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May 14, 2012 · 3:53 pm

ARTmonday: Lalla Essaydi

Photo: Courtesy of Lalla Essaydi

I learned about Lalla Essaydi’s photograph’s from my friend, artist Lee Essex Doyle, who invited me to my first sale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston several years back, which my husband and I have continued to support through our many wonderful purchasesevery December. She’s one of the School’s breakout stars, and on May 22 will be presented with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s Medal Award. Essaydi, who grew up in Morocco, combines Islamic calligraphy with representations of the female body. The results are beautiful.

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York City

Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grand Odalisque, 2006
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches.

Les Femmes du Maroc: Fumee d’Ambre Girls, 2008
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.

Les Femmes du Maroc: Revisited #1, 2009.
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.

Les Femmes du Maroc: La Sultane, 2008
Chromogenic print.

Harem #4B, 2009.
Chromogenic print. 71 x 87.5 inches.

Harem #10, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches, 71 x 87.5 inches.

Harem #2, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 60 inches.

Harem #1, 2009
Chromogenic print. 48 x 280 inches.

Photos courtesy of
Edwynn Houk Gallery, NY
and
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston

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April 30, 2012 · 9:44 am

ARTmonday: Rhi Ellis Humans, Being and Other Photos

Rhi Ellis is a photographer, film maker, and illustrator who lives in South Wales. Most of these photographs are from the series Humans, Being; some are from White Wheat.

Style Muse: Elle Fanning

I have pinned quite the collection of muses on my Style Muse Pinterest board. Ninety-five at last count, and 1005 followers. Not necessarily the most populated of the StyleCarrot boards, but still. I thought it might be nice to share an image with you each week, starting tonight, mostly because I don’t like to wait, though I think Saturday nights will be its regular slot. (Can you guess how I tend to spend Saturday evenings? I told you I had a Pinterest addiction . . . ).

Many of my muses are historic images of icons—Jackie O’ or Lauren Hutton of the 1960s or Ali McGraw and Diane von Furstenburg circa 1970s—there are many contemporary shots too, including plenty of Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Moss. However, for my very first Style Muse post, I’ve gone über young, with Elle Fanning. Mostly, I find this photo incredible—crisp and evocative. But I am quite taken with her. She may be only 13, but the girl’s got style and sass. If you’re at all intrigued, have a look at the December 2010 article with video and photo gallery in Interview Magazine.

Interview Magazine | Photograph: Steven Pan

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March 26, 2012 · 8:08 am

ARTmonday: Ye Rin Mok

Although I’ve yet to blog about all the pieces in my personal collection or the ones I covet, you may have noticed I have a thing for slightly edgy, somewhat fashion-y female photographs, many of them showing just the bottom portion of the figures, often in hipster neighborhoods, glam rooms, or verging-on-seedy spaces. Los Angeles photographer Ye Rin Mok‘s images fall into this category. Not surprising, since she shot a campaign for legwear company Hansel from Basel. The photographer has also done work for Dwell and Nylon, plus plenty of ‘zines.

ARTmonday: Lissy Elle

I discovered photographer Lissy Larrichia, or Lissy Elle, as she seems to go by, on one of my new favorite blogs, The Jealous Curator yesterday. Her work is incredibly atmospheric and angsty. She’s a Canadian teen (or maybe she’s just beyond teendom now; her Flickr stream started in late 2009). I really love her work—the settings, the dresses, the props, the narratives. You should have a look at her Facebook page too, where she’s posted some of her most recent images.

Golden Hours

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The Play Pretend Princess

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Untitled

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Princess Alyssabeth’s Belated Birthday

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The Big Bad Wolf

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The End of Alice
“The Alice in all of us dies sometime. From personal experience, the Alice in all my friends were stabbed to death the moment they got breasts. Breasts suck.”

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