VIP LINDEN PARTY

I was invited for a VIP party from linden’s lab. Like the French say “la crème de la crème” and I got all exited!! This is a Second Life concierge-level resident’s party. Or let’s say a festivity for special clients that pay Linden Lab 125 USD or more each month. (http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/03/08/what-are-you-doing-next-saturday/)
Of course I can’t talk about all nice people that I meet, remorsefully. But I would like to introduce nice VIP people. Oh! I was looking for Anshe Chung. Someone told me she was around there somewhere. Sorry I couldn’t interview her this time. Oh for does that don’t know Anshe is the richest person on second life, earned more than a million dollars and one of the guest of the party.

Anshe Chung is the main avatar (online personality) of Ailin Graef in the online world Second Life. Referred to as the "Rockefeller of Second Life" by a CNN journalist, she has built an online business that engages in development, brokerage, and arbitrage of virtual land, items, and currencies, and has been featured in a number of prominent magazines such as Business Week, Fortune and Red Herring.

Just arrived at the party on Mount Olympus ( http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mount%20Olympus/128/128/0 ) and I meet Wildstar Beaumont a very handsome Greek God, but he was from Italy. He was very kind to show me how to get to the party. He authorizes me to show some of his nice pictures. You can also see on his flickr ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildstar_b ).

I also meet a lot of nice and intelligent people. Like the Makwa and Clowey Greenwood. Clowey is working on the educational island Biome for Northern Michigan University with her husband's help. This island is to enjoy, learn about biodiversity and for them to hold classes as well open to the public. She was so nice to invite me in a tour on her virtual University. I will cover that soon I am sure.

This is Laura Ophelia and me dancing. This girl is so nice… she is an island owner and a very nice person. We talked about a lot of things while dancing even about economy. No wonder she is a successful landlord. She is very intelligent and bright.

Geno Zhichao, Ash Klata and Zeus Argus they are business partners. Geno Zhichao is the owner of Firmament Island and has order two more new island and, Zeus is his partner in the rental company called Platinum Properties. They liked to dance with me. Thank you for dancing with me. Stu Source is a software guy and he keeps the bad guys out. Well he has an island. The Sunbelt Island is a fun place to have parties, hang out and relax in the tropical island climate. He also have the Sunbelt software company ( http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ ). Hi is creating firewalls and antivirus that he sells on his SIM. Of course we dance together. He is a polyglot, a computer genius, love Sci-Fi and know how to have fun too. Well he is from Florida. I bet his Island is hot!!

I was curious to see how the VIPs have fun. People say that VIP party is boring and tedious. However the ones I meet are intelligent and bright people. They know how to have fun and have beautiful avatar. Some estrange ones, like this dragon, but well they have money and creativity. What else to say.

Finally I meet Fleche Xeno. He is the jelly on my side. He wasn’t a jelly before he meets me. He was a very handsome male avatar. Well I think maybe I melt him in a jelly when he started to dance with me. Laughs!!! I am kidding. Please, no need to call the ambulance, he is fine. He is owner of the f(x) Marketing Management a consulting firm inside SL. On real life he is an art curator, business consultant (MBA) and communicator (Philosophy Degree, Strategic Consulting). Wow! Good catch ladies!!! He is not a jelly I assure that.

What I realize is that second life creates an innovative atmosphere and a place where intelligent motivated people around the world can meet each other. How could I meet this people if SL didn’t exist? Maybe what makes them rich people isn’t their money, but their inquisitive inside soul. I mean isn’t Second Life a mind world? For me the soul is essential and more important than body exterior. Maybe we are control by our genes. I know that human evolution lead us to considerate body aspects more important. That isn’t bad at all. Well think that when we choose a partner indirectly we are aiming a good husband for our child and a fertile female to give a healthy of offspring. That’s way cosmetic and beauty industry grows so much. Maybe with the modern genetic this isn’t so important anymore. Maybe with genetic manipulation and the Human Genome Project we are giving a step into what really worth. Inside Second Life it is not different, but here a special soul can make the difference. You can easier have a nice outfit here than in real life. But isn’t easy to achieve a beautiful soul on real or second life.

