Congratulations Leland! Three images from his series of portraits of Neo-Burlesque performers won bronze awards in the 2009 International Aperture Awards Competition. Dottie Lux is featured here, in her words:
"Writing is all about words; burlesque very often has no words. So I'm figuring out how to write without words . . . burlesque is art on a dime."
Interior architecture & design and garden & landscape designers Wixon Gibbs look for 'the intriguing balance between the client and the architecture of the house'. Established in 1999 their service can be summarized as bespoke fashion tailoring to all aspects of the interior and garden design world. This a temporary site, the full site will be launched early this year.
Ted Morrison, photographer extraordinaire sent me this print. I received it yesterday. Thank you so much Ted.
The award for the best Holiday card 2009 to arrive in the bigflannel office ... Beardwood&Co.
The card is printed on wood! Top notch stuff from one of bigflannel's 2009 clients.
Karen Singh is driven to translate the aesthetic expression of various cultures. 'Cultures tell their stories in utilitarian objects and everyday things such as food and clothing. My calling is to honorably serve their stories.' She is pleased to offer Karen SIngh Designs. This a temporary site, the full site will be launched early next year.
Anybody fancy a solid gold chair? This is the Ventury Millesime 2010 Limited Edition Solid Gold Chair. There are other finishes too, if gold is not your style. I like the way the woman is pretending it's a secret, that her chair is solid gold. I'm not sure if you had one, you would really keep it a secret.
Leland's is another site that has been updated several times since I last blogged about it. This image shows the current site opening, in which I am featured, in an angry pose. Leland's neo-burlesque work is fantastic, who's your favorite?
I love Eric's work. He's a great photographer. We have been updating the site and not telling you for a few years now. Since Eric's website was featured on the cover of American Photo, we have added thumbnails to the site, and this week, we added a video opener as a hint of what's to come.
Another template site, this time for Xenia Viray. Not the Xenia that is 'soft marine coral resembling a mushroom' in Homer's Odyssey or an American cycle car designed by P.E.Hawkins, but the fashion writer, event planner and star of ZOOZOOM.
Jerry Fielder of the Estate of Yousuf Karsh emailed me this picture of Bakelite from a brocante near the Bastille as well as letting me know the Karsh website has received over 100,000 visits from over 160 countries since the Spring of 2008.