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posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 30
Here are anagrams of a few other of my favorite publications I wasted an afternoon finding….
Le Figaro
Log Afire
Frail Ego
A Frog Lie
Le Monde
Led Me On
Lib?ration
Alien Orbit
Alibi Toner
Latrine Bio
Able in Riot
Le Canard Enchain?
Adrenaline Chance
Cancan Header Line
Adrenal Acne Niche
Enhanced Clean Air
International Herald Tribune
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posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 28
Photographs of Paris peniches or houseboats lined up along the River Seine. My husband, who typically doesn’t notice many details, took these photos of the boats’ names while on a solitary stroll. He walks to and from work every day. While he notices some things that are out-of-the-ordinary and tells me about them, he doesn’t often photograph them.
Seeing these photos reminded me of a passage from Julia Cameron’s book Finding Water. “…Walking, the simplest of tools, is among the most profound. It makes us larger than we are. When we walk, we wake up our consciousness. We enliven our senses. We arrive at a sense of well-being…” “…That still, small voice is automatically amplified a footfall at a time.”"Solvitur ambulando,” St. Augustine is said to have remarked. “It is solved by walking.”
posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 27
This fall, parisian events was asked to organize a lunch at the Mona Bismarck Foundation in honor of the American painter, Barbara Ernst Prey. The request was to build a lunch around the theme of the featured image of the show: Family Portrait- a cluster of bright red Adirondack chairs scattered in a field of tall grasses and wildflowers.
Using these and other elements from her paintings, we created an Autumn in New England-themed lunch reception. We used the deep reds for the menus and floral focal points, and paired it with
posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 22
The Southwest port city of Plymouth, England extends a flowery welcome to visitors. The floral design is spelled out on the Hoe, or high ground overlooking the seafront.
American and British flags flying over Pilgrims’ Point, Plymouth, leading to the entrance to the Mayflower Steps. The steps are believed to be the ones the Pilgrims descended when boarding the Mayflower, before setting sail for America. In 2000, visiting for the first time, tears came to my eyes at the unexpected sight of the American flag.
posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 21
Buying the newspaper, man wearing a kilt, Wye, England. Photo by David Holmes.
Hooray, it’s Sunday, with plenty of time to read newspapers and books and do whatever else you like! This afternoon, I’m baking a honey pound cake, from the October Country Living magazine, sent by my lovely friend Vanessa. Then I’ll descend into the cave (wine cellar) to search yet again for a bag of important documents ( Saturday’s search proved futile). And what an overwhelming task it is!
posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 19
(And hooray for Christopher Dodd, who’s put a “hold” on the bill giving immunity to telecoms!)
“While the President may think that it’s right to offer immunity to those who break the law and violate the right to privacy of thousands of law-abiding Americans, I want to assure him it is not a value we have in common and I hope the same can be said of my fellow Democrats in the Senate. For too long we have failed to respect the rule of law and failed to protect our fundamental civil liberties. I will do what I can to see to it that no telecommunications giant that was complicit in this Administration’s assault on the Constitution is given a get-out-of-jail-free card.” - Sen. Christopher Dodd
posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 16
Dita von Teese, the burlesque diva, posing next to Victoria Beckham outside of the Chanel show in Paris.
OK, so fashion week has been over for a while, but PetiteBrigitte is still running through the photos and had to stop for a moment of reflection. Aside from the fact that the amount of artifice in these two divas is enough to shatter a lens, could they look any more opposite when standing side by side?
posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 15
24 portraits of our environment: Respect, protect and preserve
After the rain, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, photo by David Holmes.
posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 15
10 octobre 2007 - 6 janvier 2008
Two must-see exhibitions at the Maison Europ?ene de la Photographie, covering America’s social undertones of the 70s.
“Tulsa, 1963-1971″ by Larry Clark
After having studied at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Larry Clark came back to his birthplace in 1963 where he photographed himself and his friends for a period of eight years. Aged in his twenties, he stated, without any concession, a drift of American youth lost between drugs, sex and violence. In his work entitled “Tulsa,” a collection of photographs reveal themselves to be both a private diary, and a rare document recording the trouble and misery of deep America. Published in 1971 by Ralph Gison (Lustrum Press), Tulsa created a scandal in the artistic scene, but remains a work of reference for a considerable number of contemporary photographers. You might recognize Martin Scorsese and Gus Van Sant’s inspiration from his work in their films Taxi Driver and Drugstore Cowboy, who then encouraged the artist to make his own film, the scandalous Kids.