Dejá vù international is the first Second Life magazine printed in real life

Dear friend sorry for not posting these days, but it was the woman international day and I was fascinated by the pressed magazine.

I received the first magazine born in Second Life printed in real life. The magazine is very beautiful and amazing!! The quality of the paper and the images are better than from “Veja - the best Brazilian magazine”. I am very happy from receiving the magazine and by the letter full of praises about my contribution. I am very proud to be part of this new proposition for Second Life.

We now have three options to read the magazine, on our hands the printed magazine, on the web site and inside Second Life. The content is also wonderful. If you want to make part of this new reality, please, contact me. This magazine is already a success and will achieve much more.

Daije you really surprise me this time। Congrats to all readers, journalists and sponsors that made this magazine amazing.

International Women's Day

It’s International Women's Day. Time to celebrate!!! On this occasion remember all the women in your life and make them feel as extraordinary as they always are. Wish us all love and feelings that we are truly special

Little bit about this historical day.

International Women's Day (IWD) is marked on March 8 every year. It is a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women.

The IWD is also celebrated as the first spring holiday, as in the listed countries the first day of March is considered the first day of the spring season.

The first IWD was observed on 28 February 1909 in the United States following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. The idea of having an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions. Women from clothing and textile factories staged one such protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City. The garment workers were protesting against very poor working conditions and low wages. The protesters were attacked and dispersed by police. These women established their first labor union in the same month two years later.

In the West, International Women's Day was commemorated during the 1910s and 1920s, but dwindled. It was revived by the rise of feminism in the 1960s.

contest from sl illustrated

Hi I would like to invite you for a nice contest from sl illustrated if you have a club, SIM or just management one. Please speak with Ariel Lingiuan. This is a great opportunity to have your place advertised and earn some money also.
This are some information about the contest send by Ariel

Stars of SLI Contest
Theme : Zodiacs ( Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricorn )
Finals Date : May 17, 2008

This contest is a way to:
1) Get a chance for your club/establishment to win 25K for top group prize
2) Give the patrons of your club the chance to win 25K for 2 top individual prize
3) Generate traffic for your club through voting for candidates
4) Reinforce the values of SLI : Community, Beauty and Freshness

Prizes:

L$25,000 for Top Male Winner
L$25,000 for Top Female Winner
Modeling Contracts from SLI Modeling Inc for the Top Male and Female Winner
L$25,000 for Top Club with the most number of votes combined for their representatives in Phase 2
L$ 2,500 each for the 10 individuals

If you have questions send your IM to Ariel Lingiuan or Ted1 Kamachi, since IMs's can be capped, we would appreciate if you can send notecards about your questions.

Ariel I expect I assisted you. I wish this clue help everyone also.

Future in Second and First Life!! A tribute to men imagination, From Jules Verne to metaverse

Text and Photography by Anna Avalanche

You can also see this article at back numbers (March Issue) at: Deja vu international

Who know the future? Speculate about the future is something like ride a balloon; we don’t know where to go. Through the history men always imagine the upcoming. Scientist, Science-fiction writers, and common people using imagination made future possible. Exploring metaverse looking for interesting places and people I found out St Michel, the first museum in Second Life to honor the life and creative works of the 19th century French author Jules Gabriel Verne. His imagination and attention to detail combined to help him predict many aspects of life that are relevant even to the early 21st century, such as camera-phones and fuel-cells. Jules Verne, together with Hugo Gernsback and H G Wells, is often referred to as the 'Father of Science Fiction'.
St Michel - the Jules Verne Muse, Jockeys Ridge (134, 228, 23)

Spread over small beautiful islands and comprising self-paced informational experiences, it is hoped that the variations in type and scale of the exhibits will convey some sense of the sheer breadth of Verne's genius. St Michel - the Jules Verne Museum draws its name from a series of boats which Verne himself owned.

Veritas Raymaker a Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore designed this and other facilities in SL. According to Veritas ideally, the visitor should visit the airship first. He intentionally designed it not to be immediately clear what to do next. Anyway it is very nice to get a ride in a balloon see the sea and the islands from above and feel free! I felt like I was inside Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty Days”. This is a very romantic place at the sunset, but watch out when you reach the cloud. Veritas deliberately designed the airship to be unsafe! You can fall down because there are no safety railings. He wanted to evoke the sense of exploration and adventure that was very important to Verne.

