Issue Icons 2
This year, the SWINDLE Icons are more than celebrities or ubiquitous faces in the media. We relish in the merits of these men and women who have transcended failure to make their unique mark on culture. But most of all, we celebrate these Icons whose influence will persist long after they are gone, through the people they have mentored, and inspired.
BUZZ ALDRIN
By Ernst Betterman
Photo By Aaron Farley
Buzz Aldrin is the most verbal and visible of all Apollo astronauts. Of the 24 individuals who either circled the moon or landed on it, he is the one we most easily recognize. The Toy Story character, Buzz Lightyear, was modeled after him.
Daryl Hannah
By Heather Murphy
Photo By Jeremy & Claire Weiss
Makeup By Amy Strozzi
Every month or so, Daryl Hannah pulls off the pillows and waters her couch. Over a cocktail of detox droplets and ice tea, just outside of Whole Foods, she explains that her bed is made of “gorgeous” lichen (a mosslike substance), which she rescued from a rock under the foundation of her house.
Mick Rock
By Dan Monick
Photo By Thomas Dozol
For the first 10 minutes of our conversation, the esteemed photographer Mick Rock talked only about yoga. Kundalini yoga to be exact. Not exactly something I thought I would be discussing with the man famous for creating some of the most iconic images of ‘70s glam rock and punk.
Takashi Murakami
By Laura Fumiko Keehn
Photo By Miget
It looks at you with huge vacant eyes and a big wide smile. It’s made up of circles stacked one on top of the other, like a snowman made of some magical, two dimensional material. With a circular head endearingly bigger than its rotund body and two playful circles for ears on top