Elizabeth Nourse - La Petite Soeur (1902)

Paco Pomet

A roll of film from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Emilio D’Alessandro rememembers: “These strips are from the early prints of the film, and Stanley screened them to check on the quality of the laboratory’s work.”

Photo taken from Stanley Kubrick and me, the compelling memoir of Emilio D'Alessandro, personal assistant to Stanley Kubrick for thirty years. A collection of heartfelt private memories spanning from A Clockwork Orange to Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick and me is a unique biography offering a completely different perspective on an extraordinary modern artist. Featuring more than 50 never-before-seen photographs.

Stanley Kubrick and me, a book by Emilio D’Alessandro and Filippo Ulivieri, Arcade Publishing, May 2016.

Read excerpts and reviews at www.emiliodalessandro.com.

Attila Sassy (Aiglon), “Opium Dreams” (1909)

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Edie Campbell reading a map in “Stardust” for Vogue US, June 2013. Photograph by Peter Lindbergh.

“Pale rider. Setting out from Marrakech, the young English model (born into a family of fashion-industry insiders) scans her map in a thirties-garden-party frock. Band of Outsiders silk habotai dress. Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane felt hat. Ann Demeulemeester ring and boots.”

Kharon-2013

Paco Pomet

Oil Painting

I had a lover, I don’t think I’ll risk another these days, and if I seem to be afraid to live the life that I have made in song, it’s just that I’ve been losing so long.

Nico - These Days