Veritas is interested in education and basically the exhibits are meant to evoke emotions from each of the main literary works for which Verne was famous. Such as, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

Bikini: AA Blue Pixel Bikini— AA Trade Company, Cleary (120, 70, 113)

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As Veritas Raymaker is looking for how to help people understand more about real life, he also designed a marine environments centre dedicated to manatees and dugongs.

Suit: AA Black Sequince Sensation — AA Trade Company, Cleary (120, 70, 113)

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This was a great surprise! All my articles are not about places in SL but real people that worked hard to create a better future in second or real life. From Van Gogh to Jules Vernes in real life to some extraordinary people I met in metaverse like Veritas.

Visitors to this Centre are provided with opportunities to learn more about the threats facing these aquatic mammals, and the efforts which are being undertaken to preserve their natural habitat.

Necklace: Dolphin FEMALE –AA Trade Company, Cleary (120, 70, 113)
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Face Light: FaceFX Designer v1.3 – AA Trade Company, Cleary (120, 70, 113)
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Hope the future for these beautiful, cute animals are not the extinction. I would love to help keeping these animals alive. Oh!! It was so cute and fun to swim with the mother and his Young baby manatee. Hope this article can help preserve all in dangerous species as well.

The Rhode-Raymaker Marine Enviro, Manatee Reserve (92, 94, 26)

So what about the future? According to Veritas Raymaker SL has a great future as a virtual world, especially because it is founded upon and driven by user-generated content. As we all know, it is the residents in SL who really make SL what it is. However, exploring SL and getting to learn about SL requires a great deal of time and patience. That is SL's biggest strength, yet at the same time it's weakness (because many people do not realize how much time it takes, and therefore leave disillusioned, or with an inaccurate understanding of how SL can help bring cultures closer).
Dress: AA Purple — AA Trade Company, Cleary (120, 70, 113)
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Maybe our closer future will be live on the moon. Till then you can have fun simulating a low gravity experience and have fun at St Michel museum or learn more about aquatic mammals.

Anna Avalanche clothes are from:
AA Trade Company, Cleary (120, 70, 113)

The first days of Second Life

The following is a book summary that originally appeared on Reuters.com.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When executives from San Francisco-based Linden Lab built Second Life, they had a sense they were doing something historic. So, to keep tabs on their creation, they contracted their own journalist to chronicle the growth of the Internet’s first virtual world.
Now that chronicler, Wagner James Au, has released a comprehensive history of Second Life’s early days in his book “The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World” (HarperCollins, $25.95).

Second Life has lost some of its buzz in the past year. Growth has leveled, and media investigations have highlighted possible fraud and child pornography within its borders. Early hopes of Second Life’s potential to market real-world brands largely failed in practice. But with 1.2 million active users, it is still the dominant player in a rapidly expanding virtual worlds industry, with the most content and a highly loyal fan base.

It may surprise readers of Au’s book to find that Linden Lab originally wanted a simulation of the natural world. What actually transpired is quite different.

While many people have a Second Life character — called an “avatar” — that looks like them, others pick talking cartoon animals or blinking robots. The environments are similarly varied, from reproductions of European cities to areas with a fantasy or science-fiction theme.
Repeatedly, Linden Lab set out to offer one product, only to find a combination of financial restraints and input from their customers pushing them into marketing something very different.

ACCIDENTAL FLIGHT

For example, one of Second Life’s most distinctive and memorable experiences is flying. With the click of a button, an avatar will soar gracefully into the stratosphere, exactly as one might imagine Superman does it.

But flight, as Au recalls, was practically an accident. In a virtual world filled with hills and buildings, no one had the time for the more difficult task of programming an avatar’s ability to climb.

Similarly, Linden Lab assumed it would create an in-world experience for avatars to play in. It was only after programmers started using their own product they realized it would be better to allow their users to build their world for them.

Linden’s users quickly began constructing their own buildings, clothing, and nightclubs. Pleased to have their users create content, Linden tried to encourage the practice with a system of ratings. An avatar could register an endorsement of a particularly attractive home with the click of a mouse.

“It’s fair to say the voting boxes began to be abused almost the very moment they were introduced,” Au writes.

