joan didion in los angeles

the white album

'i remember walking barefoot all day on the worn hardwood floors of that house and i remember "do you wanna dance" on the record player, "do you wanna dance" and "visions of johanna" and a song called "midnight confessions". i remember a babysitter telling me that she saw death in my aura. i remember chatting  with her about reasons why this might be so, playng her, opening all the french windows and going to sleep in the leaving room.'
joan didion

veruschka and bailey

second book of the holiday

joan didion on the beach

happy birthday patti smith

joan crawford

in 'mildred pierce'

the good years

diane keaton

first book of the holiday

the lady eve

henry fonda

looking like willem dafoe

abstract painting

in vogue

helen frankenthaler r.i.p

no more color fields.

Neuschwanstein Castle

shoot the moon

diane keaton

in alan parker's 'shoot the moon'.

just saying

As William Blake observed, you never know how much is enough, until you know what too much is.

democracy

lady diana cooper through the ages

ingrid boulting

lady diana cooper by cecil beaton

donna mitchell and feathers

marianne faithfull and feathers

burnt victim

fire flower edie

madame yvonde

drive on

marianne faithfull with cat

violent femme

emerald and nancy

to the wall

upside down blonde

eva joly 1962

the presidential candide for the french green party while participating the miss norway elections.

rampling nude

photography by jean loup sieff

shirley mclaine dances

flowery lady

upside down

double trouble

genevieve waite in joanna

gala by bourdin

jill clayburgh

mery streep, where have you been?

do you remember the days when meryl streep didn't need a set of false teeth or a fat suit to embody a character?
here she is in 'the seduction of joe lynan' in 1979. a breath of fresh air after watching 'the iron lady' and a reminder of what a great actress she was. not hiding, and not overplaying, no saturday night live impersonation like role. just a great actress in a real role.

lord byron's wreath

the thrill of it all