Remembering Lee Remick on her birthday
π· Allan Grant, 1962
"In the picture gallery of fine American actresses, she holds a special place. She was always, indubitably, Lee Remick; her beauty, both perky & patrician, & her obvious intelligence were hers alone."
- Charles Champlin
Lee Remick on her Ford Thunderbird
π· Bob Henriques, 1959
Lee Remick on the set of Blake Edwards' The Days of Wine & Roses
π· Lawrence Schiller, 1961
Gjon Mili's marvellous shot of Lee Remick, on the set of Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder, 1958
"Lee Remick proves once again she is an uncommonly gifted actress whose somewhat fragile, almost stereotyped good looks tend to distract one from that fact."
- John J. O'Connor
Lee Remick by Gjon Mili, 1958
When you see a portrait as perfect as this, you know Mili is a superb photographer. When it's taken on a busy movie set (Anatomy of a Murder), you know Mili & Remick are both pros.
Julie Herrod & Lee Remick in the stage production Wait Until Dark, 1966
Photo: Friedman-Abeles @NYPL digital collection
So many great shots from Allan Grant's 1962 photoshoot with Lee Remick for Life magazine.
An extraordinary shot by Gjon Mili of Lee Remick having her hair done on the set of Anatomy of a Murder, 1959. Eve Arden is knitting in the background.
Life photographers paid close attention to Lee Remick over the years. This is Alfred Eisenstaedt's shot of the actress on the set of Wild River, 1960.
Coffee break! βοΈ
Lee Remick & her director Otto Preminger are flanked by Joseph Welch & his wife at a press luncheon for Anatomy of a Murder.
π· Gjon Mili, 1959
Gjon Mili's remarkable still from Anatomy of a Murder, a remarkable movie. Great performances by George C. Scott, James Stewart, Lee Remick & Joseph Welch.
Happy birthday to Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk π
π· Ara GΓΌler
"His books are multi-layered, allegorical, sometimes fanciful, Proustian in their attention to detail and Borgesian in their dazzling complexity."
- Sarah Lyall
Orhan Pamuk by Sophie Bassouls, 1990
"Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow."
It's so great that other photographers have continued Philippe Halsman's #jump! tradition. Here's Orhan Pamuk by Alex Majoli.
This was taken at Cannes in 2007, when Pamuk was a member of the Festival Jury.
Celebrate the Richard Avedon Centennial ππ―
π· Irving Penn, Vogue, August 23, 1993
"He was small, dark & electric with his own sort of vitality. Crackling. Sparks seem to fly out of him. He flashes his fingers like tiny rapid moths."
- Ginette Spanier
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Carson McCullers & Tennessee Williams, April 25, 1950 #Avedon100
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Buster Keaton, 1952 #Avedon100
I'm listening to Concerto Italiano play Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, in their 2005 recording under Rinaldo Alessandrini.
I've always loved the cover photo; it's by Julia Fullerton-Batten. I'll start a thread of some of my favourites of her photos here. π§΅
Julia Fullerton-Batten
The Lady of Shalott, 2018
... which is, of course, a reinterpretation of John Waterhouse's 1888 painting of Lord Tennyson's poem.
Happy birthday Sofia Coppola π
π· Kate Barry
"Coppola is a true auteur β a filmmaker with a distinct worldview and sensibility and a personal set of quasi-autobiographical interests."
- J. Hoberman
Sofia with her dad on the set of Godfather 2
π· Steve Schapiro, 1974
The Coppola family by Ted Streshinsky, 1974
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola with their kids Sofia, Roman & Gian-Carlo
Celebrate the Red Garland Centennial ππ―
π· Bill Spilka, c. 1957
"Garland's style was understated and harmonically sophisticated; he would delineate a melody, then shade it with distinctively voiced block chords and hints of counterpoint."
- Jon Pareles #RedGarland100
Esmond Edwards' great album cover for Red Garland's "Red in Bluesville", from 1959. Edwards took the photo, & designed the album as well.
Remembering Bea Arthur on her birthday π
π· Martin Mills, 1972
"Those of us working with her knew we were working with a golden comedic touch." - Norman Lear
Beatrice Arthur with Bill Callaway & Carl Ballantine in Bruce Jay Friedman & Richard Adler's musical A Mother's Kisses
π· Jack Mitchell, 1968
Angela Lansbury & Beatrice Arthur in Mame
π· Friedman-Abeles, 1966
Arthur won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for her performance. She was Beatrice on the stage & Bea on TV.