Cliques of users banded together to vote positively or negatively en masse, in exchange for favors or to pursue petty vendettas.

The ratings system was eventually abandoned. Like so much else in Second Life, including the in-world currency called the “Linden Dollar,” the ability to buy and sell land, or the popularity of adult-themed virtual goods and services, users had their own ideas about the technology and what best to do with it.

Au dedicates his book to those creators of content. “They’re more important to the world’s success than the company which actually owns it,” he said.

As new virtual worlds come online and try to lure some of Second Life’s users and hype, the story of how Second Life came to be may provide a road map for others.

“Second Life isn’t the only model, but ultimately I think it’s the only reliable one,” Au said. “Otherwise, a company will be forced to produce content to an ever-demanding audience of largely passive consumers. That’s destined to fail.”

(Reporting by Eric Krangel; Editing by Eddie Evans)

from Reuters

If you have a history about the old times of SL and would like to share with us please get in touch with me (Anna Avalanche). I would love to publish it!

Rio de Janeiro no SL from Anna Avalanche

Yes sweet Liane, this is a nice contest in the most beautiful Brazilian city and Déjà vu Magazine is supporting it.

My friend AQUILES Amat one of the contest organizers sent me the contest and the island advertise. Very good pictures!!! Congrats Aquiles. As we like beautiful places and gorgeous people we support your effort.

The Brazil Rio Island, with barely a month of operation, is one of the coolest Brazilian islands. The place is always surrounded by friends, pretty people, interesting avatars and the marvelous Sugarloaf Mountain view. Also the possibility to practice sports like Wind surf, hang-glider, Jet Ski, motorbike and parachute diving attracts people that like to have fun practicing radical sports. The island was carefully planned and constructed to provide you an excellent place and nice parties and contests promoted by BioBrilho Company.
We would like to invite you for the big "Girl Olympus 2008" contest. So, don’t miss your chance to win more than L$15.000 lindens distributed by the winners and also lots of gifts from the best Second Life stores.

Rio de Janeiro no SL from Liane Maertens

A new model contest is stirring the Brazilian fashion world on the SL, the agency Olimpia is promoting the "Girl Olimpia 2008" and a table with photos of 25 girls is in Rio SL, I was there giving a look and decided riding a cable car, a beautiful walk for those who love the Rio de Janeiro RL. It is worth to check the contest with beautiful Brazilian girls on the tour by the island.

For this tour I choose light cloths, as the Rio is hot. In this photo I wear Naima Oro ed Avorio, Vampirelle Storm_schoomz shoes, hair ETD Melrose - Chocolate and jewels JCNY - SOHO, Hardwood Bead Collection.

You can jump from the top cable car in a delta wing. There is a beautiful view of the whole land at midnight and a very good place for a romance. I found nice couples having fun there. So don’t wait more, because the competition of Olimpia ends soon and the girls expect your vote.

Linden Lab bans extortionate “ad farms"

SECOND LIFE, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Linden Lab has banned “ad farms,” the small plots of land with gaudy advertisements that are designed to extort neighboring landowners.


“Whilst advertising in itself is okay, where it crosses the line into harassing behavior or visual spam, where the intent is purely to compel another resident to pay an unreasonable price to restore their view - then this will be covered under Harassment in our Community Standards,” Jack Linden wrote in a blog post.

“It will obviously be difficult for us to define exactly where example A is an abuse issue as compared to example B where it is not,” he added. “‘Ad Farm’ will apply specifically to advertising or content that is intended solely to drive an unreasonable price for the parcel it is on, usually by spoiling the view of others.”

Early reaction from Second Life residents was largely positive, but concerns over what will be considered an “ad farm” linger. “It’s imperfect, but it’s a start,” said Taran Rampersad, who writes about Second Life under the avatar name Nobody Fugazi. “Linden Lab taking this step indicates a willingness to deal with the harder questions to come.”

Jeff Strohman, a Second Life land trader known in-world as Stetson Rail, was so exasperated by ad farmers he said he considered a lawsuit, but opted not to take action due to the costs of suing an avatar physically located in another country. He estimated ad farms lower the value of adjacent land by 20 percent.

