Grids’ Cover of the Day: Kwaku Alston’s Michelle Obama portrait for Essence

September 27, 2011 – 9:39 am

. Grids, the blog of the Society of Publication Designers, featured Kwaku Alston‘s Essence cover portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama as yesterday’s Cover of the Day. Congratulations to Kwaku and Essence creative director Greg Monfries and photo editor Rebecca Karamehmedovic! Kwaku has posted additional portraits of the First Lady at his blog, along with [...]

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See Kwaku Alston at the Annenberg next Thursday

September 15, 2011 – 3:21 pm

. Kwaku Alston will be speaking on “Unique Beauty” next Thursday, September 22, at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Here’s the official description of his talk, which is part of the Annenberg’s IRIS Nights Lecture Series: “As an award-winning celebrity photographer, Kwaku Alston has made a career of working with beautiful people. As a humanist, [...]

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Kwaku Alston photographs Michelle Obama for Essence’s “Power List” cover story

September 2, 2011 – 12:41 pm

Who’s got the power? Find out in the October issue of Essence, whose “Power List” celebrates the “28 Most Influential Black Women.” On the cover: a radiant portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama as photographed by Kwaku Alston. . . “Obama is joined by other notable women, including Oprah Winfrey, Valerie Jarrett, Iyanla Vanzant, Jada [...]

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International Photography Awards winners announced

August 29, 2011 – 11:53 am

.The jurors of the 2011 International Photography Awards have named their selections for subcategory and category winners, and we’re ecstatic that Kwaku Alston, Matthias Clamer, Nadav Kander, and John Offenbach are among their favorites. Our congratulations to them and to their fellow winners. Well done! “Category winners,” the IPA’s site explains, “will move on as [...]

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Behind the scenes of Kwaku Alston’s “Big Rich Texas” shoot

August 22, 2011 – 9:57 am

. Have you seen the new reality series Big Rich Texas? The show, which airs on the Style Network, a division of NBCUniversal, takes viewers inside the world of Dallas’ elite social scene by way of a group of mothers and daughters. To photograph the key art for the series, the network commissioned Kwaku Alston, [...]

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Whose side are you on: 15 portraits shot in profile

August 12, 2011 – 2:34 pm

. Portraits in which the subject meets the photographer’s gaze are justifiably the norm, but there’s plenty to be said for shooting a profile view. You feel somehow that the photographer is letting you in on something—something that subjects themselves may not be aware of at the time… .

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Star power: 14 great celebrity portraits

August 9, 2011 – 2:01 pm

. Bill, Maureen, and the rest of the team at Stockland Martel hosted our annual Hollywood East Cocktail Party a couple of weeks ago, as a way to personally thank our clients in the entertainment industry here on the East Coast. The event, which was attended by photo editors, art buyers, and creatives, was held [...]

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Buss stop: 10 great kissing photos

July 26, 2011 – 10:23 am

. Given the tragic news out of Norway and the frustrating news out of Washington, not to mention the torpor-inducing heat wave that’s baking huge swaths of the nation, I thought it would be nice to take a happy break. Herewith, 10 great kissing photos to bring a little brightness into your day. .

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Portfolio: The joys of “Summer”

June 24, 2011 – 1:31 pm

. Is there any other time of year that feels as uplifting and free-spirited as those splashy, sunshiny months from June to August? Dive into “Summer”—which features photos by Kwaku Alston, David Drebin, Uwe Duettmann, Lauren Greenfield, Ruedi Hofmann, Steven Lippman, Jeff Lipsky, Michael Muller, Tom Rafalovich, and Luca Zordan—and tell us what you think… [...]

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Kwaku Alston on shooting Shaq and his mom for new “Got milk?” ad

June 1, 2011 – 8:33 am

June is National Dairy Month, and to mark the occasion, an ad campaign is debuting today that pairs milk and Oreos starring NBA star Shaquille O’Neal and his mother, Lucille. (Side note: Can someone please establish National Oreos Month?) Here, Kwaku Alston, who shot the ad for Deutsch, writes about what it took to get [...]

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