...a room of one's own.....



...there is something 'filmic' about these two rooms.....evoking the heroin chic of 'Trainspotting' and the cheap glamour of 'Casino'........
Top image: Vintage-Kat/ Flickr
Bottom image: Fotogravirus/Flickr

...winter in July.....




....with temperatures set to top 100 here in NYC I thought these images by Todd Hido might help cool us down.....

...don't ask me why....



...I love these pics! There's something oddly romantic about these 'lonely' images of bedrooms....
Bottom: xNstable/flickr
Top: Modulation/ flickr

...earthmother..........




...it may be 'high summer' as we say in Blighty but as a prop stylist my thoughts are turning to Autumn, okay Fall!......suddenly it's all about oranges, browns and earth tones......these pics certainly set the 'tone'......
Top: Burtynsky 'Tailings #1'
Middle: Scott Peterman 'Mexico City'
Bottom: Burtynsky 'Silver Lake Operations #12'

...white out....




... the work of Atlanta based photographer Scott Peterman is the antithesis of 'visual stimulation'...how I wish I had one of these on my wall......

...dusty beauty........




......it doesn't come any more mundane than the photographic works of Moyra Davey...truly breathtaking in their simplicity..
Papers 2009...Shure 2003...Floor 2003

...it's in the can.....



These exquisitley oxidized cans are from 'Library of Dust' by David Maisel. The cans contain the cremated ashes of patients from a psychiatric institution.

...chaos theory....




...just loving the ordered chaos of Swedish photographer Helga Steppan....

..Chernobyl 24 years and counting...







..discovered these apocalyptic images of Chernobyl on Flickr....disturbing but hauntingly beautiful...bottom image is by oinkylicious; top images by Vivo Ben....

..if Jasper Johns had a jeep...




...a little late for the 4th but just discovered this amazing jeep...WEA, NYC, 7/5/10, 5.10pm......

..what a joy....


..it was an absolute joy to work back at Martha again. I had forgotten just what a lovely bunch of professionals they are! Plus - they have their own prop house so you can always nip across if you run out of anything - which is a great option to have but I like to come fully prepared. I styled the shoot 'organic/modern' - we used lots of Heath Ceramic, Mud and Nicole Farhi. I tried to steer clear of anything too precious - the theme was casual and masculine. I included in a few 'wibbly- wobbly' bits by Christiane Perechon. We worked late into the night - there was talk that one of the recipes might be chosen as a potential cover option so we wanted to make sure everything was just right.