Beyond the economic damage ad farms cause, there’s also the aesthetic one, Strohman said. “They only hurt Second Life and make it look like a damn junkyard,” he said.

(Image courtesy of Carl Metropolitan)

By Eric Reuters

From Reuters

Virtual adultery and Cyberspace Love?

This is a BBC documentary series about Second Life and Real Life. First, we meet Lee and Carolyn. They’re a married American couple, but only virtually. In reality, their marriage doesn’t mean a lot, as Carolyn has been online 14 hours a day for the past eight months with another man, while her husband looks after their young children.

We do get the nice side, too. The other main case study looks at Steve and Kristen, a British couple who started their relationship online, but consummated it in real life. And then got married, virtually, and later in reality, too. I bet even they get confused sometimes.

Well this is a very interesting documentary. You will be surprise!!! Don’t miss watching it. I would love to have comments about this.

Virtual adultery and Cyberspace Love?

Bid for a Model Raised more than 100,000L for Warchild International

SL Illustrated sponsored a week long auction called Bid for a Model, that was participated by thirty ( 30 ) models in SL, these models were from different agencies namely SL Illustrated Models, Face2 Face Model Academy, Sophisticated Models, and Modavia Models. Auctioned Models were, Zipben Aeon, Frolic MIlls, Bianca Vita, Ost Clawtooth, Selena Fellini, Tanisha Withfield, Gabriella Meriman, Lorens Carling, Wynter Kidd, Lile Bikcin, Alyssa Masala, Salvo Waydelich, Poptart Lilliehook, Manoushaz Matova, Madison Sullivan, Mikaela Yifu, Rachael Lowey, Jolanda Sellers, Elise Mersereau, Kamala Hesse, Tula Howlett, DJAteo Kuhn, Krystal Gagliano, Micheal Hynes.

The weeklong auction event was able to raise L$ 101,682.00 coming from different individuals wanting to date the said models. 100% of the proceeds went to WarChild International represented in SL by Rosalie Rothlisberger.

Warchild International sponsored in-world by Rosalie Rothlisberger, is a network of independent organizations, working across the world to help children affected by war. The organization is founded upon the fundamental goal of advancing the cause of peace through investing hopes in lives of children caught up in the horrors of war. More information about this organization can be found at http://www.warchild.org

The event opened last February 16, 2008 at 9am slt, held at the SL Illustrated grounds. The launch was very successful and was attended by around 30 people at a given period that lasted for several hours.

Hand-over of the raised amount and the actual dates of the models with their winners, closed the event last February 23, 2008 that was held at the lavish and posh SLI Angels Club, where the famous DJ Zane Bijoux played romantic love songs for the couples on their date. The closing was attended by the Management of SL Illustrated headed by Ted1 Kamachi ( CEO ), Ariel Lingiuan ( COO ), Madison Sullivan ( SLI Models Director ), Dadaist Gears ( SL Illustrated Editor-in-Chief ), and Stone Klaxon ( SLI Master Scripter ).

My Blog will support every kind of humanitarian project in SL. Well done Ariel Lingiuan. Congrats to all SL Illustrated models and participants of this attitude. I think projects like this need to be more common in Sl. After all we are all humans in flesh and blood and there is a lot to be done out in real Life.

Great Idea

Campion Sopwith sent me this note and I think it is very important to help our Colombian friends to fight against terrorism. Political aspiration shouldn’t be done kidnapping people or terrorism. This isn't democracy. Below I publish the note from my friend Campion.

Calling on SL citizens ... help our fellow Colombian friends by joining a Facebook group calling for the end of a terrorist group named FARC. FARC has held this wonderful country hostage for years and the good people of Colombia are now fighting back:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6684734468

Your joining this group along with millions of people worldwide will send a strong signal that this situation will no longer be tolerated. Make a difference today ... join this cause.

Campion Sopwith

Bid for a Model Event Opening

The bidding is not yet closed, it’s ongoing until Friday. Here are some nice pictures of the opening. Congrats Ariel for the fine event you are promoting and thank you for sending information’s.

Bid for a Model

On February 16, 2008 at 9am slt, SL Illustrated is hosting an event called "Bid for a Model", 100% of the proceeds in this event will be donated to the WarChild International Network.

