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magnum p eye

Eve Arnold died today.

In the early 50s when the nuclear post-war woman was supposed to helm the easy bake and be the first to hand her husband a maritini, Arnold was a serious female photojournalist. She was the first woman to earn a spot at Magnum - one of the pioneer Photography Agencies. Speaking of 'pioneer', the woman had killer chutzpah. But most of all she had an eye for visual storytelling.

Her enduring legacy are probably the celebrity candids she captured - especially the ones exposing Marilyn Monroe's sad and mesmerizing vulnerability.

Arnold was 99.

"You can’t make a great musician or a great photographer if the magic isn’t there."

look at this birdhouse for bats

Just look at it.

ilike

The sweet cover that my friend & Comic-Creator, Jesse Jacobs, created for his new book. Coming this spring. Well played.

our portraits, ourselves

It's year 14 of Toronto-based Artist, Jeff Harris's epic self-documentary, 4,748 Self-Portraits and Counting... - all shot on a wee Olympic Stylus 35mm film camera.

Epic dude is epic.

(Check out his website too, it's fun.)

~follow link to watch~

it's a new year

Happy New Year, internets!

I had a whirlwind break and stayed offline for almost ten days. But now it's time to go back to reality, no pressure or anything.

Thought I'd kick off the new year on the blog casualstyles with some kinetic type - an xmas gift from Cali film student, Joe Humpay to his gf.

Maybe it was sitting in front of Chagall's Double Portrait with a Wine Glass at the AGO yesterday, but I'm feeling sorta romantical.

Cue the Beach Boys. Tres cute. May 2012 bring you love, happiness and success all year long!

boobs of steel

Some worthy work out of DDB Mozambique for the breast cancer cause. No one's breasts are immune - not even the super resilient rack of Wonder Woman.

we were promised dolphin jetpacks

WTF is this?! I want one.

tampology

Did you notice the O.B. brand missing from Canadian pharmacy shelves over the holidays last year? I didn't either, but that hasn't stopped O.B. from sending out a personalized I'm-sorry message to Canadian consumers for its temporary vanishing act. In song. It's awesomely embarrassing when the singer whispers your name and you know it's really about tampons.