#Gary Heery

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cate blanchett by gary heery (2009)

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Jodie Foster by Gary Heery 1979

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“Madonna. She makes me wanna drink beer. She makes me wanna drive real fast and go bowling. She makes me wanna shop at Sears. She makes me wanna kick vegetarians. When I hear her sing, I know she's singing to me. She wants to get nasty with me. When I see her face, when I see her eyes, when I see her lips talking to me, telling me to "come on," I get to feelin' real mean. I get to feeling like I wanna do a whole lotta push-ups or go to a hardware store. And then, I have to cool down, man. I have to cool down and it's either gonna be a cold shower or a Bruce Springsteen album.”

/ Spoken word poem by Henry Rollins, 1985 /

On this day 41 years ago (27 July 1983) a brash, hungry 25-year-old Michigan-born starlet calling herself Madonna unleashed her self-titled debut album (the one featuring "Everybody", “Holiday”, “Physical Attraction", “Borderline”, “Lucky Star” and – best of all! – “Burning Up”). And the world would never be the same! Pictured: outtake from the album cover photo-shoot by Gary Heery.

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Madonna by Gary Heery for the album Madonna, 1982.

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Madonna, 1983

Foto: Gary Heery

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Bouquet print mesh gloves by Romance Was Born, SS24

'Featuring an array of wonderment with the vanda orchid, photographed by Gary Heery.'

I could see these on one of the Featherington ladies (Portia, if there's a wealthy widower she fancies?) in Bridgerton.

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MADONNA FOREVER

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Gary Heery

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Cate Blanchett by Gary Heery

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Madonna by Gary Heery (1983)

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Madonna photographiée par Gary Heery, 1983

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“Madonna’s first video, for her superb, drivingly lascivious disco hit “Burning Up”, did not make much of an impression. The platinum blonde girl kneeling and emoting in the middle of a midnight highway just seemed to be a band member’s floozie. In retrospect, the video, with its rapid, cryptic surrealism, prefigures Madonna’s signature themes and contains moments of eerie erotic poetry.”

/ From “Madonna II: Venus of the Radio Waves” by Camille Paglia, The Independent Sunday Review, 1991 /

“Don't put me off 'cause I'm on fire / And I can't quench my desire …”

/ From the lyrics to “Burning Up” by Madonna /

Released on this day (9 March 1983): double-sided single “Physical Attraction” / “Burning Up” by a hungry young up-and-coming pop starlet called Madonna. Of the two songs, I infinitely prefer the urgent, punky siren call of “Burning Up.” Like all her best tunes, the lyrics cast Madonna as the romantic aggressor / pursuer, wailing sentiments like “You're always closing your door / Well, that only makes me want you more” and – even better! - “Unlike the others, I'd do anything / I'm not the same, I have no shame / I'm on fire!” The haunting video directed by Steve Barron – with cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof Madonna writhing, flailing and thrashing around in a sexual frenzy on an abandoned stretch of road – cemented her provocative bad girl persona. (Fun fact: the guy in the video (Ken Compton) was Madonna’s then-boyfriend). Note that there are multiple mixes of “Burning Up” circulating. The only version you need is the one with biting nasty New Wave guitar. Portrait of Madonna by Gary Heery, 1983.

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Orleans - Waking and Dreaming (Asylum, 1976) - Art direction by Anne Garner and Glen Christensen, design by John van Hamersfeld, photograph by Gary Heery

Image courtesy of Discogs.

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hyun ji shin by gary heery for oyster #106