Born in San Francisco in 1895, Louise Dahl-Wolfe took her first pictures in 1923. In 1936, she joined Carmel Snow, Alexey Brodovitch and Diana Vreeland, respectively, the editor-in-chief, artistic director…
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According to Claude Lévi-Strauss, the mask hides as much as it reveals, “denies as much as it affirms.” Silent, it often holds a secret to which only the initiated are…
The American photographer and stage director Tom Palumbo (1921-2008) is best known for his fashion and celebrity photographs from the 1950s and 60s. It all began in 1953, when the photographer…
In 1965, Franco Rubartelli (b. 1937 in Florence) introduced Vera von Lehndorff Gottliebe, aka Veruschka, to the international fashion scene. He produced many editorials forthe magazine Linea Italiana and…
William Helburn photographed Dovima, Barbara Mullen, Jean Patchett, Simone D’Aillencourt, Suzy Parker, Anne Saint-Marie, Linda Harper, Jean Shrimpton, and many other supermodels of the 1950s and 60s. He worked for…
Purgatory Road takes its title from an actual place where I live during the summer months, a wooded region in rural New York that is divided by an infamous dirt-covered…
Leprosy has been for many centuries, in Ethiopia, a sickness with enormous social implications. The physical consequences of catching such an illness has forced many infected by the disease into…
After the very important decison of the UN , it might be possible for Gaza to have a new glimpse of hope for its future. Seen from the inside…
The idea behind this series was to challenge myself. Photographing a celebrity isn’t always easy, but they are usually people with a strong presence. I wanted to test myself from…