photographed by STEVEN KLEIN
Barbarba Sukowa is a German actress — and one of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s last muses, appearing in his films, Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and Lola (1981). Barbarba went on to have an international career, working for acclaimed directors Michael Cimino, Lars Von Trier, and David Cronenberg. What’s not well known is that she’s also a narrator for classical music and opera, and has performed in Schoenberg’s remarkably complex “Pierrot Lunaire,” appeared with the Brentano Quartet and Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall, and worked with such renowned conductors as Claudio Abbado, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and David Robertson. She’s also an accomplished singer, notably of Schubert lieder. Barbarba moved to New York City 15 years ago to live with her husband, the artist Robert Longo. She now sings in their Patsy Cline cover band, the X-Patsy’s. She agreed to model for Purple under the condition that she could break the mold of fashion shoots and become a fictional heroine in Steven Klein’s pictures.
Scott Barnhill wears a white shirt by J. LINDEBERG
Barbara Sukowa wears a wool and mink dress MIU MIU, ribbed gold ring set with a citrine KENTSHIRE, and vintage sunglasses
Lustrous silk and wool jacket RALPH LAUREN COLLECTION
Barbara Sukowa wears a vintage kimono from WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND and a gold ring KENTSHIRE
Janette Gould wears a serpent necklace by KENTSHIRE
Gray tweed blazer ALTUZARRA and ribbed gold ring set with a square citrine KENTSHIRE
Scott Barnhill wears a vintage jacket YVES SAINT LAURENT
Barbara Sukowa wears a black wool and mink dress by MIU MIU
Christopher Niquet, style — Peter Gray @ THE COLLECTIVE SHIFT, hair — Kabuki, make-up — Bernadette Thompson, manicurist — Adam Sherman, studio coordinator — Fern Massar, production manager — Dominick Sheldon, first assistant — Pavel Woznicki, Justin Farkas, and Kaita Takenxura, photographer’s assistants — Courtney Raniszewski, stylist’s assistant — Tomo Tamura, hair assistant — Aya Komatsu, make-up assistant —Scott Barnhill @ MAJOR MODEL MANAGEMENT and Jeanette Gould @ BACKGROUND INC, models
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night pictures
night pictures by Olivier Zahm with a portfolio by Ron Galella
by Olivier Zahm
by Alex Israel
by Rachel Chandler
Noritoshi Hirakawa
by Sabine Heller
by Alex Israel
by Olivier Zahm
by Matt Sweeney
by Kazumi Asamura Hayashi
by Olivier Zahm
by Marcelo krasilcic
by Dominique Isserman
by Stacey Mark
by Camille Bidault Waddington
by Olivier Zahm
by Martien Mulder
by Steven Klein
by Magnus Unnar
by Theo Wenner
by Olivier Zahm
by Glenn O'Brien
by Lola Schnabel
by Olivier Amsellem