Warchild International sponsored in-world by Rosalie Rothlisberger, is a network of independent organizations, working across the world to help children affected by war. The organization is founded upon the fundamental goal of advancing the cause of peace through investing hopes in lives of children caught up in the horrors of war. More information about this organization can be found at http://www.warchild.org

In this event, SL models will be auctioned to the highest bidder for an opportunity to have a minimum of 2 hours dance at the SLI Angels Club which is being managed by Alyssa Masala. To ensure clean fun the event will be chaperoned by AngelEyes3 Jewell and the outstanding SLI Security headed by Smee Oh.

Homage to Helmut Newton

Welcome to sex and virtual landscape homage to Helmut Newton by Paolo Bade. I would like to present two fantastic photographers Helmut Newton and Paolo Bade. Newton a real life famous photographer and Bade a second life fantastic photographer. I was presented to Newton work by Paolo a long time ago when I was invited to be a model. This was my first expressive work as a model in SL. Now as a journalist I have the opportunity to present Helmut Newton and Paolo Bade work.

In my last article I was joking with the possibility to be inside Van Gogh painting. This made me think about my work as model. For my surprise talking to Paolo about my photos from his first exhibition he told me about the re-exhibition of “sex and virtual landscape” with a new visual approach. I was delight with the possibility of making an article about it. If you are interested in modern photography, you really have to see this! This is a well done exhibition with 14 Paolo Bade work based on the real Helmut Newton nude photos and I am one of the models. Located at Avatrait Gallery, Simuality (10, 240, 396)

Helmut Newton was a German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women. As a fashion and female nude photographer, he appears in the most important magazines such as "Vogue", "Elle", "Queen", "Stern" and "Playboy".

Newton is a master of beauty and cultivates an extremely personal erotic vision. He says about himself: "I am superficial, my images aren't deep. Good taste is the anti-fashion, the anti-photo, the anti-woman, the anti-eroticism. Vulgarity is life, is fun, the desire for extreme reactions."

The prevailing scenery in his photos are beaches, fashion, or the halls and rooms of large hotels. Although his eroticism is superficiality, taken to extremes, the plasticity of the work is wonderful.

His models, cold, severe and disturbing are the exact opposite of Hamilton's - which are delicate and fragile. His greatness lies in his unique vision of the “erotic” in photography.

Among his published works, we can cite "White Woman", "Sleepless Nights" and "Big Nudes".

In many ways Helmut mocks the fashion industry as he strengthens it. He blatantly exposes a side of it that is difficult to detect or absent in other fashion photography. Take for example one of his better known works 'Here They Come!'. In a strange way the nude depiction lacks much of the sexuality you'd expect, due to aggressive posturing. Their nudity has become dress, they are in essence fashion warriors. They say, 'Look, but don't touch. Look, we are coming... but not for you.' They send the message, as with fashion, 'Look and die with desire.' While this may not be the desire of the beholder, it is definitely that of the fashion wearer.

I was thinking about this and decided contrast Newton photo with a beauty blue dress with a blond hair walking straight and strong. This reminds me why Paolo choose me as a model for the Big Nude. He told me I represented the strong woman Newton shoot. According to him my attitude was determinant to be chosen. This must be because I am an Avalanche! LOL.

Yet whether his subject is man or woman, clothed or unclothed, Newton's forte is his role as the grand seducer. "My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain. Most of my work is meant to be funny. Because I'm quite timid myself”.

Helmut Newton : "I don't know, I didn’t look at it that way. It's just that if the theme had something to do with my life, past or present, it seems a nice idea to put myself in it. I would not put myself into an advertising shot. There has been a series for Vogue, in '79 or '80, they asked me to wear fashion, and then I got this idea. I did it in the Paris Vogue studio, because it was a place I knew well and around which much of my life had evolved. It's a very personal picture, that's why it's one of my favorites. There is first of all me, with my camera, but there is also June, who has got a wonderfully funny expression while she looks at my naked model, there is the Vogue Studio, with the clothrack, the door to the street is open, you see the cars parked on Place du Palais Bourbon, a place that I have known for twenty two years, where I had taken thousands of pictures, especially during Haute Couture Collections. The photograph has all the little signals of my life : my models, my camera, my wife, the studio, the Place du Palais Bourbon. That's what I call an autobiographical picture. It's a very good exercise, to me all these are exercises."

