Paz de la Huerta

Paz de la Huerta spoke to New York Magazine about the meaning behind a new photobook by her friend Alexandra Carr that was shot in 2009. The former Boardwalk Empire actress was going through a difficult breakup and “The Birds Didn’t Die over the Winter” because one day Paz woke up and heard birds chirping, and realized that life goes on over winter. “This book, in a way, is about the end of suffering,” Paz said. “I love myself for the first time of my life. So as David Bowie killed off Ziggy Stardust, I killed off [my past self], whatever you want to call her.”

Paz de la Huerta is probably best known as the naked girl on Boardwalk Empire, a state that is more comfortable for her than being clothed, and she doesn’t seem to be planning on putting her clothes back on anytime soon. She stripped bare again for Paper Magazine, dishing equal helpings of skin and confessions,…