bunny time

Photographer: Jennifer Mays for The New York Times

Today is the eve of the Lunar New Year (also called Chinese New Year)*, traditionally when families assemble for a reunion dinner, and usher in the new year together. I'm off to Malaysia for a week to visit my dad's family (all eight of his siblings and their brood) and welcome the Year of the Rabbit and bid goodbye to the Year of the Tiger.

I was thrilled also by my last buy of the lunar year, which arrived in the mail yesterday, after a long search for a decent and decently-priced copy - "Peter Lindbergh: Selected Works 1996-1998", published by Assouline. I started paying attention to fashion photography around that time and his brand of gritty glamour plus the stripped down styles of the period was a defining moment for me.

I didn't have time to take some proper pictures of the content, but you can browse the whole book (and a whole lot of other goodness by one of my favourite photographers) here under "books".

Wishing any Chinese* person reading this good health and prosperity in the new year!

Picture from nytimes.com

* - EDIT: Thought about it thanks to a comment from Fleurette and realised lots of cultures observe the lunar (or something similar) calendar. Wrote this post too hastily, I think!