This self Portrait for me is one of the most interesting photos. It shows the door open to the street inviting us to come inside. Newton almost always wear high heels and in sometimes only that. So this is my homage to Helmut. I love this beautiful fashion shoe.

Helmut was a man that liked to push his own limits. Newton says that his work with nudes served to liberate him. "The point of my photography has always been to challenge myself, to go a little further than my Germanic discipline and Teutonic nature would traditionally permit me to”. Leesha Oh describes and compare very well Paolo’s talent with Newton’s. Paolo’s photos are black and white and featured strong women nudes. Perhaps it is their European sensibility… Paolo’s Italian eye and Helmut’s German, neither seemed to see the women as objects or commodities but as elemental, sensual, and human. Though Paolo’s artwork does not incorporate elements of fetishism and bondage to the degree that Helmut’s did… he does work in the meta-verse of SL.

This photo gave Paolo the idea to recreate in SL Newton work. The original photo is by Jemima Stehli and on the surface it can objectified as Newton’s original. So this became my manifesto, to recreate in SL Newton's images, accurately, trying to offer the viewer at least a small part of the feeling originals can do.

In her works over the past few years, Jemima Stehli (1961, London) appears in the work herself, as subject or object, most often as both. In After Helmut Newton’s ‘Here They Come’, 1999, Stehli has recreated Helmut Newton’s iconic image Sie Kommen, with herself as the stiletto-ed, naked Amazon striding towards the camera. Newton’s original is so accurately and minutely reproduced, Stehli’s hair and stance resemble almost exactly that of the original model.

This is me shoot from Paolo Bade and Camilla shoot by Newton. A fun story in the shoots was about my breast. I needed to make a small breast because my hands were inside my body in the pose animation. This was very comic because it this is possible only in meta-verse.
My motivation for the shoots was not the picture itself. Not even the meaning of the original shoots, “a strong woman”. I was motivated with aid concept and the first exhibition helped support the second Life Ubuntu Project.

With his Big Nudes, in the 1980’s Helmut Newton created a quite unprecedented long-term bestseller. Simultaneously, it provided a concentrated image of his aesthetic agenda. Powerful women were presented in all their naked truth – without fig leaves or fashion frills. This series of black-and-white photos, produced between 1979 and 1981, also marked a stylistic change in Newton’s work. Elaborate layouts full of luxury and decadence gave way to an unambiguously formulated and monumental statement – "Here they come!" Dressed only in their indispensable high heels, Newton’s amazons self-confidently paraded on show. They rippled their muscles and marched individually as well as in formation toward the observer. Helmut Newton’s classic work was published by us in 1990 for the first time. To date, 45,000 copies have been printed worldwide and the 9th edition is on its way!

Well isn’t this all about healing for the weekend? Let us have fun!! What I do to my readers! Almost got kill by the plane. LOL! The exhibition has some fun attractions where you can actually get inside the atmosphere and feel like you are part of the scene.
Newton risked life and limb for a great photo, as in 1967 when duplicating a scene from Hitchcock's ''North by Northwest'' for a Vogue shoot. Newton directed the pilot to make the lowest approach possible, but the plane nearly crashed when he accidentally gave the wrong signal.

Here I am again playing as a model!
For this photo Paolo almost gave up he had. Great you didn’t Paolo. He travelled a lot in SL to find the right landscape but with little result. Then Willow Turas help him find the right place.

Ok at the end of the exhibition you will find this relaxing place. Touch the white ball and go inside this fantastic relaxing and surprise place.

Anna Avalanche wear:
AA Trade Company, Cleary (111, 69, 113)

• Necklace: Dolphin FEMALE — 300L
• Face Light: FaceFX Designer v1.3 — 375L

Audacious - DARE TO BE DIFFERENT, Oleander (130, 118, 29)

• Dress: Audacious (That Night) Dark Blue — 99L
• Audacious (Own Class) Grey — 99L
• Audacious ( Bade) — 99L

ZHAO Shoes HQ, Agard (225, 22, 24)

• Shoes: "JENNY" BLUE w/colour change ribbon — 400L