Mr. Friis

Here we have an editorial shot by Christian Friis for S Magazine issue 9. I would give just about anything to be taking a dip there right about now.

Here we have an editorial shot by Christian Friis for S Magazine issue 9. I would give just about anything to be taking a dip there right about now.

I love Egon Schiele, and his unique spin on expressionism and the almost unfinished quality of his work. This particular one is published by Grange out of the UK.

I managed to salvage this poster from our garage one weekend during college. It’s my moms senior show poster from when she was studying communication arts. Now you see where i get my freckles from.

So… Helmut Newton. This man worked as a fashion photographer for over half a century, and is highly regarded as one of the best that ever lived. This book, published by Taschen, is a collection of some of his work for Playboy. Taschen also published his book SUMO, which is “The biggest and most expensive book production in the 20th century.” This book cost $15,000 and Taschen quickly sold out their edition of 10,000 copies. Ridiculous. The book weighs 66 pounds. I saw it in person, and it is quite the spectacle.

This story is shot by Cameron Krone for my man Henrik Purienne’s MIrage. Absolutely love love and it reminds me of Sam Haskins in a way. Sorry for the nudity… not really though.

My Grandmother left me her library of books when she passed away, and they are full of treasures like this. Photographs and newspaper articles stuffed in next to articles and stories they pertain to. This is a photograph taken by my grandmother Dolores of the house in which this Vuillard painting took place.

Mike Giant is the tops when it comes to black and white graphics and tattoos. He has a very unique graphic style that I enjoy immensely.

While you can buy your music with click, you can’t hold it in your hand, or shuffle through racks, digging in search of what you’ve been waiting for. This is the album Stand Up by the legendary British rock band, Jethro Tull. Are you kidding me with that pop-up!

Yes that is the Dalai Lama’s eye in case you were wondering. Got my hands on a Stern feature of Francis Giacobetti, which is pretty cool.

Everybody likes getting letters in the mail. You drop it off in one place and VOILA! Look at the wear and marks they pick up along the way. My favorites come from my buddy John who is over in Asia.