Day: January 6, 2023

Arts

“The Treasure of His Youth”: An Incomplete Celebration of Forgotten Master Photographer Paolo Di Paolo, by Dante A. Ciampaglia

What compels a master of his craft — at the height of his powers — to walk away, to say “finito”? That question haunts Bruce Weber’s documentary The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo, and it’s one the filmmaker spends 105 minutes not answering.   It’s easy to be taken in by the film because it’s […]

Arts

Quinn on Books: Who’s Gonna Plug Their Ears When You Scream?

Review of No Filter: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful, by Paulina Porizkova Review by Michael Quinn Books by authors whose first language isn’t English are always interesting to read. You often “hear” something unusual in the rhythm of the sentences. It has nothing to do with the writer’s command of the language. My guess is it’s a kind […]