Monthly Archives: February 2011

Personal work: Michael Wirth’s Shanghai

February 18, 2011 – 4:16 pm

. Michael Wirth made his reputation as a beauty photographer, shooting for clients like Clairol, L’Oreal, Clarins Paris, and Nivea. But his passion for his art is more than skin deep. With “Shanghai,” he returns to what he describes as the basics of photography, immersing himself in a place and reporting on it with his [...]

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New work: Uwe Duettmann shoots German anti-fur ad

February 17, 2011 – 10:15 am

  . Uwe Duettmann, who notably photographed a controversial anti-AIDS campaign for German ad agency Das Comitee last year, recently produced the above image for a new anti-fur ad released in Germany. The agency was Draftfcb in Hamburg, and Uwe worked with executive creative director Dirk Haeusermann, creative director Bill Biancoli, and art director Vitali [...]

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Big-name and emerging photogs commissioned for Barneys New York’s “Backstage” campaign

February 16, 2011 – 2:25 pm

  . Barneys New York has launched a new campaign for spring that’s themed “Backstage,” and Roxanne Lowit—the queen of backstage fashion photography—is among the photographers who was commissioned to contribute images. “Backstage,” which is entirely black & white, takes us to New York, London, Paris, and Milan, behind the scenes of fashion shows by [...]

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Spotlight: Fulvio Bonavia

February 16, 2011 – 10:00 am

. Fulvio Bonavia started out as a graphic designer and illustrator of film posters, and this artistic sensibility has no doubt contributed to his success as an advertising and editorial photographer both in his native Italy and worldwide. His work—which has been honored by Communication Arts, PDN, the Italian Art Directors Club, and the IPA, [...]

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Tonight: Matthew Rolston, “Love/Lust,” and “The Bikini”

February 15, 2011 – 2:46 pm

. Matthew Rolston will be offering snappy fashion commentary on tonight’s episode of Love/Lust, a new series on the Sundance Channel that “takes everyday items of desire and deconstructs them to unpack the historical, social and pop culture events that made them the icons they are today,” according to the program’s official description. Think of [...]

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Jan Steinhilber on lighting something that’s not there

February 15, 2011 – 12:24 pm

. Jan Steinhilber recently shot a campaign for Porsche’s Black Edition series, the 911 and Boxster, for art directors Zoran Vasic and Julia Fuhl at Kemper Kommunication in Frankfurt, Germany. Interestingly, all of the concrete elements of the images (the cars and backgrounds) were done in CGI, while the arguably ephemeral one—the light—was photographed. I’ll [...]

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What makes a photo great? A curator at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC weighs in.

February 15, 2011 – 10:14 am

. The website PhotoWings has published an extensive interview with Malcolm Daniel, curator in charge of the Department of Photography at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and one of the topics covered is the question of what makes a photograph great. I’m posting an excerpt from Daniel’s response here because—although he’s [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Stockland Martel

February 14, 2011 – 5:09 pm

. Happy Valentine’s Day! . We’d give you all a box of sweets if only it were possible. Alas… In lieu of chocolate, please enjoy this look at love through the lens of some of our photographers. .

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New work: Nadav Kander’s portraits of British rapper Tinie Tempah

February 14, 2011 – 2:43 pm

. Tinie Tempah may not be a household name here in the States just yet, but give him time. The London rapper is the odds-on favorite to sweep the top categories at tomorrow’s BRIT Awards, where he’s nominated for Best Single, Best Breakthrough Act, Best Male Solo Artist, and Album of the Year. TT, whose [...]

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Details and Town & Country to roll out redesigns (updated)

February 14, 2011 – 12:40 pm

. Details and Town & Country will both be unveiling a new look with their March issues, reports Women’s Wear Daily, and their approaches to photography are part of what’s changing. Details, which is adding health and fitness to its editorial focus, is featuring a trio of models on its March cover, a marked departure [...]

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