February 2012
4 posts
From India with Love 01
vintage postcards from Chor Bazaar, Mumbai
Feb 26th
Open Books 02
Feb 9th
Kurt Schwitters, 2D to 3D Collage
Feb 4th
I normally wince at the sight of photo-realist paintings…but a particular image by Christopher Stott caught me by surprise. It took me all day to realise a “photo” of suitcases was actually brush induced.
Feb 2nd
January 2012
18 posts
Stole this lovely photo tryptych from um-bil-i-cal. Colours to make you feel warm on a freezing night in January.
Jan 31st
Open Books 01
Jan 30th
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I ♥ Spoons
Jan 29th
Sea Gypsies
Sea Gypsies
Jan 28th
Personal Displays of Collection
   Currently doing a bit of thinking about collecting and collector’s personal spaces for a project. The owner of Snowshill Manor in The Cotswold’s evidently had a penchant for Javanese masks and Sumurai suits.
Jan 25th
Barbican
Jan 25th
Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
24 notes
Jan 15th
Art Crush: Yayoi Kusama
Jan 14th
Headdresses are an important part of ceremonial dress in Indonesian culture from traditional dance to weddings; from very simple textile wraps to ornate gold sculptures. Upon looking further into the subject; I found a strange parallel between these objects and images from Old Hollywood.
Jan 10th
Jan 10th
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Indonesia Calling
I thought I would finally create a series of blog posts on Indonesia. Not only does it hold a personal resonance, as it’s where I spent the first 7 years of my life. But as noted by BoF, it’s also a growing hotbed for talent and creativity….definitely one to watch for the future. 
Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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me messing around inside the Whirled Cinema bar
Jan 5th
Jan 3rd
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So, where to find vintage Mulberry bags in classic scotchgrain leather? The Clothes Horse Dress Agency, Teddington.  A fair trek from central London but all the more worth it when I tell you of another vintage retail gem on the same street: Mela Mela. One of the only places you’ll find vintage YSL sunglasses for around £35 as well as a dreamy selection of 50s - 60s vintage in incredible...
Jan 2nd
If God created vintage bookstores...
Leakey’s Bookshop, Inverness
Jan 1st
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December 2011
22 posts
2 tags
Draw in Light
This is Beautiful
Dec 31st
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Blank Canvas and Crayola Scribbles
(source: street peeper) Cy Twombly
Dec 31st
1 note
Leon Levinstein
Dec 29th
3 tags
Shigeichi Nagano
Dec 28th
4 tags
Irving Penn, Small Trades
Dec 28th
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Subway Portraits
Walker Evans
Dec 27th
2 notes
2 tags
Dec 27th
43 notes
4 tags
Roger Mayne
Dec 20th
6 notes
4 tags
Toyoko Tokiwa
Dec 19th
4 tags
Dec 19th
11 notes
5 tags
Ken Russell Photography
Dec 19th
5 notes
2 tags
Lewis Hine
Dec 18th
4 tags
Milton Caniff
Male Call
Dec 15th
4 tags
Mrs. Crumb
Aline Kominsky-Crumb
Dec 14th
4 tags
Flapper Fanny
Flapper Fanny by Ethel Hayes
Dec 14th
4 tags
Senorita Rio Rita
Rio Rita
Dec 14th
4 tags
Trina Robbins
Wimmen’s Comix
Dec 12th
1 note
2 tags
FW
The Woodmans
Dec 11th
5 tags
Tarpe Mills
Miss Fury
Dec 11th
2 tags
The Everyday is Beautiful 03
Lee Jeffries
Dec 10th
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Refracted sunlight can turn the Moon a spectacular shade of red BBC
Dec 10th
2 tags
Dec 5th
180 notes
November 2011
17 posts
2 tags
Vortatecture
Nov 29th
1 note
2 tags
His/My Affinity
Vintage Postcard 1908
Nov 28th
3 notes
2 tags
Nov 27th
2,155 notes
3 tags
Pheobe
Anna Nicole Ziesche
Nov 27th
4 tags
The Everyday is Beautiful 02
Akio Hirata Hat Exhibition, Tokyo
Nov 22nd
1 note
3 tags
Nov 20th
343 notes