Art & Literature

ALBERTO VARGAS was born in Arequipa, Peru, on February 9, 1896, as the son of successful photographer Max T. Vargas. After extensive art studies in France and Switzerland, he immigrated to New York City before World War I and became the official painter for the Ziegfield Follies in 1919. In 1934, he moved to Hollywood, California, where he painted posters and designed sets for major movie studios. When he was hired to replace pinup artist George Petty at Esquire magazine in 1940, his work became so popular that during World War II, his female seminudes adorned uniform jackets, aircrafts, and battleships. In the late 1950s, Hugh Hefner invited Alberto …

The Fault in Our Stars is the fourth solo novel by author John Green, in which a sixteen-year-old cancer patient named Hazel is forced by her parents to attend a support group, where she meets and falls in love with the seventeen-year-old Augustus, an ex-basketball player and amputee. On his Tumblr blog and his YouTube vlog, Green stated that "the title is inspired by a famous line from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (Act 1, scene 2). The nobleman Cassius says to Brutus, 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.'" On February 1, 2012, the film rights to the book were optioned by Fox 2000.[1]

a thread for people who enjoy old mugshots here the one from Minnesota's state.

because she's one of my favorite photographers and i think i'm not the only one and one post on the photography's thread is not enough i decided to create this one to post her work. biography : Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971) was an American photographer and writer noted for black-and-white square photographs of "deviant and marginal people (dwarfs, giants, transvestites, nudists, circus performers) or of people whose normality seems ugly or surreal." A friend said that Arbus said that she was "afraid... that she would be known simply as 'the photographer of freaks'"; however, that phrase has been used repeatedly to describe her. In 1972, a year after she…

i start this thread because i'm totally obsessed by old magazines; particulary the erotic/porn/crimes ones and it should be nice to discover if i'm the only one or other people appreciate it. i put the "warning" in the title because i should be obligated to "hide" 95% of the pictures i would post, and it the end, it would be a very big mess and i couldn't remember what i've already posted.

so i start this tread with a famous graffiti artist, Banksy. in 2010, he has also made the opening sequence of the TV show The Simpsons

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Victoria Frances (Born October 25,1982) Victoria is a Spanish illustrator,born in Valencia.Her work is very goth-inspired: ghostly womenin long dresses are perhaps the most common characters found ih her art.

I've been a fan of Dennis Lehane since I first saw Shutter Island in theaters. My ultimate favorite novel of his would have to be a tie between Shutter Island and Mystic River. When did you first become a fan of his? And which of his novels do you like the most?

I've got a couple of question and hope you could help me with this. I am totally in love with polaroids and I want a polaroid camera.. so bad! The problem is I do not know anything about them. Where could I get the best (and not to expensive) polaroid cameras? What kind of polaroid camera's are there? How much does polaroid film paper cost and where to get it? What are your experiences with polaroid cameras? I want to make photos like this ( I wanted it so long but did not had money.. now I saved a lot..) I don't know if I put this thread in the right place but I hope you could answere this for me and give advice. Thanks a lot in advance for answering and s…

THE CLASSIC DEBATE FOR THE PAST 40 PLUS YEARS: WHO IS REALLY THE STRONGEST, SUPERMAN OR THE HULK?

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Around the rock'n'roll band JAPAN ROAD, there is a madness without precedent. They arrive in France to make the promotion of their last DVD and the capital does live only with the sound of German rock'n'roll ! The fans organized themselves to camp in front of the Hotel Royal Monceau. Jenny and Cécilia booked a room in this hotel. Manon, who had an affair with the guitarist, hides in the crowd to see him again. Anaïs Parïs, who dates the singer, joined him, taking care to keep their relation a secret. The whole hotel is in effervescence. Security is to the maximum. And the band arrives, ready to make the teenagers dreaming. During these three days, will some secrets be…

Elena is a high school golden girl who's used to getting what she wants. When she meets handsome, haunted Stefan, he struggles to resist her for fear that his dark secret is too much for her to handle. He's torn by guilt over his past, and mindful of the threat that his vengeful brother, Damon, poses to anyone Stefan gets close to. Soon Elena finds herself torn between two brothers, and in terrible danger.

