Wonderland

 View the Vogue article on Kirsty Mitchell Photography here:

https://vimeo.com/725678502

Kirsty Mitchell Photography

See Wonderland here:
https://www.kirstymitchellphotography.com/

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Atelier Manassé

See more here:

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/strange_seductive_and_surreal_erotica_from_1920_30s_vienna

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Black Box Photography

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Find the doll here:

http://www.cheenzidolly.com/products/bbdoll001

Albert Kahn's Photograph Collection

Days gone by.  Take a look at the photographs here.

Last Doll Standing

You can find my work, and my work with A.D. Puchalski and Richard Gardner out on this blog in Australia: http://lastdollstanding.blogspot.com/ .  There are also lots of other quirky fashion related tidbits which you might enjoy.

Thought for Today

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
--Franz Kafka
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One of a series of centaur portraits by Spanish artist David Trullo.   Find David Trullo here: http://www.davidtrullo.com/

Weeping Willow

Many of you here in Little Cow Harbor will recognize this friendly familiar landscape that we call 'our happy home'. This is the wonderful weeping willow behind the merry Mill Pond Inn. The photograph is the work of Leslie A. Fazin whose works crop up in well known magazines and well thumbed periodicals regularly on the island.

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The dollie gossip of the day is it looks like photographer and journalist Leslie Fazin will be photographing my hoard of horses. She will be making the acquaintance of Iccy shortly. This evening we were laughing that Iccy, as you shall see, is not icky at all. I am sure Leslie's gentle touch and her skillful eye will bring out his beautiful serenity and do justice to Myrtle's paint.

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Find Leslie here: http://lesliefazin.blogspot.com/ and more on Iccy here: http://catcara.livejournal.com/183002.html .

Paco Peregrin

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Find fine arts fashion photographer Paco Peregrin here: http://www.pacoperegrin.com/main.html

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Go Ara Fairytale Singles Spread

"Singles" magazine featured Go Ara in a Fairytale themed photography shoot. See it here: http://www.fashionitstar.com/2008/11/thumbelina-princess-and-pea-robin-hood.html

Hansjurgen Bauer

Richly, darkly, erotically, surreal photography. Medieval texts are super-imposed upon pre-Raphaelite colors. Take a look. The work is evocative and stunning. Much of it is darkly disturbing.

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Find Hans Bauer here : http://hansbauergallery.com/

Scroll down, his fascinating pastoral landscapes can be seen here: http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=3893092

Not Yet Dead

Perhaps the biggest treat of what we do is the people we meet. Ali Scarpulla is a treat.

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And don't write to me and tell me that the photo is scary, it's supposed to be scary. That's what makes it good.

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Visit: www.flickr.com/photos/aliscarpulla to see more. Contact Ali to praise her, and beg her for one of her adorable cards.

Portraits

"Portraits" is the title of one of the Helmut Newton books on my filled-to-overflowing bookshelves, "White Women" is another. I had to acquire "White Women" while in Italy visiting relatives, it was so hard to get.
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As a long-time Newton enthusiast, I spotted this photo instantly while waiting for string beans and tofu at the Chinese restaurant at the top of the hill. Published in "GQ", April 2007, probably even the page in this magazine is collectible; no, I didn't rip it out.
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It did remind me, however, that an over-size portfolio of Newton photographs is currently available from rare book dealer friends. Large and lovely, I was grateful to view the photos but could neither afford them nor fit them in our house. Priced at approximately onehundredfifty US dollars, they were an unusual find. If you are interested in the portfolio, use info@cathycara.com ; your mail will be forwarded.
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As a final comment about Helmut Newton, he vies for first place on list of 'Favorite Photographers Who are No Longer Amongst the Living'. It is also easy to see that Newton's influence lives on; Richard, who is living, has immortalized the non-living in a way that I am sure Helmut would appreciate. Richard's postcard portrait of Orchid got framed instantly, all over town. Visit 'Bebe', Richard's portraits of the dolls, at www.richardgardnerphotography.com .
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A quick reminder for those who have not seen 'Bebe' before: Richard named the show 'Bebe', and the collection of photographs was displayed by FotoFoto gallery in April 2007. The public, typically refers to the exhibit as "Cathy's Dolls". All of the dolls in the photographs are used for exhibition purposes. Most of the dolls in the photographs were, indeed, sculpted by me. Some were sculpted specifically for the photography work. The three largest, most magnificent sculpts, were done by A.D. .
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The dolls and the photographs are available and will be used for future exhibition work.

Richard Gardner Photography

A special thank you to all who did trek out to April's photography exhibit and an extra special thank you to all of you who took the time to tell me personally how much you enjoyed seeing the photographs and how much you love the work.

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For those of you who missed the exhibit, or who are not familiar with Richard's work, this is where you can view the photographs which were presented for the first time at the April show. All of the sculpts in the photographs were done by either A.D. or myself. The April show was the first time the photographs were revealed to the public.

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The photograph shown is one of Richard's unfinished proofs. Window is wearing her Little Red Riding Hood outfit. The marvelous 'red' fabric is about seventy-five years old. As usual, you can see very little of the beadwork in the picture.

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Visit 'Bebe' on Richard's site at http://www.richardgardnerphotography.com/ . Realize that nothing you see on your computer screen, no matter what the resolution, can compare to seeing the actual finished prints, as a collection, in a gallery setting. The reason people say it was a 'simply incredible show' is because it was. The prints are very, very beautiful in person. Be sure to notice the one containing Precious. Precious is even more precious for having been immortalized in Richard's work.

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