Author Archives: classiq

Back to the Future: The New Visual Inspiration

  I have always liked large scale magazine pages: the impact of that visual storytelling is unequalled. But just as the screens have gotten smaller and smaller and films can now be watched on one’s phone instead of the big … Read More

Posted by classiq in Culture, Photography | | Comments Off on Back to the Future: The New Visual Inspiration

September Newsletter: Opening Night, Bemelmans and Acoustic Ashcroft

September newsletter: Tchao Pantin, Bemelmans and Acoustic Ashcroft Read More

Posted by classiq in Books, Culture, Film, Newsletter | Comments Off on September Newsletter: Opening Night, Bemelmans and Acoustic Ashcroft

Read Instead…in Print

    “The immediate subject will consistently be the visible image.”     Read instead…in print No.34   Shiguéhiko Hasumi’s book, Directed by Yasujirō Ozuhas finally been translated into English. Why does a book about film matter? I believe that … Read More

Posted by classiq in Books, Film, Read instead...in print | | Comments Off on Read Instead…in Print

This Summer We’re Channelling: Lords of Dogtown

  This is the ‘70s skateboard counterculture of the mean streets of west Los Angeles, Dogtown, Venice, brought to life by director Catherine Hardwicke with raw energy, youthful grit and incredible visual intuition. You are living it, riding it, immersed … Read More

Posted by classiq in Shop | | Comments Off on This Summer We’re Channelling: Lords of Dogtown

Once Upon a Photograph, Once Upon a Lifetime: Alain Delon by Jean-Marie Périer

Alain Delon photographed by Jean-Marie Périer, 1966 (from the book “Alain Delon: Amours et mémoires”, by Denitza Bantcheva with Liliana Rosca)   “The first time a friend said to me: ‘Now you are a star’, it was after the release … Read More

Posted by classiq in Film, Photography | | Comments Off on Once Upon a Photograph, Once Upon a Lifetime: Alain Delon by Jean-Marie Périer