Biography : Snow ran away from home and began living on the streets at 13 or 14, and began taking photographs, he said, as a record of places he might not remember the next day. He was included in the 2006 Wall Street Journal article titled "The 23-Year Old Masters", which selected ten top emerging US artists including Rosson Crow, Ryan Trecartin, Zane Lewis, Barney Kulok, Rashawn Griffin and Keegan McHargue. The artist's photographic work is in a thematically similar mode to photographers Nan Goldin, Larry Clark, Ryan McGinley and Richard Billingham, often depicting scenes of a candid or illicit nature. Instances of sex, drug taking, violence and art-world pretentious…

i start this thread with Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610). i saw one of his paintings on Cole Mohr's blog (such a good surprise!) and it make me thought there wasn't a thread about paining. i discovered his work in 2005 or 2006 because he is a big influence for my favourite photographer, Joel Peter Witkin Biography

I did a search and couldn't find a previous topic on this, so I thought I'd start one by saying I've always wanted to see a Broadway play and finally got the opportunity Saturday night. I saw "Wicked" at the Gershwin Theatre and it was great! The story was creative and funny, the lead actresses were phenomenal, there were tons of gorgeous 18-25ish women, and Oprah was in the audience.

I'm trying to find the best fashion magazine. I have a subscription to Australian Vogue and Russh. I have to say one of the best I've read recently has been Oyster Magazine. It had a fantastic interview with Karl Lagerfeld. What's yours?

http://www.davidknipper.com/famous_person/...peterwitkin.jpg HOTLINKING Please do not hotlink from another person’s website, If you're not sure what hotlinking is, please visit this page for more information. http://www.bellazon.com/main/index.php?showtopic=22405 **edited by MauiKane Joel-Peter Witkin is a photographer whose images of the human condition are undeniably powerful. For more than twenty years he has pursued his interest in spirituality and how it impacts the physical world in which we exist. Finding beauty within the grotesque, Witkin pursues this complex issue through people most often cast aside by society -- human spectacles including hermaphrodites,…

I bought the books and I'm planning to read them soon enough Has anyone here read them? Does anyone like them? What's your opinion? Discussions!!!! oh, btw guys better say that they're amazing books, :persuazn: since I've already bought them and they're the last books I'm allowed to buy till the end of the year :|

i love looking at architecture.. all types actually, but my favorite is modern and minimalilstic. with my cluttered brain-- the clean lines and gorgeous open spaces brings a sense of calm ive got some pics collected lately of buildings that attract my eye... i thought id post them. if you like architecture as well... no matter what type feel free to post what fires (or calms) your senses judd house--australia

The big announcement from DC Comics at New York Comic Con? Batman will be taking a backseat in 2009 and handing the Detective Comics series over to Batwoman, who will mark the publisher's "most high profile title starring a gay superhero." DC is planning for 12 issues featuring the openly gay superhero starting in June.

I'm not sure if this is allowed, but here's this thread and if it's allowed on well great if not well I'm sorry. I went to the hairdresser that's near my house. It's this lady and she does it in her garage. Sickest thing ever. Has a great vibe, that place. And of course hse has fashion magszines there! And that's why I went, because my sister was getting a haircut, and not I. So, what's something that really interested you form this magazine? (ect.) Another reaosn why I created this thread was because I had a question, I think it's last month's or this month's issue, (are they monthly, I'm not even sure actually) and they had these photographs of eyemakeup, which fill…

She's my fav. artist since I was a kid so I thought to make a topic thingy-me-jig about her As from Wikipedia: "Lisa Frank is an American children's artist, founder of Lisa Frank Incorporated. The artist's work appears on various commercial elementary and middle-school products, mostly school supplies. Also common among Lisa Frank-related items are stickers and a variety of other merchandise such as clothing, toys, and even light switch covers, primarily marketed towards young girls. She founded the company in 1979, and her success resulted from her sticker line. The company's headquarters is in Tucson, Arizona, and is easily visible because of the bright hearts, st…

I just saw two books of this serie in the bookshop today and I wanted to ask someone if they were worth reading? I also learned that christopher paolini started to write the book in the age of 15 which is really amazing :| so?