You are beautiful. All day you’ve been waiting. You are old. On your knees. All day you’ve been on your knees. I come towards you. I am old too. You fall back. I am trying to save you. All day I’ve been trying to save you. Pounding your chest. Your chest is old. Everything’s slow. Your friends are nice. Mouth to mouth. Your mouth is soft. Everything’s slow. The doorbell rings: a man with a tray full of presents. We trade you for them.

Philip IV of Spain in his parade armour. Gaspar de Crayer. 1620′s

ISBN: 9783777438917

Rummaging through a promising looking ‘BIG BAG’ in Stockholm – as you do – I was pleasantly surprised to discover a corduroy collared rain coat, 40s dress, fitted jacket and hand knitted turquoise jumper with purple sunglasses on, in good condition. Funnily enough, in the midst of all this (rubbish) I spotted a dusty but exquisite little book on Wagner.

In Paris photographing couture collections. I love photographing couture. Apart from the fact that sometimes you have 10 minutes with one look or you sit and wait 2 hours for another, it’s my favourite job of the season. One dress was seriously delayed because a princess was in the room it was hanging and she didn’t want to be disturbed. This time at Studio Rouchon with super talented Elise Ducrot & Pierre Francois Carrasco at Ann Ramirez & Michelle Westgeest at Viva and of course Charlie Harrington but she doesn’t need promoting. But best of all is my hotel lobby. How they can afford all this decor when the rooms are only 60€ a night. Mattresses fit for royalty.

I was introduced to Ivan today by Eugenia. It was an honour. He showed me lots of his work and we had a coffee and chat downstairs in the shade. He’s a seriously talented sculptor. How he isn’t more successful beats me but I don’t think that’s his motivation anyway. He’s part of group show later this year so when the time comes I’ll let y’all know.

Just received these very nice shot of Boris’ show! Thank you Nabil Azadi for the images and JayJay for the connection!