Bao Yanzhou is a Chinese photographer currently living in Japan whose most recent series of photographs feature a pretty girl covered in billowing layers of sequined fabrics that are then basked in dreamy lights and blurred for an eerie yet captivating effect.
Photographer Daniel Sannwald, stylist Kathi Kauder, and model Anastasija Kondratjeva worked together to create this highly unusual editorial for the German edition of Interview Magazine’s March 2012 issue. The otherwise beautiful Anastasija dons some current fashions along with a scaly dinosaur mouth that changes colors in each frame. Odd? Very. Captivating? Absolutely!
Yesterday I talked about the importance of presenting your work in a manner that doesn’t undermine all of the effort you’ve already put in to it. Well, fashion is all about presentation! After a fashion designer is finished with their collection, the work is really only half-way over. A captivating editorial that features that collection in a fashion magazine can be pivotal in helping to extend the designer’s brand image and to hopefully convince others to literally buy in to that type of lifestyle. The presentation is what gives the design context and helps it come to life, so essentially a well-designed portfolio presentation is not merely a way to display your work, but it’s what is ultimately going to sell you and your work (or not!).
Peter Gehrke is a Swedish fashion photographer whose recent photo shoot for Stockholm-based magazine Bon‘s Winter 2011 is all about soft rainbow hues and the nonchalant poses of swaying models in strange atmospheres. Each frame is filled with a sense of movement and a mixture of various textures that all contribute to give off a feeling of effortless beauty and a dreamy, over-the-top lifestyle. Styled by Marcus Söder & Naomi Itkes.
It’s no wonder why collage and assemblage is such a major thing these days. With access to the internet and a boatload of magazines, books, and copies of historical and vintage images available to buy with a single click, artists and designers are finding it incredibly easy to borrow images from several different sources and piece them together in interesting ways. This phenomenon is not just limited to art, however. As you will see in today’s feature, collage-inspired pieces and editorials are making quite a splash in the fashion scene these days as well.
Mel Bles is a female fashion photographer in London who has an exceptionally hip, contemporary, and captivating portfolio filled with photos for TopShop, Dazed & Confused Magazine, and Missoni among many others. In a recent editorial shoot for Jalouse’s February 2012 issue, Mel shot Edie Campbell donning mix-and-matched patterns which were then paired with giant flowers that look as though they’ve been cut & pasted right into the mix. If you like the look of today’s shoot, check out Karen To’s flowery collages from a previous post on The Flood!
Lately I’ve been seeing more and more photographers embracing the creation of their own magazines as a means to display and spread their own work. One of these photographers turned magazine art director, Armin Morbach, has been featured on The Flood a couple of times for his stunning photography for self-produced magazine Tush, and today I’d like to introduce another in the form of the magnificent and mysterious Mohamed Gaff.
Mohamed Gaff is an Iraqi fashion photographer who was raised in Germany where he still resides today. His work is extremely dramatic and striking, making it perfect for those moments when you’re flipping through a magazine and you suddenly have no choice but to stop and stare for that extra moment or two. In an interview with Factice Magazine, Mohamed says, “I am on the hunt for the power of authenticity. I believe in the magic of the moment and I like to create atmospheres with lots of effort that allow extraordinary magic to happen in my work.“
Sebastian Kim is a fashion editorial photographer based in Brooklyn, New York who was born in Tehran, Iran, but grew up in Paris and Southern California as well. He began his career extraordinarily by assisting legendary photographer Richard Avedon before going on to also assist Steven Meisel, a famous fashion photographer for Vogue among many others. In this editorial, Sebastian’s camera tells the story of a fashion sorceress (modeled by Gertrude Hegelund) with blurry exposures and strange but magical hues for Numéro magazine’s Dec./Jan. issue.
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Alexi Lubomirski is a famous fashion photographer living in New York who has shot the cover for several prestigious magazines including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Numéro. For this fashion editorial in Vogue Deutsch’s December 2011 issue, Alexi photographed model Karlie Kloss (styled by Christiane Arp) lingering around a steamy courtyard all in a daze in dreamy frocks. See more work below…
