The SPLASH ZONE

Rainbow cloud

Colorful cloud phenomenon in the sky was observed 30 mins before the Sichuan earthquake in China.

From 14 to 25 May 2008, Cannes hosted the 61 edition of the International Film Festival. I advise you to see at the pictures gallery from the official website: 61 years in pictures.

Jerry Lee Lewis, Catherine Deneuve 1979

Carlo Ponti, Sophia Loren 1961

Jacques Tati 1953

Marcel Achard 1955

Alfred Hitchcock 1972

La Croisette

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Black Moon

"Spike Lee announced that he is working on a documentary on Michael Jordan and hopes to have it ready to screen at next year’s Cannes festival."

Source: Frolab

Jamie Livingston life documented

The filmmaker and musician Jamie Livingston
, has shot a Polaroid photo every day of his life from March 31th 1979 until the day he died on October 25th 1997 (his birthday).
6,000 photos stills amassed and have been scanned and put online with Jamie Livingston's Polaroid collection but the original page has been quickly taken down by the host...

Source: mental_floss

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The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Sorry but i can't tell it more to you about this book wich seems really well, just a link for more sample ...

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317 Dutch posters

One more time, grain edit make a great post about an amazing online Dutch poster gallery. 317 Dutch posters signed Wim Crouwel, Otto Treumann, Pieter Brattinga, Otto Treumann, Willem Sanberg, Ben Bos, Jan van Keulen and others.
Here some sample:

Source: grain edit

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Let's count dogs

Source: ANPQuaterly

Snuff

Have sex with 600 hundreds guys is a good way to enter into the legend of the porn industry. This Chuck Palahniuk's novel deals with the queuing Mr 72, Mr 137 and Mr 600 stories.

Waiting for the book, we enjoyed the promotion movies that were made for the occasion.

Source: Complex via X-Prime

Purple Anthology

Art Prose Fashion Music Architecture Sex

Purple fashion magazine release a selection of 15yo publication in hard cover, written by Olivier Zahm & Elein Fleiss, edited by Rizzoli.

"Purple revolutionized fashion photography in the nineties by commissioning fine artists to shoot fashion editorials. What resulted was a raw, improvisational aesthetic, which continues to exert its power today. Many of our most promising artists contribute to Purple’s pages, including Terry Richardson, Juergen Teller, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, John Currin, and Vanessa Beecroft. (...)"

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