1. Andreas Gursky, Rhein II (1999), $4,338,500, in November 2011.
2. Cindy Sherman, Untitled #96 (1981), $3,890,500, in May 2011.
3. Andreas Gursky, 99 Cent II Diptychon (2001), $3,346,456, in February 2007. A second print of 99 Cent II Diptychon sold for $2.48 million in…
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I recently took a day long portrait photography workshop and this is my favourite photo that came out of it:
I was the only film user there.
It was really great to put into practice everything I’ve read on how to use natural light for portraits, just using a simple backdrop and maybe a reflector for assistance. I feel a bit braver about trying it for myself now.
My hit rate for successful shots wasn’t particularly good and I think it was because I was too obsessed with using the biggest possible aperture; I should have closed it down a bit so the focussing had a bit more forgiveness in it and there weren’t quite so many shadows. I also needed to get closer - as ever! Next time I think I’ll do more bracketing/muck around with the exposure compensation.
The workshop was run by Graham Parish at The Bristol Folk House - I’ve done a few different courses there and highly recommend them.
The photo was shot with a Pentax ME Super on Ilford XP2.
“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
Twiggy wearing a suit
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Seal of approval - Oil and pencil on board - 2012
The Beautiful People’s Beauty Book. This guilty pleasure of a read is from 1971 and by Princess Luciana Pignatelli. It is full of ridiculous and useless advice from her and her fabulous jet set celebrity friends. Enjoy.
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With the Olympics only months away these beautifully crafted 1930’ s Linocut’s of sporting events...
Happy Friday from Dads are the Original Hipsters. Party like your dad would tonight.
Sweet mother of all that is awesome, today is a great day. Just picked up a few of the first copies from my publisher.
Even better, my dad is...
The GTOs, 1960s
