On May 1, 1947, Evelyn McHale leapt to her death just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. 'He is much better off without me ... I wouldn't make a good wife for anybody,' ... Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Through the mist she gazed at the street, 86 floors below. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Across the street photography student Robert Wiles heard an explosive crash. Just four minutes after Evelyn McHale's death Wiles got this picture.
I'm currently working on the artwork for my new EP and I've been surfing the net for cd packaging inspiration, here are a few fun ones that I found . . . . . x x x
If you're going to be in Berlin at anytime over the next three months I highly recomend you check out Nan Goldin, Berlin Work, Photographs 1984 to 2009 at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin until 28 March 2011