Art is Power…
...at every point on the spectrum of human feeling, understanding, celebration, pain, protest, love and joy.
A single resonant image can - and should - change the atmosphere in a room. The artists, musicians, designers and creative celebrities featured below have chosen to power their life spaces with the photography of Sam Haskins.
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
The Double Bum and Single Bum bookspread from Cowboy Kate & Other Stories is pictured next to their bed at home in Paris. The famous residence was Serge’s final home before his death and is a preserved and revered French landmark, all of his possessions (including the Cowboy Kate print) remain in situe as he had left them. The framed double print can be seen in their daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg’s music video ‘Lying With You’ 2017.
Mick Jagger
A copy of Cowboy Kate & Other Stories was seen on the coffee table at his Paris apartment he shared with the late model and fashion designer L’Wren Scott. This was part of a story about their home for Vogue.com.
Sofia Coppola
A life long fan of Sam Haskins who cited his work as a direct influence for both her Calvin Klein campaign in 2017 and the ‘look’ of her 1999 directorial debut The Virgin Suicides.
Helena Christensen
The iconic model’s home was featured in Vogue Paris when The Selby photographed her many treasured possessions including her signed Cowboy Kate in Jail.
Julia Restoin Roitfeld
Art Director, model and daughter of legendary fashion editor and style icon Carine Roitfeld has a print of Gill in Conversation 2 from Five Girls in her New York home. Photographed for Architectural Digest.
Alexa Chung
In 2008, the model, fashion designer and style maven told her at the time boyfriend Alex Turner of the The Last Shadow Puppets to use Gill in Stockings from Five Girls as the cover artwork for his bands album the ‘The Age of the Understatement’. Alexa has a print of the same image, purchased from The Sam Haskins Estate hanging in her New York apartment.
Anthony Thomas Melillo
The fashion designer has Cowboy Kate Gunbelt Front Seated in the living room of his Miami home, which was photographed and featured in Architectural Digest.
Jennifer Fisher
The jewellery designer has a custom Cowboy Kate & Other Stories contemporary XL print in the living room of her New York home and a Gunbelt shot in residence at her business showroom. Her apartment is regularly photographed for style and interior publications.
Casey Neistat
The YouTube sensation has Gun Belt Rear and Gun Belt Front Seated from Cowboy Kate & Other Stories on display in his living room (photographed for Architectural Digest). The works belong to his wife Candice Pool Neistat who is a fan of Sam. The still (pictured right) is from a YouTube video he created in response to viewers asking about the artwork in their home.
Phoebe Tonkin
The stylish actress’s Los Angeles home was featured on Into The Gloss where she showcased her favourite beauty products alongside her framed Haskins Posters Front Cover.
Narda van ‘t Veer
The highly regarded Amsterdam-based gallerist and collector has a print of Double Bum as part of her impressive photography collection.
