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Herb Ritts: I'd take a picture of a friend who needed a head shot

"I'd go down to the end of my street, to a garage that had a certain feeling about it, or a particular light. I'd take a picture of a friend who needed a head shot. That's how I learned, instead of having school assignments and learning camera techniques."

~Herb Ritts

Herb Ritts (1952 –2002) , probably the greatest master of celebrity and beauty photography, convinced us all that the stars, the supermodels and even statesmen , were part of our everyday world.

Images that are dramatic,intimate and spontaneous. Herb’s groundbreaking approach is still the standard to which others aspire .

Salvador Dali

Dizzy Gillespie

Liz Taylor

Clint Eastwood

Jack Nicholson

Sinead O'Connor

Mick Jagger

Al Pacino

Michelle Pfeiffer

Richard Gere

Madonna

Cindy Crawford

Johnny Depp

Karl Lagerfeld

Kate Moss

Making of Michael Jackson's " In the Closet”

The sepia- colored music video was filmed in late March 1992 in Salton Sea, California and premiered in 1992. The " In the Closet” music video was Michael Jackson's most sexually provocative piece ever. It was banned in South Africa due to its imagery.

Director: Herb Ritts

Chris Isaak : Wicked Game

Director: Herb Ritts

Herb Ritts.

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BBC : It takes a year to create the 'Perfect Day'

This tv commercial (or is it a music video?) was created by the hughley admired Leagas Delaney in 1997. It was filmed at the rate of three or four stars a day, and took more than a year from inception to finish.

’Perfect Day’, BBC’s stunning corporate communication (yes you got that right, corporate communication) showing the range of music on offer to viewers and listeners, could never have been made without that kind of dedication.

The brief was to show the diverse range of music offered by the BBC across every TV and radio channel. The creative team plumped for "Perfect Day', recorded by Lou Reed in 1973, because it had acquired a new popularity when featured on the soundtrack of Trainspotting

Major recording stars earned just 250 pounds for their efforts. The country and western star, Tammy Wynette, drove 500 miles from Nashville with her tour entourage just to take part.

The four-minute film starts with Lou Reed singing the first line of his ballad, Perfect Day, then handing over to musical giants ranging from David Bowie and Bono, to opera singer, Lesley Garrett and the BBC Young Musician of the Year, Sheona White. The formal garden in the film symbolizes people’s dreams and memories.

Vintage letterheads of famous actors, singers and directors

A year after I posted about Letterheady, the fantastic website run by Shaun Usher showcasing interesting letterhead designs, mainly legendary artist, politicians, scientists and corporations, I find Letterheady is still going strong. Its collection is delightfully getting bigger. This time I have picked out a few actors, musicians and directors. I just see in my mind's eye the days before email, Facebook and Twitter. Charlie Chaplin taking the to send me a hand-written letter. What better example of humility? Here are some of my favorites. And for those who don’t know the names I have listed below , I can just quote the great Groucho Marx: “A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”

Groucho Marx, 1961

Charlie Chaplin, 1967

Michael Jackson, date unknown

Steven Spielberg, 1982

Marilyn Monroe Productions, 1962

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1989

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, date unknown.

Steve McQueen, 1969

Johnny Cash’s personal letterhead, date unknown

Letterhead used by Freddie Mercury in 1973, the year Queen’s debut album was released.
Queen, 1973

James Dean, 1955

Marlene Dietrich, date unknown

The characters to the left of the taijitu translate as ’Using no way as way’, whilst those on the right read ‘Having no limitation as limitation’.

Bruce Lee , 1968

In the early-1970s, legendary artist Frank Frazetta was asked by Bo Derek and her husband, John, to design the letterhead for their new production company: Svengali Productions. This stunning rough sketch, in which a nude Bo Derek acts as svengali to an unidentified male puppet below, was one of Frazetta’s preliminary ideas.

Svengali Productions., c 1970

Elvis Presley, 1965

Harpo Marx, 1930

Aged just 8 in 1936, Shirley Temple already had her own letterhead. And an Oscar.
Shirley Temple, 1936

Jean Harlow, 1934

Madonna, 1994

TCB Band of Elvis, 1969

"The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and The Range:

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The song's discussion of the troubled economy and race relations resonated with the American public and it remains Hornsby's best known song. Beautiful. Not only pleasant to listen but thought provoking. The chorus presents several lines insisting that social ills are "just the way it is", and repeatedly suggests resigning oneself to them as a fact of life. However, the chorus ends with the Bruce Hornsby rebukes this attitude by insisting "ah, but don't you believe them."

The Way It Is

~ Bruce Hornsby And The Range. 1986

Standing in line marking time--
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says "Get a job"

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

They say hey little boy you can't go
Where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do
Said hey old man how can you stand
To think that way
Did you really think about it
Before you made the rules
He said, Son

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

Well they passed a law in '64
To give those who ain't got a little more
But it only goes so far
Because the law another's mind
When all it sees at the hiring time
Is the line on the color bar

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
But don't you believe them

Cadbury's: Zingolo

Cadbury is celebrating the move to fair trade chocolate with the launch of Glass and A Half Records, an album inspired by the music of Africa. The first single, “Zingolo”, celebrates all things Ghana, its people, its rappers, its dancers, its cultural figures and, of course, its cocoa beans. The campaign follows on from the success of Gorilla, Hangar and Eyebrows at A Glass and Half Full Productions.

The initiative is aimed at emphasizing Cadbury’s 101 year-history of trading with Ghanaian cocoa farmers. Starring villagers of a Ghanian village, all proceeds from the Zingolo single at iTunes will go to charity Care, which works with the cocoa communities in Ghana.

(via The Inspiration Room)

Acappella jazz rendition of Toto's Africa

This fun video features a 1980s pop classic. The rock band Toto scored their biggest hit with the song "Africa" in 1982. The song is instantly recognizable. But it has been reinvented.

Perpetuum Jazzile is an a cappella jazz choir from Slovenia. It’s hard to think of something further from an ‘80s rock band. But their version of Africa may best the original. The group has amazing voices.

But the beginning of this video is really striking. Group members simulate an African thunderstorm with their hands.

It’s really something to see and hear. ( Please don't turn up your sound - the sound of raindrops begins really soft.)

Paul Simon: Obvious Child (Live at Central Park)

Central Park, circa 1991.