When LIFE Magazine Received Pics Of Still-Unknown Marilyn Monroe, They Replied “WTH Is Marilyn Monroe”
The photos were taken in 1950 with a still unknown Marilyn, by a Life Magazine photographer Ed Clark, at the suggestion of a friend of 20th Century Fox telling of the new hiring of the studios. Continue reading »
These ‘Game of Thrones’ Photos From Time Magazine Are Colorful To Say The Least
Allow me to put on my curmudgeon hat for a moment, but do you ever feel like photographers shooting for big publications will sometimes go for wild off-the-wall creative concepts that seem to just fall flat? That’s how I feel about these portraits of “Game of Thrones” actors for Time magazine from British Photographer Miles Aldridge. Continue reading »
Overdrive Magazine: Voice Of The American Trucker In The 1970s
In the 1950s, American kids idolized cowboys – in the 1970s it was truckers. There was an endless supply of movies painting truckers as anti-establishment heroes of the highway (Convoy, Breaker Breaker, Smokey & the Bandit, etc.), and God-knows their tool of the trade, the CB radio, was the coolest thing ever. Truckers were seen as rebels, interstate outlaws, cowboys of the open road who didn’t answer to “the man”… but the public’s fascination waned by the early 1980s.
So, let’s have a look at the start of the Golden Age of the trucker in the covers and pages of the 1972-1973 issues Overdrive Magazine: The Voice of the American Trucker. Continue reading »
Vintage Yugoslavian Computer Magazine Cover Girls Of The 1980s-90s
In the 1980s, computers were sold like sport cars: with sexy women and pin-ups. I propose a look back to the past with the covers of the Yugoslavian magazine Racunari, published in the 1980s and 1990s. It is impressive to note that at that time, mixing women and computers necessarily meant sexy secretary or incapable woman and slave of her computer. Continue reading »
“What Kind Of Men Read Playboy?” Controversial Playboy Magazine Ads From 1958-1974
At it’s height in 1972 Playboy magazine had a circulation of over 7 million copies per month and the New Yorker was reporting that almost 25% of college men were purchasing the magazine every month. Despite running the “What Kind of Men Read Playboy?” campaign for over fifteen years Hugh Hefner was still trying to persuade advertisers that men were looking at anything but the pictures. These ads weren’t so much aimed at prospective readers but prospective advertisers. Continue reading »
Magazine Store: A Сontemporary Art Project By Farhad Moshiri
Farhad Moshiri, an Iranian artist working a lot with carpet media using it as a mean to joke about consumerism culture, was one of the participants of the group show Love Me Love Me Not of Yarat! pavilion curate by Dina Nasser-Khadivi (read on her curating Lalla Essaydi’s Harem here) at Venice 2013 Art Biennial. The installation consists of more than 500 carpets depicting celebrities-covered magazines from all over the world. Continue reading »
Quirky Magazine Covers
Quirky Magazine covers: Emma and Blue.
One innovative artist has created quirky artwork which re-imagines classical paintings with the faces of famous modern day cover stars such as Angeline Jolie. Continue reading »
Sun Magazine Underwater Photo Shoot
The underwater fashion photos featured in the May 2014 Sun Magazine were taken by Sun photographer Lloyd Fox in a pool at the home of Mary Kay and Chuck Nabit. Styling was provided by Sun reporter John-John Williams IV, and the art director for the shoot was Sun design editor Leeann Adams. Photos: The Sun magazine’s under water fashion shoot with resort style clothes, March 25, 2014
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Matt Rainwaters Captures Okie Noodling Fisherman for New York Times Magazine
Austin, Texas-based Matt Rainwaters takes fascinating pictures of people, places and things. Recently he photographed the Okie Noodling Tournament, Festival and Fish Fry, held in Pauls Valley, OK each year. Rainwaters had his series of marvelous characters from the tournament published in The New York Time Magazine. This event is steeped in backwoods tradition and attracts media from all over the world. Continue reading »
Smithsonian Magazine’s 2013 Photo Contest
Finalist, Americana category. Dust swirls around citizens of Black Rock City as they peek into the “Black Rock Bijou Theatre”, an art installation at the 2013 Burning Man festival. (Photo by Mark Kaplan/Smithsonian.com)
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Shocking Magazine Photo Retouches
Here’s a classic “Photoshop fail,” in which Faith Hill’s right arm has mysteriously disappeared.
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Slanted Magazine #22 – Art Type
The current issue brings together texts and works from the art world. The magazine presents a large number of works that explore language and typography by internationally renowned artists as well as numerous essays and interviews. Continue reading »
Candice Swanepoel by Matt Jones for i-D Magazine, Winter 2013
Publication: i-D Magazine, Winter 2013
Model: Candice Swanepoel
Photographer: Matt Jones
Hair: Leon Gorman
Make-up: Leanne Hirsh Continue reading »
Selena Gomez for FLAUNT Magazine, Nov 2013
Photographed by Amanda de Cadenet at the Rosslyn Hotel, Los Angeles. Continue reading »
Kate Upton Sexy Photoshoot in Contributor Magazine
Kate Upton poses in a sexy photoshoot for Contributor Magazine. All clothes by Guess by Marciano Collection. Photography and fashion by Yu Tsai, modeling by Kate Upton@IMG, styling by Melissa Klitzke-Rubini@1 + 1 Mgmt, make up by Fiona Stiles@The Wall Group. Shoot on location in Los Angeles, CA. Continue reading »
Milou van Groesen for W Magazine Korea, May 2012
Model Milou van Groesen poses for W Magazine Korea, May 2012.
Photographer: Gianluca Fontana.
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Ana Lisboa for SHK Magazine
Ana Lisboa for SHK Magazine, New York, NY. Photos by Alban Smajli. Continue reading »
WSJ Magazine July / August 2013: Woody Allen by Terry Richardson
The Wall Street Journal’s monthly culture magazine WSJ is now out and for July’s issue it features the nearly 80 year old film-maker Woody Allen on the cover and inside for an interview as his 48th movie, Blue Jasmine, gets set for release. Continue reading »
Seren Gibson Outtakes for Nuts Magazine
When 25-year-old Seren Gibson was enrolled in media studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London she got herself into major debt because of tuition… and clothing expenses. Naturally the Welsh bombshell turned to modeling to pay the bills and it seems to have been a very wise decision. Continue reading »
Valeriia Karaman for OOB Magazine
Paul Morel shoots the girl with the heart-shaped birthmark. Valeriia Karaman dons revealing black and beige fabrics in a controlled-light studio setting for OOB Magazine. Continue reading »
Julianne Moore for ELLE Magazine
Julianne Moore is a British–American actress and children’s book author. A prolific cinema actress since the early 1990s, Moore has established a successful career in both art house and Hollywood films. Continue reading »
Chloë Moretz for Nylon Magazine, May 2013
Chloë Moretz, an American actress, poses for Nylon Magazine, May 2013. She began her acting career at the age of seven and has appeared in films such as The Amityville Horror, Days of Summer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Kick-Ass, Let Me In, Hugo, and Dark Shadows. Continue reading »
Winona Ryder for Interview Magazine, May 2013
Winona Ryder, an American actress, poses for Interview Magazine, May 2013. Continue reading »
Miley Cyrus for V Magazine #83, Summer 2013
Miley Cyrus, a daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, an American actress and a singer-songwriter, poses for V Magazine #83, Summer 2013. Continue reading »
The First Hebrew Edition of Playboy Magazine
An Israeli man looks at the first Hebrew edition of the men’s magazine Playboy in Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
