Arnold Newman

I came across Arnold Newman's work in an usual way... I was working at a big photography studios in London and the Creatives working upstairs decided that the communal toilet would be the place to store their tomes of photography books and magazines while building work was carried out to their offices.

 Two Men on Front Porch, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1941

Boy with Dog, Arden, Delaware, 1947

Both these images are photographs taken from a book found in the toilet... as I couldn't find better reproductions online. They're so atmospheric, capturing the emotion of the men and boy. I love the porches - the chair and geraniums, climbing ivy and wooden shutters... And naturally, the clothes. Both photographs are part of Newman's early work, before he got famous and took some of the portraits that are now very well known. 

Georgia O'Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, 1968

Pablo Picasso, Vallauris, France, 1954

Tie-Dye Mania

There is no shortage of tie-dye clothing available at the moment: both the high street and designers are furiously peddling their take on the trend. I got quite heavily in to tie-dye last summer. My first attempt since childhood took place in Camberwell, see here. Min and I were hooked. Here we are a few months later in Portugal and up to our elbows in buckets of salt and dye.

Pictures by Allegra Pilkington

It's a very fun, inexpensive project. If like me your white t-shirts don't stay that way for long, or your other half is chucking theirs out - save them up for a Dylon sink session. I get dye from eBay (or your local art shop, when it reopens), but the Dylon website is helpful to see the full range of colours.

90s Prada

Fabulous beach wear inspiration

Dave Heath

I visited the Photographer's Gallery this week to see the Deutsche Börse prize, but what really caught my eye were the Dave Heath pictures on display. Famed for his portraits of life in post war North America, Heath was predominantly self taught and well known for his skilled printing technique. Of course, I loved the clothes in these snapshots of 1960s New York, but it's worth a visit if you're sartorially interested or not.

Anni Albers

Textile inspiration at the Tate Modern...

Tube Lino Pebble Dash

Quite pleasing in its own way...

Badge Envy

On Portobello Road, 1979 Derek Ridgers

A push pin badge collection to be envious of.... General styling inspiration really

Enjoying a day off from the grind of a daily commute...

Working from home today and very happily so 

Ninouk

 

Ninouk Akkerman

Shot by Edwin Freyer

Make Up Christabel Draffin

Hair Fabio Vivan

Styled by me

Off Grid Inspiration

LOVE this - off grid Romanticism 

Styled by Venetia Scott for AnOther Magazine FW 2006

Woodland

Vogue Italia

Styled by Clare Richardson and shot by Peter Lindberg

Boscono by Lindberg and Richardson

A British summer by the seaside.....? In reality a lot less chic

Mariacarla Boscono by Peter Lindberg and Clare Richardson for Vogue Italia 2014

One of my all time favourite shoots

Paolo

Paolo Roversi, 2015

Lace Veil

From the archive...  

Lace veil fashioned from my great grandmother's dress

www.josie-harris.com

More Kerry

More from a recent shoot for Daisy.Zine

Lovely Kerry from FM Models, shot by Andre Skjegstad

Hair and Make up Ekaterina Novinskaya

Styled by me

Chris Marker

 

Stills taken from Chris Marker's 1962 film 'La Jetée', currently part of an exhibition of his work at The Whitechapel Gallery. 

The film is made of up of black and white photographs which come together to play out as a photo montage at varying speeds. It's an eery, unnerving film but worth seeing if only for all the beautiful shots of Hélène Chatelain, the film's heroine.

I especially love the couples' trip to a museum filled with taxidermy.

 

I first saw the film as part of my course in Manchester. Suitably the art history block backed on to Manchester Museum which was filled to the rafters with taxidermy and where I often ended up wasting time in between lectures and buying endless tatt.

Cathy & Vincent

Great pictures from Vincent van de Wijngaard and Cathy Edwards for AnOther magazine. Read more about their collaboration here

Hamptons

One of my favourite shoots from Paris Vogue last year

Josh Olins shot Anna Ewers for Vogue, October 2013

Love the styling - definitely want to be this girl from the Hamptons.