Today is International Jazz Day! Here are 10 of my favourite Jazz musicians throughout the decades. I hope you joins in the celebrations!
Thelonious Monk
John Deakin was an English photographer, best known for his work centered around members of Francis Bacon’s Soho inner circle at the legendary private members’ club, The Colony Room.
The Colony Room School. L-R: Timothy Behrens, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews at Wheeler’s, 1962
Under the Influence: John Deakin and the Lure of Soho, the exhibition currently on show at The Photographer’s Gallery, will give you a glimpse of Soho’s streets and bohemian characters in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Images via The Photographer’s Gallery and http://www.filmsnotdead.com/
Don’t miss your chance to see TOY live at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Sat 26 April.
“Vogue Patterns“, the eye-popping editorial for Vogue Italia’s December 2007 issue, photographed by Steven Merisel.
The models featured are: Hanne Gaby Odiele, Kinga Rajzak, Lara Stone, Maryna Linchuk and Meghan Collison.
Images via minimal exposition
In 2013, Artist Robert Wechsler was commissioned by the The New Yorker to create a series of coin sculptures for their October 14th money-themed edition. Wechsler used a jeweler’s saw to cut precise notches in coins from various currencies and then joined them together in several geometric forms.
Monophonics – Deception
Nikoline Liv Andersen is a Danish fashion designer and artist. Her unique creations are made by hand, using a range of unusual materials such as leather, wool, fur and plastic. Mixing fashion, design and visual art, Nikoline Liv Andersen’s work takes you on a journey of discovering human nature and our way of life.
“Only Angels Have Wings”
Project made in connection with nomination for Dansk Design Talent Magasinprisen, 2013, Photographer Signe Vilstrup
Nikoline Liv Andersen “Kun Engle Har Vinger” from Michael Rygaard on Vimeo.
“The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye”
Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012, Photographer Nicky de Silva
“Slowly Seeping Through My Hands” – Stone of Man
Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art, 2011-2012, Photographer Svend Pedersen
“Glory”
Photographer Signe Vilstrup, 2009
From UNKLE’s album “Where Did The Night Fall”. Video is directed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones.