Showing posts with label fashion photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion photography. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER: ALBERT WATSON
Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, Albert Watson studied graphic design and he began his career in 1970 in Los Angeles,
Albert’s distinctive style eventually caught the attention of American and European fashion magazines such as Mademoiselle, GQ, and Harper’s Bazaar, which booked him for a shoot with Alfred Hitchcock.
In 1976, Albert landed his first job for Vogue, and with his move to New York that same year, his career took off . Watson blending art, fashion and commercial photography into some of the most iconic images ever seen.
The photographs create an aura that takes the viewer into the image but simultaneously demands a reverent distance.
His striking photographs and stunning hand-made prints are featured in galleries and museums around the world.
Over the years, Albert’s photographs have appeared on more than 100 covers of Vogue worldwide and been featured in countless other publications, from Rolling Stone to Time to Harper’s Bazaar many of the photos iconic fashion shots or portraits of rock stars, rappers, actors and other celebrities.
Albert also has created the photography for hundreds of ad campaigns for major companies, such as Prada, the Gap, Levi’s, Revlon and Chanel. He has shot dozens of Hollywood movie posters, such as “Kill Bill” and “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and has also directed more than 100 television commercials. All the while, Albert has spent much of his time working on art projects for museum and gallery exhibitions.
Thursday, June 13, 2019
DORA MAAR AT THE CENTRE POMPIDOU
Paris-The Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, in coproduction with the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles) and in collaboration with the Tate Modern (London) hosts the largest French retrospective ever devoted to Dora Maar (1907-1997) invites you to discover all the facets of her work, through more than five hundred works and documents. Initially a professional photographer and surrealist before becoming a painter, Dora Maar is an artist of undeniable renown. Far beyond the image, to which she is all too often limited, of her intimate relationship with Picasso, this exhibition retraces the life of an accomplished artist and a free and independent intellectual.
Dora Maar belonged to the generation of women with artistic ambition, who emancipated themselves professionally through photography, specifically thanks to the development of the illustrated press and advertising market in 1930s. Educated at the Ecole Technique de Photographie et de Cinématographie of the City of Paris, in 1931 she received her first commissions and opened a photography studio with film-set designer Pierre Kéfer. Portraits, fashion, advertising projects were among their specialities. After their separation, Dora Maar opened her own studio at 29, rue Astorg in Paris and continued her commissioned project up until 1939. After 1945 she would revisit the world of fashion, creating several graphic project for the fashion house Heim.
Dora Maar belonged to the generation of women with artistic ambition, who emancipated themselves professionally through photography, specifically thanks to the development of the illustrated press and advertising market in 1930s. Educated at the Ecole Technique de Photographie et de Cinématographie of the City of Paris, in 1931 she received her first commissions and opened a photography studio with film-set designer Pierre Kéfer. Portraits, fashion, advertising projects were among their specialities. After their separation, Dora Maar opened her own studio at 29, rue Astorg in Paris and continued her commissioned project up until 1939. After 1945 she would revisit the world of fashion, creating several graphic project for the fashion house Heim.
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| portrait of Frida Kahlo |
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| portrait of Pablo Picasso |
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| Dora Maar by Man Ray, 1936 |
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
KARL LAGERFEL WAS A GREAT DESIGNER AND A SENSATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER
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| Kaia Gerber photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Kira Knightley photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Cara Delavigne photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Cate Blanchett photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Coco Rocha photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Edie & Olympia Cambpell photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Anna Mouglalis photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Eva Herzigova photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Florence Welch photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Gemma Ward photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Jessica Stam photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Kate Moss photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Kendall Jenner and Choupette photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Letitia Casta photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Lily-Rose Depp photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Milla Jovovich&Saša Pivovarov photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Rosie Huntington-Whiteley photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Natalia Vodianova photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Saša Pivovarova photographed by Karl Lagerfeld |
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| Self-Portrait with Choupette |
Friday, July 21, 2017
FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS:RICHARD AVEDON
Richard Avedon was born in New York on May 15, 1923, and he was one of the greatest fashion photographers.
He studied philosophy at Columbia University, during the Second World War he was assigned for two years at the photography industry for the US Navy, in 1944 he studied photography at NY's New School of Social Research. In 1945 he started working for Harper's Bazaar, 20 years later he began working for Vogue.
Avedon used wide-angle lenses, exaggerated angles and stroboscopic lights to capture unusual expressions and often dissociated from the faces of subjects, he showed models full of emotion, smiling, laughing, and, many times, in action in outdoor settings which was revolutionary at the time. In his early fashion work he chose unusual scenarios, such as circuses, zoos, NASA launch pads, or dumpers, encouraging models to move freely, so more natural images came out, instead of capturing models inside a strict frame, he photographed them while moving, in the street, or inside public places. After the 1950s, most of his works were in the studio, using a nearly white background so as to empty the image to deprive it of any reference.
He was also a great scouter and creator of female icons, who left their mark in the world of fashion like models such as Dovima, Suzy Parker, Veruschka, Twiggy, Penelope Tree, Lauren Hutton. His advertising campaigns for Chanel, Dior, Versace were very famous, he also participate in two editions of the Pirelli Calendar.
Through his keen convictions in politics and intense interests in subcultures, Avedon has become a photographer in service to a vision larger than fashion per se.
He dies in 2004. Avedon's work is held in the following permanent collections: Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and many other museums and exhibitions around the world.
Richard Avedon nasce a New York il 15 maggio 1923, è stato uno dei più grandi fotografi di moda. Studia filosofia alla Columbia Universuty, durante la seconda guerra mondiale viene assegnato per 2 anni al settore fotogr.fia per la Marina Mercantile statunitense, nel 1944 studia fotografia alla New School of Social Research di NY. Nel 1945 inizia la sua collaborazione con Harper's Bazaar, vent'anni dopo comincia la sua collaborazione anche per Vogue.
Famoso tanto per le sue fotografie di moda, quanto per i ritratti di celebrità, Avedon usava lenti a grandangolo, angolature esagerate e luci stroboscopie per catturare espressioni insolite e spesso dissociate dai volti dei soggetti. Nei suoi primi lavori di moda sceglieva scenari insoliti, come circhi, zoo, piste di lancio della Nasa o discariche, incoraggiando i modelli a muoversi liberamente:venivano fuori così immagini più naturali, diverse dai servizi di moda canonici. Dopo gli anni '50 la maggior parte dei suoi lavori avviene invece in studio, usa uno sfondo quasi sempre bianco in modo da da svuotare l'immagine per privarla di qualsiasi riferimento.
Ha scoperto e lanciato modelle come Dovima, Suzy Parker, Veruschka, Twiggy, Penelope Tree, Lauren Hutton.Famose le sue campagne pubblicitarie per Chanel, Dior, Versace. Partecipa a due edizioni del Calendario Pirelli. attraverso le sue acute convinzioni politiche e il suo grande interesse per le sottoculture, Avedon è stato un fotografo al servizio di una visione più ampia della moda in sé. Muore nel 2004 in seguito alle complicazioni seguite a un'emorragia cerebrale.
Le opere di Avedon arricchiscono le collezioni del Museum of Modern Art e Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York, del Centre Georges Pompidou di Parigi e di molti altri musei e esposizioni in tutto il mondo.
He studied philosophy at Columbia University, during the Second World War he was assigned for two years at the photography industry for the US Navy, in 1944 he studied photography at NY's New School of Social Research. In 1945 he started working for Harper's Bazaar, 20 years later he began working for Vogue.
Avedon used wide-angle lenses, exaggerated angles and stroboscopic lights to capture unusual expressions and often dissociated from the faces of subjects, he showed models full of emotion, smiling, laughing, and, many times, in action in outdoor settings which was revolutionary at the time. In his early fashion work he chose unusual scenarios, such as circuses, zoos, NASA launch pads, or dumpers, encouraging models to move freely, so more natural images came out, instead of capturing models inside a strict frame, he photographed them while moving, in the street, or inside public places. After the 1950s, most of his works were in the studio, using a nearly white background so as to empty the image to deprive it of any reference.
He was also a great scouter and creator of female icons, who left their mark in the world of fashion like models such as Dovima, Suzy Parker, Veruschka, Twiggy, Penelope Tree, Lauren Hutton. His advertising campaigns for Chanel, Dior, Versace were very famous, he also participate in two editions of the Pirelli Calendar.
Through his keen convictions in politics and intense interests in subcultures, Avedon has become a photographer in service to a vision larger than fashion per se.
He dies in 2004. Avedon's work is held in the following permanent collections: Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and many other museums and exhibitions around the world.
Richard Avedon nasce a New York il 15 maggio 1923, è stato uno dei più grandi fotografi di moda. Studia filosofia alla Columbia Universuty, durante la seconda guerra mondiale viene assegnato per 2 anni al settore fotogr.fia per la Marina Mercantile statunitense, nel 1944 studia fotografia alla New School of Social Research di NY. Nel 1945 inizia la sua collaborazione con Harper's Bazaar, vent'anni dopo comincia la sua collaborazione anche per Vogue.
Famoso tanto per le sue fotografie di moda, quanto per i ritratti di celebrità, Avedon usava lenti a grandangolo, angolature esagerate e luci stroboscopie per catturare espressioni insolite e spesso dissociate dai volti dei soggetti. Nei suoi primi lavori di moda sceglieva scenari insoliti, come circhi, zoo, piste di lancio della Nasa o discariche, incoraggiando i modelli a muoversi liberamente:venivano fuori così immagini più naturali, diverse dai servizi di moda canonici. Dopo gli anni '50 la maggior parte dei suoi lavori avviene invece in studio, usa uno sfondo quasi sempre bianco in modo da da svuotare l'immagine per privarla di qualsiasi riferimento.
Ha scoperto e lanciato modelle come Dovima, Suzy Parker, Veruschka, Twiggy, Penelope Tree, Lauren Hutton.Famose le sue campagne pubblicitarie per Chanel, Dior, Versace. Partecipa a due edizioni del Calendario Pirelli. attraverso le sue acute convinzioni politiche e il suo grande interesse per le sottoculture, Avedon è stato un fotografo al servizio di una visione più ampia della moda in sé. Muore nel 2004 in seguito alle complicazioni seguite a un'emorragia cerebrale.
Le opere di Avedon arricchiscono le collezioni del Museum of Modern Art e Metropolitan Museum of Art di New York, del Centre Georges Pompidou di Parigi e di molti altri musei e esposizioni in tutto il mondo.
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| Audrey Hepburn, 1967 |
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| Audrey Hepburn, 1957 |
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| Elizabeth Taylor, 1964 |
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| Marilyn Monroe, 1957 |
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| Kate Moss, 1996 |
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| Linda Evangelista, Vogue Germany 1994 |
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| Vogue Italia, 1967 |
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| Courrèges sunglasses, 1960 |
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| Mia Farrow, Vogue 1966 |
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| Shalom Harlow, Amber Valletta, Trish Goff for Versace, 1995 |
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| Twiggy, Vogue UK 1967 |
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| Versace, 1995 |
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| Veruschka. 1967 |
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