Michael Schmidt wins Prix Pictet for sprawling global food series

German-born photographer beat Adam Bartos and other big names for an epic look inside factory farms, slaughterhouses and supermarkets

• Farm to table: Michael Schmidt exposes the reality of what we eat – in pictures
• Why our guilt about consumption is all-consuming – Slavoj Žižek on the theme of this year’s Prix Pictet

Marc Jacobs debuts beauty e-commerce with Jessica Lange-inspired nail lacquers

Marc Jacobs Beauty Launches E-Commerce.   Designer Marc Jacobs offers an immersive experience into his world of Beauty products, a collaboration between the designer and KENDO, the LVMH incubator of new beauty brands, through the newly- launched E-Commerce. Featuring over 150 products in the Marc Jacobs Beauty collection, the dot- com beauty destination also provides … Read more

Dior: The Legendary Images: Great Photographers and Dior

A new book dedicated to Dior Maison exemplifies how the haute couture house transcended fashion to enter the realm of legend. “Dior: The Legendary Images: Great Photographers and Dior” published by Rizzoli (edited by Florence Muller) is a collection of iconic photographs, it is the spirit of Dior captured through the lenses of the greatest … Read more

The world of fashion films: Prada Candy Florale, Maison Martin Margiela x Mykita, Petit Bateau x Satu Maaranen

Over the last week, the world of fashion film released a new Prada scent short, a video for a Petit Bateau capsule collection, and the fruits of Maison Martin Margiela and MYKITA collaboration. Maison Martin Margiela x MYKITA Maison Martin Margiela presents a distinctive and complete optical range produced with Berlin based MYKITA. A new … Read more

Best hard-top, two-seater performance cars ever conceived in “The World’s Greatest Sports Coupés Exhibition”

What car do you think is the great sports coupe of all time? Find the answer of 12 celebrity curators @ Peterson’s “The World’s Greatest Sports Coupés Exhibition”   What is the greatest sports coupé of all time? A special automotive exhibition at the Petersen Automotive Museum (Los Angeles) promises to answer this question by … Read more

The world’s leading underwater photo contest announces its winners

      The winners of the annual UnderwaterPhotography.com photo contest 2013/2014 have been announced. 49 spectacular shots out of 7,850 entries were awarded medals or runners up. The UnderwaterPhotography photo contest is the longest running and most prestigious online, or off. “Winning a medal is the reward for all the hard work underwater photographers … Read more