Her photographs are rooted in earnestness, intimacy and youthful energy. Her drawings can be described as crudely poetic. Stef Mitchell is the Australian-born New York-based photographer and artist whose work reverberates well beyond the canvas.
Never without a few rolls of film on hand, photographer Marcia Resnick ran with New York’s highly exclusive music and art-lit scene in the late 70s and early 80s. Warhol, Burroughs, Iggy Pop and Mick Jagger among them, Resnick captured these free-wheeling revolutionaries as they went about their nightly rituals well into the late-night hours.
“It’s kind of like a sitcom vibe we have going here. Each morning we accumulate at this coffee shop and just loiter around on the street all day.” With a debut record for New York’s Public Access T.V. in its final mastering stage, singer-songwriter John Eatherly can be forgiven for spending idle time in the narrow East Village streets he and his band mates call home.
This summer, Vanessa Traina’s immaculately curated retail project, The Line, is playing local with a seasonal lodging in the Hamptons.
From the west to the east coast, The Kills’ recently released album, Ash & Ice,
took on a vagabond existence, recorded in part at a rented house above Los Angeles’
Griffith Park and the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York. Here, the bluesy
punk duo shares exclusively with RUSSH the photos taken during the
various stages of recording.
