Beverly Hills, Los Angeles © Doug Kim, Leica MP 0.58, 35mm Summicron, Kodak Tri-X
Julia Roberts shooting Natalie Portman with a chrome Leica M6 TTL and 50mm Summicron; from the movie Closer (2004)
Julia Roberts shooting Natalie Portman with a chrome Leica M6 TTL and 50mm Summicron; from the movie Closer (2004)
Julia Roberts shooting Jude Law with a Hasselblad; from the movie Closer (2004)
Julia Roberts shooting Jude Law with a Hasselblad; from the movie Closer (2004)
I don’t think either of them like these two shots. Let’s see if they read my blog.
Angelyn & Happy, Hollywood © Doug Kim, Leica M6 TTL 0.58, 50mm Summicron, Agfa APX 400
Akiko, Los Angeles © Doug Kim, Leica M6 TTL 0.58, 35mm Summicron, Kodak Tri-X
Fall Fashion Revue, 1947. © Philippe Halsman / Magnum Photos
Rosemary Williams and Stanley Kubrick © Stanley Kubrick, Look Magazine 194
I was in my cutting room around 1 in the morning, and he strolls in smoking a cigarette and says, “Can I watch?” I said: “Yeah, you can watch. You wanna see a Jew go down? Stand there.” That was the night I coined the expression, “You cannot polish a turd.” And then Kubrick looked at me and said, “You can if you freeze it.”
- Jerry Lewis, who was editing a film at the same studio Kubrick was editing “2001″
With Gursky’s Rhine II setting the all-time auction record paid for a photograph last month, a lot of attention has been paid to the top selling photos at an auction.
I like the variety and surreal price tags attached to these images, many of which would not even cause me to pause in a museum.
Rhine II, 1999 - Andreas Gursky
1. Andreas Gursky
Rhine II, 1999
$4,3m
Christie’s New York, November 2011
Untitled #96, 1981 - Cindy Sherman
2. Cindy Sherman
Untitled #96, 1981
£2.4m ($3,9m)
Christie’s New York, May 2011
Untitled (Cowboy) , c.2001–2002 - Richard Prince
3. Richard Prince
Untitled (Cowboy), c.2001–2002
£2.1 ($3,401,000)
Sotheby’s New York, November 2007
99 Cent II Diptychon, 2001 - Andreas Gursky
4. Andreas Gursky
99 Cent II Diptychon, 2001
£2.07 ($3,346,456)
Sotheby’s London, February 2007
The Pond-Moonlight, 1904 - Edward Steichen
5. Edward Steichen
The Pond-Moonlight, 1904
£1.9 ($2,928,000)
Sotheby’s New York, February 2006
Billy the Kidd,1879–80 - Unknown photographer
6. Unknown photographer
Billy the Kidd,1879–80
£1.4 ($2,300,000)
Brian Lebel’s Old West Show & Auction in Denver, June 2011
Kremlin of Tobolsk, 2009 - Dmitry Medvedev
7. Dmitry Medvedev
Kremlin of Tobolsk, 2009
£1.1m ($1,750,000)
January 2010, Christmas Yarmarka, Saint Petersburg.
Nude, 1925 - Edward Weston
8. Edward Weston
Nude, 1925
£1 ($1,609,000)
Sotheby’s New York, April 2008
Georgia O'Keeffe (Hands), 1919 - Alfred Stieglitz
9. Alfred Stieglitz
Georgia O’Keeffe (Hands), 1919
£923,000 ($1,470,000)
Sotheby’s New York, February 2006
Georgia O'Keeffe Nude, 1919 - Alfred Stieglitz
10. Alfred Stieglitz
Georgia O’Keeffe Nude, 1919
£854,000 ($1,360,000)
Sotheby’s New York, February 2006
Über Mädchen © Gitta Seiler
Ingird & Anika, Lovely Day, Elizabeth St, SoHo © Doug Kim, Leica MP .58, 35mm Summicron, Koda Tri-X
Ploy, Cafe Doma © Doug Kim, Nikon F5, Zeiss 85mm f1.4, Kodak Tri-X
Ploy, Cafe Doma © Doug Kim, Nikon F5, Zeiss 85mm f1.4, Kodak Tri-X
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