So Androgyny was in this year; I wonder how long this trend will last. Enjoy my shots from a male/female series I created. Taking the same model and recreating their image to represent the opposite sex required the contribution of a number of people: Deonte handled the styling, Kristen White brought my makeup ideas to life, and Claire Miller with Daisy Gomez executed the modeling flawlessly.
July 1st, 2009
7th Ave . Fashion . Fashion Photography . FIT Retrospective . Isabel Toledo . Michelle Obama Dress . New York . Ruben Toledo . Vogue
Documenting the lives of these beacons of light has been the opportunity of a lifetime. Whether taking time out to enjoy nature, stroll down 7th Ave in New York City, or visit Isabel’s Retrospetive currently showing at FIT Museum, this duo continues to put there stamp on the fashion industry.
June 30th, 2009
Andre Leon Talley . Fashion . Fashion Photography . Nancy Pilosi . Rachel Roy . Vogue
I am overjoyed at my most recent photo publications! Two articles on the same day, both with Vogue Editor-in-chief, André Leon Talley. The original articles, Remembering Michael Jackson and Speaker in the House can be viewed on André’s blog, Talley Ho!
June 27th, 2009
Central Park . Fashion Art . Fashion Photographer . Fashion Photography . New York
This photo shoot went perfectly! The location, styling, model, weather, and overall ambiance worked synergistically to create a wonderful image. I have a passion for patterns and repetition. Drawing on the elements of natural beauty, signified by the trees in the distance as well as the wood and metal elements, this composition shows the melding of nature and man during a time when nature is responding to the effects of man. Notice how the lines of the composition all lead off towards the horizon and past the man made archways into nature, emphasizing the regenerative ability of man, of nature, and of our current state of global affairs.
June 26th, 2009
Fashion . Fashion Photographer . Fashion Photography . New York . Vera Wang
The love of my art comes not from a model or her beauty, but from composing an image that tells a story where the focus is thrust on the designer. Clothes should remain the “model” and the model honestly is just an accessory.
When pulling together the elements for a great shoot I look for a model to represent a concept, ideally, a model to support the beauty of a garment. I photograph fashion…I shoot clothes. The pitfall of many fashion photographers revolves around their reliance on and search for a beautiful model…that is not fashion photography, that is portfolio development and headshot photography. Always remember, shoot what you love and love what you shoot.
In this series entitled ‘Garment Rack’, please observe the motion, transition, and evolution of the garment rack. The beauty, pursposefulness, and utility of this essential element. Notice how the model becomes like the garment rack while the variations observed in the series are the clothes, angles, and positions from right to left.
Always,
J
Clothing: Vera Wang
Model: Fusion Modeling
June 23rd, 2009
Fashion Art . Fashion Photography
Is plastic surgery chasing print publications, or, does print publication imagery chase plastic surgery? We all stive to be better, look better, feel better. But at what point does reality stop and what we have created shifts to something different. Not better, not worse, just different.
These digital composition portraits were each created by using the features of twenty-four different women in total. I took the eyes, nose, mouth, eyebrows, hair, jawbone, etc. and rearranged these features to create a new face, a new portrait…a new person. Build-A-Beauty.
June 20th, 2009
Fashion . Fashion Art . Fashion Photographer . Fashion Photography . Los Angeles
So Androgyny was in this year; I wonder how long this trend will last. Enjoy my shots from a male/female series I created.
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