Mark Lagrange And His Beautiful Women

I’m pretty much blown away by this mans work. I am usually very skeptical about the photographers that think just because they can make a shot of a beautiful naked woman look good they are skilled! i mean really? how hard is it to make a gorgeous girl look good? But dare i say it, this mans an artist!

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Thierry LeGoues – Soul

French fashion photographer Thierry LeGoues’ Soul series is both beautiful and provoking. Choosing “Soul” as this series title is very fitting, with the white set and the nude models and the fact that he is a “fashion” photographer, they have nothing to hide behind, both the model and photographer really are bearing their soul in the final image.

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Photo of the Day

Burger Boots? Plain T, what are your thoughts on this trend? 

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Kate Moss Liberation. By Hedi Slimane

Hedi Slimane is an ex-designer for DIOR homme, and is accredited for putting men’s high-fashion on par with women’s. Most noted is his the thin silhouette of his menswear, which has even made his way into today’s street fashion. Along with apparel design, his background also includes: furniture design, store design, fragrance and photography. Which brings us to today’s post. His subject is Kate Moss. Yes, we have all seen Kate do her thing for the past decade but, still, to this day, she with Hedi behind the lens, they make some compelling imagery together. Without further ado…

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A Woman Possessed

I know this is from a old issue of Flaunt Magazine, and in Industry years you might even call it old news. However, i cant seem to get it out of my mind.

Lets go back to the simpler days…when I was first interested in photography as a kid we had one medium, film. All the manipulation of the photos was done by steady handed artists directly onto the film. When you could look at a picture and dissect exactly what lighting was used and the burning/dodging was done blindly under the enlarger. Those were the days.

Now, I’m at a loss! The excitement that I used to get from that dissecting process (I know I’m a nerd) has turned to frustration and confusion. This shoot of Josh Hartnett by Yu Tsai baffles me. As I stare at it, which I do entirely too often, one might even go as far as calling me a woman possessed; the never ending variables that may have come to concoct this masterpiece fly through my mind.
How did he shoot these? Film? Digital? Is it all post production? Did he take long exposures and have Mr. Hartnett move slowly? What lighting did he use? What did his shots look like before post?

Either way i even went as far as emailing Mr. Tsai himself! (no response)
Alas…this will continue to torment me to no end.

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Herb Ritz

Herb Ritts is dead.
I stared across the table at Dona and I scrambled through my head to remember where and if I had even heard that. My first reaction was “No Way”. The 90s was filled with his imagery and I never remember him being an old guy per say. Tragically in 2002 on Dec 26th he passed on.

The conversation was about classy sexy imagery. Nude photography as an art form and differentiating plastic boobs and low budget porn was critical to the thinking. This brainstorm about photographers and their unique approaches to the subject lead to Herb’s “Wicked Game” video with Helena Christensen. He had clean lines and was able to keep the subject strong in all the work he presented. The film and the camera nor any technical wizardry was Herb’s signature to the work. You could feel that all his subjects were somehow emotional connected to Herb and in this creation process a trust was built. This sincerity became part of the strong lines and clean lighting to be a signature.

The memory of his work today was a testament to the work he created, His untimely death in many ways has immortalized the work.

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