Category Archives: Books

Fifth Avenue, 5AM

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Hellin Kay

In between holiday dinners and parties last week and this weekend I finally got to reading Sam Wasson‘s book that’s been sitting on my nightstand forever. Fifth Avenue 5AM came out in 2010 and that’s how long I’ve been trying … Continue reading →

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The Fashion Pictures, St.Petersburg with Deborah Turbeville

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Hellin Kay

This started out as a post on Arcana Books , which has one of the best collections of art, fashion and photography books on the West Coast and an obvious choice for gift shopping but then it turned into a … Continue reading →

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Pretty Much Everything

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Hellin Kay

This month Taschen is releasing Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin’s new photography book, Pretty Much Everything ($700, who said books are cheap gifts? Now that is a freakin’ cool holiday gift for someone you love!) Looking through it is … Continue reading →

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Vivian Maier, Street Photographer

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Hellin Kay

Vivian Maier belongs in the same camp as Robert Frank, Helen Levitt, Dorothea Lange and Henri Cartier Bresson, the only difference is that she worked as a nanny by day and a photographer only when time allowed, by day or … Continue reading →

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The Kenneth Anger Book

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Hellin Kay

The 2nd edition of Kenneth Anger by Alice L Hutchinson published by Black Dog Press is being released in September and includes 180 color and black and white film stills. The LA-based Avant Garde filmmaker is a legend for lots … Continue reading →

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My Little Paris

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Hellin Kay

I got the sweetest little book in the mail yesterday! My Little Paris is actually a Paris-based website started three years ago by sisters Fany and Amandine Pechiodat to share their local secrets of where to go, what to buy … Continue reading →

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The Eye Has To Travel

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Hellin Kay

Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s book Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel is coming out October 1st. Lisa married one of Vreeland’s grandsons and compiled this book along with a documentary film about her life. I bought a first edition copy … Continue reading →

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Guy Lalibertè

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Hellin Kay

Yesterday evening I got a chance to see up close the new book Gaia that Guy Lalibertè, the founder of Cirque du Soleil, curated from photos he took when traveling to the moon. Yep, I said traveling to the moon. … Continue reading →

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The Help

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Hellin Kay

I just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It was just as good as everyone said it was, blew me away. It’s been a while since I have read a really GREAT fiction book. Yes, I’ve been on a reading … Continue reading →

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Taschen Warehouse Sale

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Hellin Kay

Taschen, one of my favorite book publishers is having their bi-annual warehouse sale this weekend June 17th through 19th. Thousands of slightly damaged and display copies will be on sale at 50-75% off. Their iD Covers 1980-2010 book that was … Continue reading →

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