Monthly Archives: April 2011

Spotlight: Jim Fiscus

April 22, 2011 – 10:25 am

Jim Fiscus is a visual storyteller who builds his narratives using conceptual photography, computer-generated wizardry, and his unusually vivid imagination. “Fiscus’s photographs are cinematic in nature and quality,” Communication Arts noted in a 2009 feature on Jim. His portfolio is wildly diverse, ranging from a Renaissance Hotels campaign that re-creates The Birth of Venus to [...]

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Animal-protection ads shot by Jason Hindley use subtlety to shock you into awareness

April 21, 2011 – 2:27 pm

Jason Hindley won a Bronze at this year’s KTR Festiwal, Poland’s most prestigious advertising awards, for these still lifes shot for TOZ (the Polish Society for the Protection of Animals) via Grey Warsaw. At first glance, the two photos look rather pleasant, almost soothingly familiar. And then you notice the painted images decorating the tin and [...]

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CC52: Week 3—Color With Form

April 21, 2011 – 7:35 am

. Week 3 of the new series CC52: A Year of Personal Work by Craig Cutler… Title: “Color With Form” Idea: Layering objects in a single color, for shape and form. Format: 8X10 large format. Color negative film. Strobe lighting. All sketches and photos © Craig Cutler. Follow CC52 here. .

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New work: Lauren Greenfield shoots Grammy VIP parties for ELLE mag

April 20, 2011 – 11:56 am

What exactly does it mean to party like a rock star at Grammy time? Lauren Greenfield gives us a chance to find out in the ELLE feature “96-Hour Party People,” in the magazine’s May issue. Working with ELLE photo producer Julie Hammond, Lauren shot the VIP Grammy parties, as well as the rehearsals and fittings. [...]

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Chinese lifestyle mag features Kwaku Alston’s “Volkslivin” project

April 20, 2011 – 9:33 am

The Outlook is a Chinese magazine that strives to become “synonymous to a lifestyle guide for The Creative Elite, and the new generation of creative and artistic talent of China. We believe that lifestyle and the view of aesthetics is the reflection of small personal details.” So it makes sense that the editors would find [...]

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Art Streiber on shooting American Idol’s Top 11 (and appearing on the show!)

April 19, 2011 – 12:14 pm

Art Streiber appeared on American Idol on March 30, and while he didn’t have to face the judges, he did have to photograph the hit reality show’s Top 11 for a feature in Entertainment Weekly—and be interviewed about the shoots. In fact, FOX ran Art’s interview segments throughout the broadcast that night. The episode was [...]

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Roxanne Lowit and Naomi Campbell in Moscow

April 18, 2011 – 1:09 pm

Roxanne Lowit‘s exhibition “Iconic” opened at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art last week, and über model Naomi Campbell was among the boldface names who came out to celebrate Roxanne. . . “Iconic,” which was featured at La Lettre de la Photographie, has been getting lots of press, including… .

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New work: Rutger Hauer has a smashing time with John Midgley

April 18, 2011 – 8:14 am

You know Rutger Hauer, right? He has starred in loads of movies, including cult faves Blade Runner and Ladyhawke, as well as a new film that sounds destined to become an underground classic: Hobo With a Shotgun. John Midgley recently photographed the actor for the May issue of Men’s Journal, for photo editor Debbie Samuelson. [...]

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Farewell, Walter Lürzer

April 15, 2011 – 1:40 pm

It is with heavy hearts that we report the news that Walter Lürzer passed away yesterday. Walter, as you know, was the founder of the highly respected advertising arbiter Lürzer’s Archive, as well a seminal ad-agency figure, having cofounded TBWA Frankfurt in 1972; established the agency Lürzer, Conrad (which merged with Leo Burnett in 1980); [...]

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“Le Blanc Noir,” a new personal project by Liz Von Hoene

April 15, 2011 – 7:44 am

Liz Von Hoene has produced a new personal project called “Le Blanc Noir,” with her daughter Piper Von Hoene as the model and with art direction by Liz’s studio manager, Meghan McNeer. Here’s Liz on the project: “‘Le Blanc Noir’ is a personal project featuring portrait landscapes of my daughter Piper. Each landscape plays on [...]

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