Archive for Photography

New Book – The Sartorialist

Selected as one of New York Magazine’s Top 100 Designer Influencers, Scott Schuman, photographer of street style phenomenon and author of a blog that receives 1.3 million hits a month is the center of The SartoriaLUST pop-up shops, surrounding the launch of his new book the Sartorialist . Check the Interview.

Posted by Joelle in Fashion, Photography, Profiles

New Leica a La Carte

Leica à la carte enables buyers to put together their own unique camera. There are over four thousand technical and styling nuances you can specify to ensure that the Leica built, will be unlike any other. I finally came up with my final choice.

Posted by Joelle in Photography, Shopping

Desert Talks

Because of my gypsy nature I have always been fascinated by the desert. I have just met in Beer Sheva the artist and filmmaker Joseph Dadoune who over several cups of a warm mint tea presented to me a stunning project taking place in the Ofaquim desert involving a local comunity. ” You must be part of this Joelle ! ” He says.

Posted by Joelle in Culture, Film, Ofaquim, Photography, Travel

Madonna by Meisel

Whether at the hotel Gloria in Rio de Janeiro with her new lover Jesus, or at the Kabbalah Center for Shabbat celebration with her three children, Maggie is ephemeral. Check her out in the very new 2009 Louis Vuitton campaign photographed by master Steven Meisel. She is just perfect!

Posted by Joelle in Fashion, Luxury, Marketing, Paris, Photography

Defiance

Lately I have been very angry. Moreover my teacher today at a class told a crowd of 200 people ” This world we live in, is the worst of all worlds: We cannot trust our leaders, our friends, our financial institutions .”

Posted by Joelle in Culture, Film, Photography

The Travel Photographer

As Oscar Wilde once said: “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” It’s been a few months that I have been trying to meet with Tewfic El-Sawy. When he’s in London, I am in Bombay, when he’s in New York I am in Brussels, when he’s in Brussels I am in Brazil.

Posted by Joelle in Art, Photography, Profiles, Travel

From Wall Street to Tree Tops

I’ve been working 16 hours a day including weekends, traveling like crazy, it’s hilarious to realize that when you get on a plane, the flight attendant already knows you by the name… I have no idea of what a personal life is, but wasn’t it Einstein who said ” In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity?” What have you been up to? By the way, that “story” of getting out of Wall Street is nowadays very well accepted by former bankers!”

Posted by Joelle in New York, Photography, Profiles

Man with a Vision

The island’s most renowned photographer, D’Aniello, takes dazzling black and white images of the island’s grottos and cliffs, its jet setters and trendy beaches, its ancient palaces, churches, and cemeteries, and the people who live out their daily lives against this most romantic of backdrops to a place whose history and beauty have made of the world’s most magical locals.

Posted by Joelle in Capri, Photography, Profiles

One Thousand and One Dreams Tantra

Last year at this time, I was preparing to take a trip to Andalusia, Spain. When suddenly I came across a blog talking about the spiritual importance of water in the Islamic architecture of the Alhambra. In the same blog, I saw a picture that made a huge emotional impact on me.

Posted by Joelle in New York, Photography, Profiles