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Category: Artists & Art • Conspicuous consumption • Medical Illustration and History • Photography • Retrotechnology and steampunk • Science in Advertising • Wonder Cabinets
Posted on: March 25, 2009 8:31 AM, by Jessica Palmer

Richard Avedon, The New Yorker, 1995

Via Haute Macabre, an unbelievable fashion editorial created by Richard Avedon for the New Yorker. I have no words.

Richard Avedon, The New Yorker, 1995

See the complete editorial at Haute Macabre.

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Awesome. Thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Luciana Christante | March 25, 2009 9:54 AM

Very cool.

The link to the editorial does not work for me.

Posted by: Anon | March 25, 2009 10:23 AM

Yeah, that's because Haute Macabre moved their site over the weekend and apparently vacated their archives after I wrote the post - it's uberannoying when blogs do that, because the links break. It's fixed now with a link to the post at the new site.

Posted by: Jessica Palmer | March 25, 2009 10:55 AM

I study all things bones, so this was quite up my alley. Thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Science Bear | March 25, 2009 11:12 AM

Wow, that's a great find!
It's fun to try to find meaning in those photos; the first one seems to convey a rather standard vanitas sentiment, but the second one could be a perfect metaphor for pornography.. a depersonalized, passive male whose furnace is being fed by a scantily clad woman that cannot listen. Chilling.

Posted by: Jan-Maarten | March 25, 2009 1:09 PM

I think the second one is a prescient commentary on the Battlestar Galactica finale!

Posted by: Jessica Palmer | March 25, 2009 2:51 PM

Ooooooh.

I especially like the one with the skeleton posing by the fireplace.

Posted by: octopod | March 25, 2009 4:54 PM

I'm partial to the images with the upside-down doll baby. The second photo posted here is fabulous, too.

Posted by: John | March 25, 2009 10:03 PM

As a guy, I am offended that these two photos are placed here purely to entice our primal, unthinking urges… as if we’re nothing more than stupid moths attracted to a candle. However, that doesn’t mean that I can’t be offended and pleased at the same time. Thanks Jessica!

Posted by: Screaming Dinosaur Egg Liberal | March 26, 2009 12:38 AM

The picture is beautiful and I saw it in isolation of the others over on Sheril's blog. I think I first interpreted it differently than others. I've been thinking a bit lately about fashion models and the pressure they're put under to be thin. I think, from that perspective, it's an interesting piece of social commentary.

Posted by: Isis the Scientist | March 27, 2009 11:14 AM

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