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Mario Testino, Doubles, Lima
Mario Testino, Shalom and Linda, Paris
Monash University
http://www.monash.edu.au/health/pamphlets/BodyImage/index.htm
This site from Monash University in Australia provides a body image self-test for both men and women.

PAIR
Phillip Lopate, Portrait of My Body
John Coplans, Portrait of My Back and Hands
John Coplans Interview
http://www.si.edu/organiza/offices/archart/oralhist/coplan75.htm
Smithsonian Institute of American Art transcript of a 1975 interview with John Coplans.

Kiki Smith, Lilith
Varo Registry Artist List
http://netdreams.com/registry/smith/index.html
This page, sponsored by the Varo Registry Artist List, provides a personal statement by Kiki Smith, a biographical sketch, and a few pictures of her sculptures.

Judith Ortiz Cofer, The Story of My Body
Montgomery College's Judith Ortiz Cofer Page
http://ppl.nhmccd.edu/~dcox/ohenry/cofer.html
This site offers links to articles by and interviews with Judith Ortiz Cofer.

Self Works: Diaries, Scrapbooks, and Other Autobiographical Efforts
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/selfwork/
The University of Delaware library's online exploration of autobiographical work curated by L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin. Note the list of links to "self works" on the Internet.

PORTFOLIO: Annie Leibovitz
fotoTapeta: Interview with Annie Leibovitz
http://fototapeta.art.pl/fti-ale.html
A long interview with Annie Liebovitz, with photos of the artist, on the occasion of an exhibition of her photographs in Warsaw, Poland. The interview highlights many issues in photography and also links to an excellent set of photos (including one of Susan Sontag) taken at the opening in Warsaw.

Annie Leibovitz Interview
http://www.powells.com/authors/leibovitz.html
A Powell's Books interview with Leibovitz on the occasion of the publication of her most recent book, Women (1999), on which she collaborated with Susan Sontag.

RETROSPECT: Building the Male Body
Men's Health
http://www.menshealth.com/
Men's Health magazine's web site.

The Media and Communication Studies Site
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/advert01.html
A comprehensive list of links to articles and broadcasts on the critical analysis of advertising.

Bruce Bower, Average Attractions
The Jedermann Project
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/astro/mosaic/JEDERMANN/Jeder2.html
The Jedermann Project compiles portraits of its participants into photo composites. Users can view composites of cross-sections of all participants on the basis of responses to a participant survey (e.g., yearly income, political beliefs, etc.) Anther section of the site features composites of famous historical and cultural figures–from Jesus Christ to Nobel laureates.

Visionics
http://www.visionics.com/
The Visionics corporation develops face recognition software intended for surveillance and software.

Perceptions Lab
http://psych.st-and.ac.uk:8080/research/perception_lab/prototyping/
The web site of the Perceptions Lab at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland links to more information on the research behind Bruce Bower’s article. The site also offers visitors the opportunity to participate in a research experiment on their perception of facial attractiveness by using the type of digitized prototypes described in Bower’s essay.

Cindy Jackson, 1973, and Cindy Jackson, 1993
Mattel’s Barbie site
http://www.barbie.com/mydesign/
The official Mattel site for the personally configured Barbie Doll; it also links to the Barbie site.

Cindy Jackson
http://www.cindyjackson.com
Cindy Jackson’s web site.

Salon Articles on Plastic Surgery
http://www.salon.com
A search of Salon's archive for "plastic surgery" yields several unusual angles on the topic. See, for example, Christina Valhouli's article "Asian Eyes" on beauty regimens that help create "Caucasian looking" eyes.

Marge Piercy, Imaging
Marge Piercy Page
http://www.capecod.net/~tmpiercy/index.html
A site devoted to Marge Piercy's work; includes a list of published works and a frequently asked questions section.

Christian Marclay, Born in the USA, 1991
The Internet Movie Database
http://us.imdb.com/
Search the Internet Movie Database for movie titles such as "The Graduate," and find plot outlines as well as complete writing, direction, and cast credits.

Interview with Paul Simon
http://www.medialab.chalmers.se/guitar/simon.interview6.html
A 1984 Playboy interview with Paul Simon as posted on the Acoustic Guitar Song Collection. See also the site's page on Paul Simon.

Bruce Springsteen
http://www.brucespringsteen.net
The Boss's official web site.

Jeroen's Bruce Springsteen Lyrics
http://www.xs4all.nl/~maroen/engels/bruce.html
Find the lyrics to "Born in the U.S.A." on this fan's Springsteen lyrics site.

Susan Bordo, Never Just Pictures
Susan Bordo Interview
http://www.umd.edu/OnTheMargins/pastshows/susan-bordo
In this interview, Bordo talks about her book Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J. (1997).

The Body Shop, Ruby
PBS Frontline Documentary
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fat/
Frontline's online version of "Fat"–a look at the cultural and scientific causes of the "obesity crisis" in America and abroad. The site provides discussions, links, and resources on beauty standards, body image, and the cultural significance of our society’s relationship to food.

The Body Shop
http://www.usa.the-body-shop.com/interactivist/issues-esteem.html
This portion of the official Body Shop web site raises issues of body image and self-esteem, especially as they relate to women.

LOOKING CLOSER: Fashioning an Identity
Yasumasa Morimura
http://www.web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/uferart7/Pages/cad.e.gropu
An online video selection of Yasumasa Morimura’s work from 1985 to 1996, chosen by the artist.

DIA Institute of the Arts
http://www.dia.org
Lynn Johnson’s images can be accessed through the Detroit Institute of Arts Gallery, which is located at this site.

Tattoos
http://www.tattoos.com
The site of the e-zine Tattoos includes a tattoo gallery, articles, and ads. The zine is offered in both shockwaved and non-shockwaved style.

White House News Photographer’s Association
http://www.whnpa.org
The White House News Photographer’s Association page has a rotating member gallery archive feature (including photographs of the current president and images from past administrations), as well as links.

Gladwell.com
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New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell offers a compilation of his articles on this site. "Coolhunt"(New Yorker, March 17, 1997) provides a superb exploration of corporate and street notions of cool.

Tee-Construction
http://www.linkmag.com/Link/apr_may_98/histories.html
Linkmag's brief history of the T-shirt.

Wordrobe
http://www.slate.com/ClothesSense/97-10-01/ClothesSense.asp
Fashion writer Anne Hollander comments on the show "Wordrobe," mounted by the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute. The show examines "20th-century garments bearing words, letters, and numbers in various ways."