Life Done Right™

© Gap
Choreographer Twyla Tharp, 66, is featured in the fall Gap ad campaign going under the pitch “Classics Redefined.” Gap’s sales continue to slide in the face of multiple competitors selling a more hip notion of what’s in fashion. This ad campaign is more of same failed strategy Gap has used in the past to [...]

© Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist
The Sartorialist Scott Schuman snapped designer Giorgio Armani’s picture recently. He has a fascinating description of how Armani labored over the details of his pose in order to insure that the resulting image conveyed an emotional feeling that matched his own inner perception of himself. Fascinating. Be sure to click on [...]

© Pacific Coast News
The Queen of all Media known as Perez Hilton had some kind words for actress Joan Collins who is vacationing in St. Tropez. Life is good.
“It’s Joan Collins! Looking hot as hell!!! She’s 74, bitches!!! The Dynasty alum was summering in St. Tropez, with everyone else, on Tuesday. Perfection from head to [...]

© Christopher Peterson
A sexy flute player at the 5th Annual Kingston Latino Festival at the historic Rondout waterfront district in Kingston, New York. What caught my eye first was seeing this woman from the rear of the stage. She was dancing to the music and all you could see was her booty shaking in rhythm [...]

© Christopher Peterson
A stylish gentleman who was salsa dancing at the 5th Annual Kingston Latino Festival at the historic Rondout waterfront district in Kingston, New York.

© Christina Villaflor
Photographer Christina Villaflor calls this photo “Everlasting Friendship”; we call it a brilliant image that perfectly reflects the true nature of humanity. You know, the one where people respect, admire and love one another. This sure made my Friday!
Now if only Americans would learn to build public spaces that are within [...]

© Annie Leibovitz
Queen Elizabeth supposedly was bitching about Annie Leibovitz’s request to remove her crown during a recent photo shoot for her 80th birthday. Why this woman hasn’t stepped down so Prince Charles can have a go as King of England is beyond me. Power seems to have its own needs. Looking at Annie’s portrait [...]

© Dina Goldstein, Ice Cream
Photographer Dina Goldstein snaps some pretty saucy portraits. They have a murky surrealism that grows on you. Here’s one of an older woman eating an ice cream cone. It seems innocent enough and yet there’s something about the make-up, hat and smile that makes for a delicious image!
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Study the photograph above. It’s being sold on Ebay. It’s an old CDV of an elderly woman. Is it me or is there something bizarre about this image. The woman looks like she has a white mustache and what’s with those gloved hands! Weird.

© Elsie Flannigan
Photographer Elsie Flannigan snapped this pic of her grandpa. Now this is what we love to see in a person’s face: joie de vivre! Life really is short…but not too short that you shouldn’t haul your butt to the polls in Election 2008 and clean house of all the crooks in office.
Otherwise [...]

© Joyce Tennyson
Now here’s a good coffee table book: Joyce Tennyson’s Wise Women. It’s described as “a celebration of the power and beauty of women in the third phase of their lives.” Her photographs make you feel like you’re an invisible guest sitting inside the temple of an Egyptian queen. Stunning!
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© Shen Wei, Jackie
Shen Wei is a Chinese photographer born in Shanghai. His images skew toward Diane Arbus morbidity, but fall just short of complete freak show. This image is entitled “Jackie.” Remember, beauty is in the eye of the camera holder.

© Blue Chameleon
A sad photo I spotted on Flickr. It sure makes you pause and ponder what the end of your own life might be like.
…”Just when I think I’m winning
When I’ve broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before”…
Ghosts
-David Sylvian

Mel Brooks is bringing Young Frankenstein to Broadway. Unfortunately, Cloris Leachman, one of the original cast members of the movie, won’t be invited to appear on stage. Why? Too old, according to Mel Brooks. Cloris is 81. So Cloris challenged him to go three rounds in a boxing ring. You hear that, Las Vegas, we [...]

© Christopher Peterson
It doesn’t get any easier running a 10K race as you age. I was in New York over the weekend and discovered the New York Road Runners 10K race which finished in Central Park. Here’s one of the older runners showing the humidity taking its toll.

© Christopher Peterson
If you plan on grabbing a hamburger at Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, then you better budget about an hour of wait time. It can take that long to place an order. There’s lots of good people watching though. I spotted this older couple enjoying the shade nearby as I [...]

© Patricia Araujo, Age
There’s something about the fact that this older woman is NOT sitting in her rocking chair, along with the island blue colors, that makes this photograph delicious to the eye. The photographer is Patricia Araujo from Brazil and the shot is entitled, Age.
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If you’ve never heard of the actor Johnny Knoxville, then you might want keep your mind pure and ignore the video above. For those with a so·lip·sis·tic ego, press play. Stand back, though, you don’t want to be hit by over-sized balls.

© Dacian Groza
Photographer Dacian Groza entitled this shot, “Nothing Happens.” The description reads: “I pass by this house sometimes on my way to work and this old lady is almost always there. Just sitting and watching people go by.”
Hey Dacian, why not stop and say hello! People are more than good subjects for a photograph. [...]

No idea who made this silhouette of a some fairies and the wise old man. But it’s lovely to admire.