“ Dominick Dunne, for decades one of the great chroniclers of affluent society in the U.S., died today in Manhattan at 83, from bladder cancer. Although perhaps best-known for covering famous trials for Vanity Fair magazine and making TV appearances to talk about them, his novels in the late 1980s and early 1990s were sharp-eyed portrayals of old money, mostly among New York’s WASP and Irish establishments, now dying, in books like “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,” “People Like Us” and “An Inconvenient Woman.” Although the books were mostly crime stories, what resonated most was his insider’s feel for the insular worlds of the wealthy.
via The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy
In the digital age, much of our information comes from inside the box of our computers. The view from the outside into this box is what fascinates me as I read the words of writers and see the world through the lens of a photographer's camera.
