Hardy. Françoise Hardy

Françoise is a beautiful Parisian singer and actress known as a fashion inspiration during the 60s. Her   striking photographs remain taking our breath away.  Thanks to the perfect shapes of her face and body, the photographer Jean-Marie Périer helped Hardy becoming a model, and soon became a popular fashion icon. Hardy’s green eyes and her…

A meal is always a good idea

I bet you grew up listening to adults that breakfast is important. We keep reading in bold letters how essential and important is that meal. Sometimes it is almost like a spam or even a cliché. Well I assume it is really important at least for me. But we cannot say it is essential because…

Joseph Szabo, stories in B&W

Joseph Szabo is an American photographer and teacher. Among other works he is most notable for his photographs of American youth. He has been photographing his teen-age students. His black and white images have won him worldwide admiration, from famous photographers and also from filmmakers like Cameron Crowe and Sofia Coppola. "Joseph Szabo knows this well:…

Rebel, rebel, Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg was a great French songwriter of the 60s and 70s. Serge was born in Paris on April 2, 1928, named as Lucien Gainsburg. Famous for his decadent life and for the controversial songs he wrote and sang. His career was full of provocative lyrics. Some of them recorded by himself and then he asked his…

Bright Shirley

To a bunch of people in the world the name Shirley makes them think about Shirley Temple. Not to me. By pronouncing the name Shirley I am automatically breathing the colours oh Shirley Kurata. She is my Shirley. It was while I was drowning  in some article about Lena Dunham that I read her name for…