The Clients and the Mashup

The Clients...

Miuccia Prada, photographer: unknown, Time

Barack Obama, photographer: Steven Meisel. Vanity Fair

Madonna, photographer: Steven Meisel. Vanity Fair

The Mashup...

"The world is a series of rooms, which are arranged like concentric circles, or rooms within rooms, joined by courtyards and antechambers, and in the room at the center of all those rooms sit fear and power. Both of which cannot peacefully coexist. To reach this most rarefied and potent ranks of power, whether in deal making or designing, one must have a certain serenity. A certain above-the-fray quality. To reach this power, the crowds must wait for a sign. When it comes, if pure of heart, they can to move toward it. One moment they are in, the next moment they are swept up by a force greater than themselves. They were on the highway, flashing past, moving closer and closer to the center, which they approach deftly and humbly. They were there to experience history. It follows, then, that the first achievements of power attracted unprecedented numbers of the crowds. They flock in the manner of pilgrims, to experience something that once was unimaginable- something which did not follows anyone else's lead, just it’s own original energy. In their excitement they were open and good-natured with each other and struck up animated conversations with strangers."

The References:

Vanityfair,“Madonnarama”http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/05/madonna200805 Written by Rich Cohen, May 2008 (accessed 9th April 2009)

Time, “The Power List Women In Fashion: Miuccia Prada” http://www.time.com/time/2004/style/020904/power/2.html
Written by Belinda Luscombe, 2009 (accessed 9th April 2009)

The Age, “Man of attraction: President Barack Obama's pulling power at inauguration” http://www.theage.com.au/world/man-of-attraction-president-barack-obamas-pulling-power-at-inauguration-20090121-7lus.html

Written by Ian Munro, January 21 2009 (accessed 9th April 2009)