The world of “erotic photography” can span from the truly tasteful to the baseline pornographic, from the salacious to the elegantly subtle. The masters — as underscored in Ellen von Unwerth’s superb Fräulein Book — can make the art seem dignified and worthy of coffee table tome status. The more sophomoric, on the other hand, can […]

Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is, in a single word, brutal. Unflinchingly, gorily, misanthropically, even gleefully brutal, to a point that a couple scenes were so ruthless they will churn your guts. Now I survived Irreversible, so that’s saying a lot. This observation is neither a complaint nor praise, but rather a (obvious?) comment on a […]

After going soft porn in 2010 with Terry Richardson’s unforgettable take on the Pirelli Calendar, the Italians toned it down quite a bit and went classical with Karl Lagerfeld behind the lens in 2011, then went the naturalist route with Mario Sorrenti in 2012. Now Pirelli is continuing the tamed path with a very clothed […]

Whether you’re a die-hard Andy Warhol aficionado, or simply a casual fan of his Campbells Soup and Marilyn Monroe pop art, you can probably appreciate his Polaroid shots of artists and celebrities — especially when the photos are from icons of the 70’s and 80’s. Warhol decided to snap a few Polaroids of his limitless […]

Remember that “Skate Moss” Skateboard Deck project we talked about last month? Well someone has decided to take Jeff Gaudinet’s brilliant idea and translate the meme to current swimwear supermodel champ/Terry Richardson muse Kate Upton, resulting in the aptly named Skate Upton. Launched by Jason Yim, Edsel Dilag and Chris Vilchez, we kind of have to […]

Have you seen how all the tabloids have taken to piling on Rihanna lately for partying too much? A couple years ago she was the snow pure victim of abuse, and now she’s an out of control John Belushi-like tornado of coke & booze. You just can’t win. Wait a second — yes you can. All […]

Kate Upton is like the Samuel Jackson of modeling — chick is everywhere; seems like you can’t swing a dead cat without seeing her pop up somewhere smiling in a bathing suit. But really, who’s complaining? After nailing the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue this year it’s been a non-stop cavalcade for the […]

Rizzoli — publishers of the M.I.A. Collage Book — have teamed up with retailer extraordinaire Opening Ceremony to celebrate the boutique’s ten year anniversary by publishing a large format hardcover book to be released on September 4th: “[The book] includes original photography by Terry Richardson, ‘zine inserts by Chloë Sevigny and Spike Jonze, and memories […]