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2009-06-19T19:06:00.000-07:00

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2009-06-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

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EVERYTHING BY JACK

2009-05-08T22:24:00.000-07:00

I've stopped posting on this blog and moved over to tumblr. If you like VANITY PROJECTS you can follow me on my new blog (<--click link). You can also see a preview of my official website, which is under construction but nearing completion. Check it out!

And you know, I may return to this blog once in a while...

2009-05-01T11:56:00.000-07:00

Robert Capa's "Mexican suitcase" uncovered.

Via the NY Times

2009-04-25T17:04:00.000-07:00

I love this shirt from the new Rockwell Collection featuring art by brand head and designer Parra.

2009-03-29T19:55:00.000-07:00

Edward Weston's grandson comments on some of Weston's photos of the northern California coast. Here.

Via the NY Times

2009-03-26T19:51:00.000-07:00

2009-03-21T14:52:00.000-07:00

The New Yorker recently had a great article on Bill Cunningham, who does the "On the Street" photo column for the New York Times. Read it here, and check out this week's "On the Street".

2009-03-20T00:42:00.000-07:00

Stan Smith interviewed at HypeBeast

2009-03-17T14:24:00.000-07:00

2009-03-17T00:13:00.002-07:00

New Bobby comin' soon...

2009-03-17T00:13:00.001-07:00

2009-03-16T01:45:00.001-07:00

Holy Shit.

How great are these? Stereo photographs turned into animated .gifs, from The Bar Mitzvah and Other Tales of Living in Stereo. Via Square America.

2009-03-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

Ed Grajeles: The Dictaphone Doctor.

Via The New York Times

2009-03-12T00:26:00.000-07:00

From Walker Evans' collection of postcards. Showing now at the New York Metropolitan.

2009-03-12T00:20:00.000-07:00

2009-03-11T15:21:00.000-07:00

SeaVees X Pantone. I need these.

2009-03-11T15:17:00.000-07:00

Ray Ban Clubmasters. Because too many fuckers are wearing Wayfarers now.

2009-03-10T23:40:00.000-07:00

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fawcett House in Los Banos, California is up for sale. P.S. My birthday is coming up.

Actually...This might be even cooler. Only a replica though.

Le Corbusier

2009-03-10T23:30:00.000-07:00

The Creature From the Black Lagoon

2009-03-10T22:06:00.000-07:00

Bidoun is awesome. Definitely the best magazine I've seen in 2009 thus far. Great material and great production values. The content is focused on the Art and Culture of the Middle East, which I had no idea was such fertile ground until I picked up their last issue. This month's issue is "Kids" and includes such articles as "The Education of Lee Boyd Malvo" and "Vegan Jihad". Check it out (and no I don't work for them).

2009-03-10T16:22:00.000-07:00

So fun, so cool. Click link: Ron Winter's Drum Set

2009-03-10T16:20:00.000-07:00

Rings by Species by the Thousands

2009-03-06T16:17:00.000-08:00

Self portraits by photographer Samuel Fosso

2009-03-06T16:02:00.000-08:00

Francoise Hardy

2009-03-06T15:57:00.000-08:00

Marilyn Monroe

2009-03-06T15:04:00.000-08:00

Up and coming rapper Pill (formerly Gangsta Pill) is always wearing these classic Horror movie shirts. Always black. They look like the ones that you can get at an independent video store. I like the look and his music's good too.

2009-03-06T10:43:00.000-08:00

I can't wait to see Frontier of Dawn. It screened at Cannes this year and opens this Friday in New York. Lead actor Louis Garrel always picks good parts, I've enjoyed all of the films I've seen him in, from Bertolucci's The Dreamers to Dans Paris and Love Songs. This film is directed by his father, Phillippe Garrel, an underrated but important figure of the French New Wave.

2009-03-05T10:40:00.000-08:00

Early photos of Julie Newmar, who would go on to become Catwoman.

2009-03-04T12:12:00.000-08:00

Nice watch.

via A Continuous Lean

2009-02-26T12:13:00.000-08:00

London's Rapha Racing is producing the coolest, classiest bicycling gear I've seen. They even carry a full suit designed for cyclists.

Their stuff is expensive, but not as expensive as a car so if you want to look suave while saving the environment and your wallet, it may be the way to go. Anyway, the pieces look nice.

2009-02-25T15:49:00.001-08:00

This is all I really ask for.

2009-02-25T15:08:00.000-08:00

Marpessa Dawn from the Marcel Camus' film Black Orpheus

And of course, the great Breno Mello.

2009-02-22T16:31:00.000-08:00

Pee-Wee?! Band of Outsiders at Opening Ceremony.

2009-02-22T10:33:00.000-08:00

I went to the Warhol Live: POP PARTY last night at the DeYoung. There were a lot of fake Andys and Edies walking around.

There were some cool Velvet Underground artifacts as well. Photos, posters, albums, letters, etc. The exhibit is worth seeing I guess, but I still think Andy Warhol is an asshole.

2009-02-21T09:46:00.000-08:00

Dali's Skull Philippe Halsman, 1951

2009-02-20T12:39:00.000-08:00

Erin Wasson X RVCA

2009-02-20T10:41:00.000-08:00

La Notte

2009-02-19T18:07:00.000-08:00

Laceless Oxfords by Common Projects for Patrick Ervell

2009-02-19T16:31:00.000-08:00

Claudia Cardinale. Can you say "ideal"?

2009-02-19T15:47:00.000-08:00

Salt and pepper. Michael Kors via Men's Style

2009-02-19T13:04:00.000-08:00

I came across these vintage film cards on Flickr. Brigitte Bardot at her kittenish best.

I love this one of Jean-Paul Belmondo too. He is one of the coolest.

2009-02-18T14:38:00.000-08:00

Speaking of Band of Outsiders, they just premiered their Fall 2009 line at New York's Fashion Week. I like their clothes, but I think I like their influences more.

2009-02-18T14:29:00.000-08:00

I really want a pair of the Sperry Top-Siders that have been (re)designed by Band of Outsiders.

2009-02-18T13:20:00.000-08:00

Photograph by Neil Krug. I like the 70s commercial aesthetic and the use of Varicolor filters.

2009-02-18T13:12:00.000-08:00

Vintage National Geographic

2009-02-18T12:14:00.000-08:00

Mishka

2009-02-18T12:13:00.000-08:00

Antonioni's Zabriskie Point

2009-02-18T11:40:00.000-08:00

Brigitte Bardot in Godard's Le Mepris