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上海今秋降温第一天，从老锦江出来直接钻进国泰电影院。爸爸妈妈是年纪最大的观众，老爸整个都处于半睡半醒状态。还是想起半年前The Economist上的这一篇。美文，共赏。 Michael Jackson 转载The Economist Jul 2nd 2009 From The Economist print edition Michael Jackson, pop star, died on June 25th, aged 50 FIRST, the songs. The light, infectious lilt of “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”. The sheer, vicious swoop of “Speed Demon”. The soft, syncopated sadness of “Billie Jean”, or the raucous shouts of “Bad”. His high, pure tenor was shot through with the little yips and sighs he had learnt from Diana Ross. And behind it lay the astonishing confidence of child-star Michael in “I’ll Be There” or “Rockin’ Robin”, with each note treble-true and each time-change as natural as taking breath. Next, the dancing, springing from the music like a bird out of a trap. Pointing, jerking, thrusting, with rage in his feet, as Fred Astaire said once. He was at war with the floor as it slid away in the Moonwalk, and with the air as he spun through it. He danced ...
31 days ago
记得很久以前，曾经转载过一篇同名文章。而今天自己写下这个标题的时候，已是身处万里之外的上海了。 我没有过多的理性的分析，我原本就不是个理性的人。我有的更多的是用心体会出来的。 很多人喜欢伦敦的理由都大相径庭，无非是深厚的文化底蕴、历史感、无所不包的（免费）博物馆的精彩纷呈的舞台、作为真正国际大都市的巨大包容性……当然对于我们这些普通的留学生来说，每天下馆子、跑剧场附庸风雅是绝对不可能的，可是就是在每天吃挂面和微波食品的日子里，我还是每天都那么幸福着，感觉心里装的满满当当，无论是一个人还是两个人。 出国前，一位好久不联系的好友曾经跟我说过这么一句话：孤独是人生的财富，珍惜吧！我当时一知半解，直到来到伦敦，有了大把大把没人打搅一个人“宅”的日子，我似乎才略微体会到了这句话的内含。看不完的报纸杂志和书籍、让你永远想错过也错不过的BBC iPlayer，就是不去博物馆展览馆，门口街角的咖啡馆，甚至是周末空无一人的写字楼广场，都可以让我打发一整天。是的，伦敦本身就是一间大课堂，看不完的人生百态、读不完的天文地理。 自打毕业工作，为了省钱，基本没有再买过地铁月票，一开始不习惯，后来发现，坐公车除了不用担心地铁故障误点，更重要的是，整一个伦敦城都在脑子里了。以至于几个星期前，JPJ从伦敦打来电话急问我从某地到某地的公车路线，我脱口而出——76路！俨然一张活地图了！ 伦敦的公共汽车是有人情味的，我喜欢坐一个upper decker靠窗的座位，拿一张留在座椅上的报纸或者带一本书，望望路上车上形形色色的人，看看手中的书或报纸，目的地很快就到了。下车的时候绝对不会带走刚才看完的报纸，而是放在座椅上，留给后来的乘客，就这样一棒一棒接力下去，直到末班车的清洁工收走为止。 音乐会！我曾经有过和Emily一周跑三次皇家音乐学院听免费音乐会的经历，后来也开始自己买票，Barbican Centre， St. Paul's也无不留下我的身影。当然不只是古典音乐。现在MP3里放到Lily ...
32 days ago
Catherine Deneuve by Jeanloup Sieff,1969 Jane Birkin by Jeanloup Sieff 1968 Serge Gainsbourg by Jeanloup Sieff, 1970 Charlotte Gainsbourg
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War photographer Marcus Bleasdale shoots the fashion week shows The photographer Marcus Bleasdale made his name documenting conflicts from Kashmir to Congo. An assignment to shoot the fashion shows in New York, Milan and Paris took him out of his discomfort zone . Published: 7:00AM BST 12 Sep 2009 Backstage at Dolce & Gabbana, Milan. Spending a month at the international catwalk shows was a shock. I had never taken photographs of fashion before. It is not something that I know anything about. Before I started this assignment I had heard of Armani and Yves Saint Laurent – all the big names – but that was about the end to my fashion knowledge. I am a guy who wears jeans and a T-shirt for a living. I spent eight months last year covering conflict. I had been to Somalia, Sudan, Congo and Kashmir, and the images that arrest you from places such as those are powerful. In a way I suppose I wanted to clear my head by trying something new, a contrast to what I had done ...
75 days ago
Philip Wolmuth Online: http://www.philipwolmuth.com/c/philipwolmuth
