I am about to head out to Austin for the 4th of July weekend, however I couldn’t leave without posting this weeks installment of Super Diana Happy Shot! Have a wonderful and safe weekend!

After posting about Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, I felt the need to spotlight my all time favorite Japanese photographer, Daidō Moriyama. Moriyama’s work primarily focuses on the breakdown of traditional cultural values in post-war Japan. His work has held a haunting presence in my life ever since I first stumbled upon him many years ago.

Nobuyoshi Araki (Araki Nobuyoshi) is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. He is also known by the nickname Arākī. He has published over 350 books and is widely considered to be one of the most prolific artists alive or dead in the world.

I absolutely love this shoot. Luciana Val and Franco Musso shoot Darla Baker for Numéro #75 August 2006.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our giveaway a few weeks ago. The winners will receive a  copy of The Mona Lisa Curse by Robert Hughes, and those winners are: Adam, Nikolay, Nils, Emma, and Knudzich. I will email all of you soon for your mailing addresses.

Alasdair Mclellan shoots a very nude Agyness Deyn for 032c. NSFW gallery after the jump.

Lovely artwork from YDK (Morimoe), a female digital artist from Tokyo, Japan.

Love the work of Cuban born Pablo González-Trejo.

If what we are is based on the experiences we have lived, and the memories of these experiences mutate with time, then we are no more than just a metaphor of ourselves. – Pablo González-Trejo

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott shoot Lara Stone for Dsquared²’s Fall/Winter 09.10 Campaign. View the rest after the jump.

Here are the first images from Louis Vuitton’s new Fall/Winter campaign, featuring Madonna as shot by Touchpuppet favorite Steven Meisel. View the rest after the jump.

Miguel Reveriego shoots Meghan Collison and Karolin Wolter for the July 2009 issue of Vogue Russia. As a sidenote, I really wish the US Vogue would start taking bigger risks with their photoshoots. It’s rather unfortunate to have to continually seek out $15 foreign magazines just to come across a quality shoot. Anna, are you listening? Probably not.

Touchpuppet regular Terry Richardson shoots Abbey Lee Kershaw for the July 2009 issue of Vogue Nippon. Scanned by MAGstyle.

I think this is an important short film by Tim Burton as it shows a great deal about his artistic mind-set. Amazing short film from a very creative director.