Eugene Atget

Eugene Atget (1857 - 1927) photographed Paris for thirty years. With a singleness of purpose rarely excelled, he made his incredible monument to a city. When he died in 1927 he left approximately 2000 eight by ten inches glass plates and almost 10,000 prints, not counting the plates deposited in the Palais Royale archives. Here is one of the most extraordinary achievements of photography. Yet we know almost nothing of Atget as a person and less of Atget as a photographer. Most of the buildings and places he photographed can still be visited. But what has been lost is the way of life and a culture that bound people tightly to the fabric of a place: the old Paris. While his aesthetic was modern, his concern was for the past, showing a fundamental anxiety about the unstoppable and often destructive progress of modernity. It is this prescient ambivalence towards the future and his paean to the passing of time that makes Atget's Paris so resonant and fresh.

Fete, Paris, 1899

Versailles was one of Atget's most important proving grounds.

Trianon, Versailles 1923

Strike a Pose

Shot by Sean & Seng for Vogue Turkey

Ostrich bedroom

Gianni Versace

The Vogue 120

Photographed by Norman Jean Roy for Vogue US September 2012

ZARA picks womenswear F/W 2012

Our favourite picks from ZARA's present collection:

Wool Military Coat 

89.99 GBP

Jacquard Coat with gathered waist
79.99 GBP

Bomber Jacket with Diamante
89.99 GBP

Wool Military Jacket with gold piping
69.99 GBP

Velvet Biker Jacket with embroidered pearls

139.00 GBP

Printed Sequinned Cardigan

119.00 GBP

Printed T-Shirt 

19.99 GBP

Symmetric T-Shirt with faux leather skull

19.99 GBP

Printed faux leather T-Shirt

25.99 GBP

Silk and lace tunic Blouse

59.99 GBP

Embroidered mini Skirt

79.99 GBP

Skirt with tie dye feathers

69.99 GBP

5 pocket Jeans with flock floral print

39.99 GBP

Satin and peal box clutch / Beaded box clutch

49.99 GBP / 49.99 GBP

Gem encrusted eagle Necklace / Belt with rhinestone buckle

22.99 GBP / 9.99 GBP

Barry x Ball

Impressive marriage of technology and machinery. Sculptures by Barry x Ball from his series entitled Masterpieces are the new creation after the digital scanning of the originals. The artist compares his technological outcomes to the hand carved originals. Click here for the statement from the artist regarding “improving” upon Corradini.

Purity
 2008 - 2010
 sculpture: Belgian Black Marble, stainless steel
pedestal: Macedonian Marble, stainless steel, wood, acrylic lacquer, steel, nylon, plastic
after Antonio Corradini (1668 - 1752) La Purità 1720 - 1725 Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice

Envy 

 2008 - 2011 

 sculpture: Mexican Onyx, stainless steel 

pedestal: Macedonian Marble, stainless steel, wood, acrylic lacquer, steel, nylon, plastic 

after Giusto Le Court (1627 - 1679) La Invidia circa 1670 Italian marble

Sleeping Hermaphrodite

 2008 - 2010 

 sculpture: Belgian Black Marble 

base: Carrara Marble, stainless steel, Delrin 

 after the Hermaphrodite Endormi (Ermafrodito Borghese)