Street Photographer Vivian Maier, a Talent Revealed.

A nanny by trade, Vivian Maier’s street and travel photography was discovered by chance in 2007 at a local auction house in Chicago. Known as "V", her full name Vivian Dorothea Maier (1926-2009) was an American amateur street photographer, New York City born that grew up in France. After returning to the United States, she worked for forty years as a nanny in Chicago. Nobody close to her knew her talent, she was reserved and kept most of her invaluable work for herself.

Maier’s ability to grab the right frame at exactly the right moment, with elements of lighting, movement and essence all aligning, is revealed in the remarkable fact that she shot more than one picture of the same moment in time. An intensely private person who kept most of her work hidden, Maier also created a series of homemade documentary films and audio recordings that have yet to be released to the public. Most of her work was still undeveloped film at the time that was found.



Discover her work and unique sense of closeness, the soul of her objects exposed in every shot.

 

 

Marion Cotillard, a muse devoured by red in W magazine.

Shot by Tim Walker for W magazine, Marion Cotillard is the muse devoured by red in W's December cover that was just chosen as one of TIME's Top 10 Photographic Covers of 2012.

Perhaps it’s her large haunting blue eyes or her innate elegance, but ­Cotillard always looks like she’s harboring a deep secret. That tantalizing sense of privacy is what makes her characters so intriguing. _ Times.

“It is much easier for me to understand something vast and complex than something light and uncomplicated,” Cotillard explained. “Perhaps that makes me very French.” She laughed. “Tragedy is almost always interesting to me.”

And the infamous cover... check my previous post.

Maison Martin Margiela and H&M Nude Heels

Famed choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker created an unprecedented and hypnotizing performance, set on sand squares, which ran throughout the evening across different floors. The choreographer and her dancers removed garments while performing, creating live and spontaneous art installations across 9 floors of 5 Beekman Street, a historical building in NY financial district.

The capsule collection of Maison Martin Margiela and H&M is mesmerizing, the packaging tactile and seductive, but the highlight is the leather shoeware with nude plexi heels, just superb. Got a pair.