Peace & Love

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Happy 71st birthday to Ringo Starr, pictured above with Raquel Welch in The Magic Christian (1969), which has been on our queue for way too long.


Must watch soon.

Image of the Day

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Linda McCartney: Paul, Stella and James, Scotland, 1982 (Gelatin Silver Print) from the show Linda McCartney: Live In Photographs on view at Bonnie Benrubi Gallery in New York through July 29th.

Michelle

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Patty Pravo featuring Donyale Luna "Michelle" (1970)

That Swing

Jean Shrimpton, early '60s, by photographer Brian Duffy

Brian Duffy, who along with David Bailey and Terence Donovan helped define the look of London in the 1960s, has died at the age of 76. Here's a small selection of his iconic images.

John Lennon

Grace Coddington, 1960

William S. Burroughs, 1960

Fashion photo for Queen Magazine, 1965

Nina Simone with her daughter Simone, 1965

"How to undress in front of your husband" series with Amanda Lear and a Panton chair

David Bowie as Aladdin Sane, 1973

The Year In Pictures has a nice remembrance of Brian Duffy and I'm sure many more are to follow.

The black and white images shown above are available from Chris Beetles Gallery [click to browse more and purchase]

Here They Come Now

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I'm looking forward to seeing the impossibly titled love fear pleasure lust pain glamour death, the Seattle Art Museum's upcoming exhibition of Andy Warhol's polaroids, Screen Tests, and other media works.

The show opens this Thursday, May 13. The members preview (in conjunction with the same-day opening of Kurt) is on May 12 from noon to 8. More info here.


To complement the show, SAM will be screening Chelsea Girls in its Plestcheef Auditorium on Friday, May 21 (7:30 – 11 p.m.).




Nico "Chelsea Girls"

Image of the Day

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Since today has been all music. Jane Birkin and the Beatles at Cannes, 1968 [ via Chained and Perfumed ]