Loving Patrick Demarchelier...at the Petit Palais

One of the greatest ways to get over the holiday blues in Paris (I know that will sound strange to many of you) is to grab the Pariscope and make a big juicy list of exhibtions for the coming month. At the Le Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-arts, 'Patrick Demarchelier: Image and Fashion' is showing from September 29 to January 4, 2009. I am a giant fan of Demarchelier in particular I am made about the recent Pirelli Calendar he did with an Asian theme. Love it!! There is a good interview at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2008/09/02/efpatrick102.xml

A Greek Portfolio Constantine Manos

Whilst waiting for the flying cat to leave our small cycladic Island I found the wonderful book A Greek Portolio by Constantine Manos. I quicky grabbed a copy and made for the boat. This book is a class act in reportage photography. Constantine Manos of Greek origin travelled to Greece in the 60's and spent three years photographing the traditional mountain villages and islands. When I finally got to the end and read his biography it was without surprise I read that he has been a member of the magnum agency for many years. Beautiful photos of a time almost passed...check out his work at http://costamanos.com.