Sally Mann (WARNING: NUDITY IS PRESENT IN SOME PHOTOS)

I have a new favourite photographer. SALLY MANN. I went to her exhibition the other day at the Photographers Gallery and I was literally blown away.

She uses antique film cameras to take the photos, and then often uses the back of her truck as a temporary darkroom. This means that lots of her photos have marks, drips and stains on them, which makes me love them even more.

The exhibition was a compilation of three different sets, with my favourite prints being from the series, "Immediate Family". It was a truly brilliant exhibition, and below are a few photos of hers.

She Said NO

Following on from the last post, she said no. HUGE MEGA IMMENSE SAD FACE! So, to cheer my self up, I've been browsing FashionGoneRogue and embracing Summer.

Magazine Fantasies

Today, I went up to Oxford St with my dad, as we didn't know what else to do. Instead of walking along the whole road, which was ridiculously crowded, we turned off and went down Bond St and all the other little roads near that which I don't know the names of. We only went into Selfridges and Vivienne Westwood. Vivienne Westwood's shop was so beautiful. When we walked past I stopped in the middle of the road and spent about five minutes just staring at the dresses in the window. I was about to walk off when my dad started walking in. Normally, I wouldn't go in a designer shop because I find them slightly intimidating, but the clothes were too pretty. Usually, when I see designer clothes when shopping with my mum, she dosen't let me touch them but my dad did! I could of spent my whole day just stroking the silky lining of that coat....

But the best bit was actually in the magazine section of Selfridges. It is the place to go if you want magazines, because next to the shelves of magazines, they have a copy of almost every magazine out so you can flick through it and even read it if you so choose! Whilst flicking through these magazines, I came across one which I'd never heard of before. It's called 125 and it is 75% editorials and there are hardly any ads and stuff. Here are some pictures from the shoots:

ANTM

I was ill today, so I spent the day watching disney channel, market kitchen, ANTM (America's Next Top Model) re-runs, and MTV. I actually ended up getting really annoyed at MTV, because all the music was just mindless mainstream stuff, and they just kept on repeating about ten songs over and over again! So, I decided to google previous ANTM contestants to pass my time. I was so bored, I ended up making "collages" of them.

Lauren Brie Harding: I didn't actually like her during her cycle and I thought she was really ugly, but I don't think that anymore!

Katarzyna Dolinska: Her cycle was so pointless. Whitney was such a token jesture winner.....

Erin Wagner: I hated her attitude, but I think she was so pretty and her photos were stunning

Cycle 11: I thought they had some really gorgeous girls in this series, but I didn't actually like any of them because they were all really annoying and mean!

Allison Harvard: All I can say is that she should have won... (the piece of art in the top right is not random by the way, she made it)

Nicole Fox: In my opinion she is one of the prettiest girls that has ever been on the show. So what if she's weird and can't walk that well, all of her photos were GORGEOUS!

An Education

My new favourite film = AN EDUCATION. I saw it yesterday and I loved it. Do you know what I mean when I say it actually had me caring about what happens? Because there are those films which you just watch for the sake of watching, and then there are those films which have you crying and laughing and feeling all different emotions. I really liked the whole oldness of it, and I loved the way that 1960s Paris was portrayed. The story by itself wasn't actually that amazing, but when you put everything together like costume and soundtrack it setting it's just really really good. Probably the main reason I did like it so much was the fact that the clothes are so pretty. Every single outfit that Carey Mulligan was wearing I wanted, even though they likelihood of them suiting me would have been slim. But I don't care, I'd just hang them in my wardrobe and stroke them on occasions. Here are some, but to be honest these aren't my favourites, they're just the only ones I can find.....

Audrey Tautou

I am currently going through an unhealthy obsession with Audrey Tautou. I re-watched Coco Avant Chanel and Amelie, which are two of my favorite films EVER, over the weekend, and then I saw her (on TV) at the BAFTA's looking all fabulous and french and I remembered how much I like her. She is probably one of my favourite actresses, along with Audrey Hepburn, Carey Mulligan, Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson, and she seems really nice AND she's really pretty....

Also, I got pointe shoes today! I was so happy, and then I wore them and they hurt so much and I got a dirt mark on them! I was sad...