Original Super Naomi Campbell Fronts W Magazine October 2014 'New Royals'
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Naomi Campbell fronts the October issue of W Magazine, lensed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
In a week when one of the original supermodels walked multiple shows in New York, one of her more interesting images is a painting by South African, anti-apartheid artist Marlene Dumas that is part of a vast retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Dumas moved to Amsterdam in the’ 70s to study at the Atliers ‘63 in Haarlem and continues to live there.
Distinguishing herself from Pop artists like Andy Warhol, Dumas said: “I use second-hand images and first-hand emotions.” The Marlene Dumas exhibit is on view until Jan 4, 2015, where the curator describes her work in this way:
Dumas often finds inspiration in newspaper and magazine images from her immense visual archive. The artist believes that the endless stream of photographic images that bombards us every day influences how we see each other and the world around us. Dumas addresses this onslaught by revealing the psychological, social, and political aspects of these images. Her drawings and paintings have an enormous directness and expressiveness, which the artist couples with a certain analytical distance. Dumas does not shy away from controversial topics. In both her visual work and her writings, Dumas reflects on contemporary painting and what it means to be an artist.
'Angels' By Russell James Is 304 Pages Of Nude Artistry & Sensuality
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‘Angels’ By Russell James Is 304 Pages Of Nude Artistry & Sensuality
The photographs are very honest and they show women in their best light. They aren’t vulgar, they are sexy but sensual, and that is what I love,” said longtime Victoria’s Secret model Karolina Kurkova at the September 11 launch party at Russell’s good friend Donna Karan’s Stephen Weiss gallery . “People like to work with him because he makes them feel comfortable and he’s artistic. It is timeless, and something you’d like framed in your house.
Candice, Lily, Behati, Jasmine & Martha Star In Victoria's Secret Fearless Campaign
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Candice, Lily, Behati, Jasmine & Martha Star In Victoria’s Secret Fearless Campaign Fall 2014
Behati Prinsloo, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Jasmine Tookes and Martha Hunt strike my favorite lingerie mood in Victoria’s Secret’s new ‘Fearless’ campaign.
Blatantly seductive, yet not bombshells drowning in testosterone fantasy, this is the VS that I like best. Elizabeth Sulcer styles the campaign with set design by Tristam Steinberg. Photographer Adam Franzino makes the sensual image capture.
Eye | Clintons For Elephants | Organized Crime Deep In Ivory Trade | Clooney & Alamuddin Will Wed In Venice
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The artist Tristin Lowe’s reminder of the plight of African elephantsElephant in the Room NY Times
New York Fashion Week is in full swwing. You can track all the spring 2015 designer collections on Vogue.com and Style.com. Some of the most innovative designers will be showing at Milk Studios in West Chelsea, home to 15 runway shows and the giant pink elephant in the room.
The inflatable 10-foot-tall elephant, designed by the artist Tristin Lowe, is part of a collaboration between Made Fashion Week and the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation to raise awareness about the Clintons’ latest cause: ivory trafficking and the killing of African elephants.
“We have about 15,000 people flowing through the doors this week,” said Keith Baptista, a managing partner at Made Fashion Week.
The Clintons hope — as does AOC — that among the 15,000 people, including top fashion models, a select group of AOC Smart Sensuallity types, will help to spread the dire priority of saving the world’s elephants.
The Clinton Global Initiative has joined forces with other organization in a Partnership to Save Africa’s Elephants.
‘The End of the Wild’ Yao Ming
Former NBA star and Chinese icon, Yao Ming, has launched a major public awareness campaign targeting consumption of ivory and rhino horn in China in partnership with WildAid, Save the Elephants, African Wildlife Foundation, and the Yao Ming Foundation.
Yao Ming Vows To Save Elephants By Ending China’s Ivory Trade Huff Po
Ivory Atrocity: Asian, African Crime Groups Speed Elephant Slaughter NBC News
