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Today’s edition’s is dedicated to John Demsey and his photo collection. It was long time coming, years ago a friend talked to me about him but it took a chance encounter last September for us to meet thanks to Marilyn Gauthier at a New York photo fair. It has been now almost a year that his book, Behind The Blue Door, has been published. The opportunity to celebrate its first…

John Demsey: "BACK IN THE GAME" John Demsey is a prominent figure in the cosmetics industry, recognized for his influential role within the Estée Lauder Companies. With a career spanning several decades, he has also played a crucial role in the development and success of many iconic brands under the Estée Lauder umbrella, including MAC Cosmetics, Clinique, Tom Ford Beauty, and Bobbi Brown. Born with a passion for marketing and…

In the foreword to his book, Behind the Blue Door, John Demsey writes: WELCOME TO BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR—the ultimate expression of my lifelong passion for art and design. I invite you to join me on a tour of my home, which represents and reflects my personal aesthetic—a maximalist mantra. I have worked in the fashion and beauty industries for decades, collaborating with some of the greatest entrepreneurs, creators, image…

Over the span of nearly a decade I had the honor to work with Miles Aldridge along with legendary creative director of MAC cosmetics James Gager. From a professional relationship I came to know Miles and his work as a fine arts photographer. Miles is a conceptual and bold artistic creator. Every image starts with a series of hand drawn images, then a series of Polaroids and digital content arriving…

What you’ll find here is the juxtaposition of glamour, celebrity, and high society, spanning from the 1940s to the present. It’s pop culture personified, a place where the most famous faces in the world are on the walls, exchanging glances, crisscrossing generations, having imaginary conversations about who and what came before and who is emerging now. It’s a room where Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow chat with Kim Kardashian and…

After all, what screams party more than a lit-from-within mirrored chest by Patrick Naggar that has pride of place in the dining room? And what says fashion more than the blue leather Hermès chair or the Inez & Vinoodh one-of-a-kind photo collage that hangs above it? There are plenty of nods to John’s career in beauty too. A life-sized glamour shot of Gisele Bündchen by Mario Testino greets you at…

John’s home is an exercise in organized eclecticism that shows his exuberant sense of humor and vivid sense of color. The house for us reflects his uncompromising way of looking at life and at the artists. He believes in with a strong push toward continuous innovation and a contagious curiosity for all that makes the younger generation tick. Inez & Vinoodh Excerpt from Behind The Blue Door, Vendome Press

Vibrant! Colorful! Eclectic! Unusual! Fantastical! Unique! Just a few adjectives that come to mind when gazing at the pages of photographs of John Demsey’s one-of-a-kind New York city home. It’s hard to imagine, but I do not think I have even one itty-bitty like object in any of my homes! Martha Stewart Excerpt from Behind The Blue Door, Vendome Press

John Demsey's collection grows continually, here are some of his latest acquisitions.

Ctonio I called my project Ctonio (chthonic) because I set out from the depths of the earth and the darkness to tell a story. The story is my personal vision of an island in the Mediterranean. In this place, the reality of the past and present mingles with facts, legends, possible truths and distant mythologies: photography translates and reinforces the meaning of the cavity, understood as a generative space. The…

Clouds and architecture Clouds and architecture blend together.

Metamorphosis My lens is drawn to the hidden dialogues within the natural world. My ongoing series ‘Metamorphosis’, photographs of granite rocks taken in various locations in Brittany and Sardinia, exemplifies this fascination. These images transcend the boundaries of time and place to form a cohesive exploration that challenges traditional views of nature. Inspired by Paul Valéry’s notion of the power of imagination, I invite viewers to consider these rocks not…

Under the Sea Having started out as a mountain, landscape and wildlife photographer, and traipsing about with all the heavy and cumbersome equipment that it entails, I recently discovered snorkelling in the warm and crystal clear turquoise waters of the Cyclades. Water is my new subject of choice, and the equipment therefore had to change. It is not high-tech. The versatile GoPro replaced all the heavy stuff, with the occasional…

Veiled Havens In many cultures, people wrap a newborn in cloths as a symbol of protection and security. The same ritual is applied after the death of a loved one. ​ In this series, the cloth symbolises the need for self-protection during life. When do we drop the cloth and dare to really show ourselves or is the cloth our permanent safe haven?

[...] But my words fell like raindrops [...] "The sound of silence" by Simon & Garfunkel These fifteen photographs are part of a new photographic project of mine consisting of twenty-five images, inspired by the song "The sound of silence" by Simon & Garfunkel, hence the title, freely extrapolated from the verses of the song: "But my words fell like raindrops". This project was initially conceived with a totally different…