Colleen Richmond

THE SURREALIST WHO REFUSED TO BE A MUSE Jacqueline in Cannes, 1952. In the background is Picasso’s poster for the Vallauris exhibition in 1951 She was admired as a beauty, mythologized as André Breton’s great love, and nearly erased as an artist. Jacqueline Lamba spent her life resisting the roles others wrote for her, and painting a world of light entirely her own. “If I had been less beautiful, I would have been a better painter.” Jacqueline Lamba understood the danger of being admired for...

Inside The Pink House, the Charlotte community behind Carolina BreastFriends and its celebrated Roaring in Pink gala. Images courtesy The Pink House Every day, someone walks through the doors of The Pink House for the very first time. Some arrive newly diagnosed and overwhelmed. Others are months or years beyond treatment, searching for connection with people who truly understand. Many simply need a place where they can ask questions, find encouragement, and remember they don't have to face...

Kent Farrington Photography by Christophe Tanière There is a certain quiet that settles over an arena before the first horse enters the ring. The jumps have been set. The distances have been walked. Months, and sometimes years, of preparation have led to a course that will be decided in little more than a minute. For those watching, it is a competition. For the rider, it is the result of countless decisions made well before the opening bell. Few riders understand those decisions better than...