From the very instant we learned of Michael Jackson's death, and before he was finally allowed to rest in peace, if only for a brief moment, the leering lens of media coverage on his life has relentlessly focused on the bazaar, freak-like image that the press has assured is his legacy in life and now, in death.
The painting, which is monumental in scale, shows in vivid detail girls being auctioned off as wives in a Middle Eastern bazaar, a wondrous fantasy image for the 19th-century male gaze.
"Allure," by Diana Vreeland (Chronicle) A compendium of Vreeland's imagery during 30 years as an editor at Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, with images from photographers including Richard Avedon and David Bailey.
Informed of the new club, Emma Rodgers, owner of the Black Images Book Bazaar in Dallas, said: "We'll add an Essence section to our book club displays.
One hallmark of her thousands of published images, 86 Bazaar covers among them, is that the gowns and bathing suits and ski clothes are always visible front and center.
Image courtesy of Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco via Facebook.
What's with that image of an Egyptian Bazaar?
For some interesting examples of how you can play with the interplay between the title and what's on your cover, look up cover images for Harper's Bazaar.
As a photographer for magazines like Flair, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue and Town & Country, Mr. Bissinger created indelible images of the new generation of writers, actors, dancers and free spirits who were reshaping American culture after World War II.
The scene brings to mind Richard Avedon's celebrated photograph of a model in an astronaut's helmet, an image that appeared in Harper's Bazaar in the 1960's.
