10 July 2010

He Said She Said

The January 1963 Bazaar cover by Richard Avedon was a tribute to Diana Vreeland. The model, one 'Dani', looks suspiciously like a man. Do you think...?"Camp is a tender feeling." - Susan Sontag

2 comments:

  1. how is camp every tender? maybe as protection I guess.

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  2. Beauty: I think it's a tender feeling towards the subject you are mocking? For instance, the cover is obviously parodying diana vreeland but it feels 'tender', ironical but not in a damaging or negative way.

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