Happy birthday Sofia Coppola ๐
๐ท Kate Barry
"Coppola is a true auteur โ 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
๐ท Steve Schapiro, 1974
The Coppola family by Ted Streshinsky, 1974
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola with their kids Sofia, Roman & Gian-Carlo
This photo was taken in the same place, in Francis Ford Coppola's home in San Francisco:
He's lunching with George Lucas & Paul Schrader
๐ท Wayne Miller, 1975
George Lucas (1944) & Sofia Coppola (1971) share a birthday on May 14 ๐๐
Sofia Coppola models a Donna Karan dress
๐ท Mitchell Gerber, 1994
Sofia Coppola with Jenny & Jillian Gersten at the premiere of her dad's One From the Heart
๐ท Robin Platzer, 1982
Sofia Coppola and her director of photography Harris Savides on the set of Somewhere, 2010.
The still photographer on the set was Merrick Morton #stillonset
Sofia & Francis Ford Coppola by Annie Leibovitz for Louis Vuitton's Core Values Campaign.
Argentina, 2008
Sofia Coppola by Yoshio Sato
This was taken during filming of Lost in Translation, 2003
Sofia Coppola, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart, Charlotte Casiraghi at Met Gala 2023
๐ท John Shearer
I can't believe I tweeted an unironic photo of the Met Gala.
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Celebrate the Richard Avedon Centennial ๐๐ฏ
๐ท 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. ๐งต
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.
Celebrate the Red Garland Centennial ๐๐ฏ
๐ท 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 ๐
๐ท 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
๐ท Jack Mitchell, 1968
Angela Lansbury & Beatrice Arthur in Mame
๐ท 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.
John Lennon & George Martin listen to playback, in a photo by Frank Hermann from 1967.
Here's a #playback thread ๐งต
I love the staring-into-space looks of the musicians, producers & engineers.
Gregor Piatigorsky listening to #playback of his Brahms sonatas
๐ท W. Eugene Smith, 1947
Bruno Walter listening to playback at Columbia Studios
๐ท Dennis Stock, 1959
David Crosby by Graham Nash, Sag Harbor, New York, 1968
"This is my favorite image of David that I"ve ever taken. Just look at those thought processes going on in his head."
Neil Young rehearsing for Dรฉja Vu at Stephen's House IV
๐ท Graham Nash, Studio City, Los Angeles, 1969
"When viewed closely, the bass string is vibrating."
Graham Nash
David & Neil, San Francisco, 1973
"I took this shot of David & Neil of my house on 731 Buena Vista Avenue West during sunset."