep, before 1897, crayon lithograph with scraping on chine collé, 39.9 x 49.2 cm; image: 33.8 x 42.8 cm, National Gallery of Canada 

“…Aftersun is a personal film. Most films are, of course, but this film more than even those most. The essence of what I have to say about that is held within the 145,440 frames on screen. This film is unmistakably fiction, but within it is a truth that is mine; a love that is mine. Photos, videos—records of different types—are enclosed in the film and so it felt appropriate to enclose one here. A photograph of my dad and of me—the starting point for this project—each a single shot because photos of us both are in short supply in that pre-selfie era. I am 10 or 11, Sophie’s age in the film. My Dad is 31 or 32, a little younger than I am now. We happen to be in Turkey.”

Aftersun (2022) dir. Charlotte Wells

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Still Life With Books and Pamphlets (detail), Jan Davidsz. de Heem, 1628

Francisco de Goya, El perro