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Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993): actress, humanitarian, icon, cutie-pie extraordinaire.

Above: with Albert Finney on the set of Two for the Road (1967); New York 1967; a publicity still for Breakfast at Tiffanys (1961); chilling with her pet deer, Pippin; making a chocolate cake; being gorgeous (x3) and a portrait from 1988, aged 59.

MORE: 21 impossibly Charming (And Rare) Photos Of Audrey Hepburn (Best Movies By Farr)

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Hobby Buddies – a photo series by Swiss photographers Ursula Sprecher and Andi Cortellini featuring like-minded members of various clubs posing together.

Above: The St. Brandan Scout Section; BDSM Regular’s Table; the Poodle Club; Slot Racing Club; HB9BS Ham Radio Club; Merriment Pipe-Smokers’ Club; Dintefisch Diving Club; Train Club; Naked Projects [redacted]; the Orchid Club and the Swiss Garrison (Serving the 501st Legion).

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View the complete gallery (including the scandalous nudie one) here

 

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Another side of the work of celebrated American war photographer Robert Capa, currently on display at New Yorks’s Governor’s Island as part of an exhibition by the International Centre Of Photography.

Better known for his black and white images of the Normandy landings and the Spanish Civil War, Capa also worked with colour film from 1941 to his untimely death in 1954, recording – among other things – intimate portraits of artists, writers and actors in the 40s and 50s.

Above: Pablo Picasso and his son Claude at Vallauris in France; Ernest Hemingway and his son Gregory at Sun Valley, Idaho and Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre on the set of Beat the Devil, at Ravello in Italy.

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Some of the thirty ‘never-before-seen’ portraits of world leaders painted by former president George W. Bush currently on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Texas as part of an exhibition entitled ‘The Art Of Leadership: A President’s Personal Diplomacy’. The former President explains:

‘I place a high priority on personal diplomacy. getting to know a fellow world leader’s personality, character, and concerns made it easier to find common ground and deal with contentious issues. that was a lesson i had picked up from dad, who was one of the great practitioners of personal diplomacy.‘

Above: Tony Blair, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia,  George Bush Sr,  Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan and Vladimir Putin.

George W. has painted on a daily basis since leaving office.

He’s very proud of his work. See?

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(Photos: (portraits) Grant Miller, (exhibition) Kim Leeson)

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In his photo/flesh embroidery series ‘a flor de piel’, Spanish artist David Catá stitches the faces of people important in his life into the skin of his own palm. Sez he:

…their lives have been interwoven with mine to build my history. Every moment lived stays in the memory to finally be forgotten. somehow, this fact is painful, since there are only material things and traces that people leave behind.

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In collaboration with Pet Stylist Ruben Santana, I have photographed dogs as they are being washed before grooming. The way the water plays with their hair, and their facial expressions as the water is poured on them creates striking portraits that resemble famous humans or important characters. The dogs become sculptures.

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