Nino Muñoz photographs Cheryl Cole for U.K. InStyle

. Cheryl Cole—chart-topping pop star, former X-Factor judge, and widely admired style icon—appears on the cover of InStyle‘s December 2011 U.K. edition. Cole is reportedly working on a new album, and the magazine landed an exclusive interview with her. Nino Muñoz shot the story, working closely with art director Adele Chidwick, acting beauty director Alice [...]

New work: Nino Muñoz shoots “The X-Factor”

FOX Broadcasting commissioned Nino Muñoz to shoot photos to promote its singing-competition series The X-Factor, including the contestants, the judges—Simon Cowell, the show’s mastermind; L.A. Reid; Paula Abdul, and Nicole Scherzinger—and host Steve Jones. Nino worked with Rich Kosters, director of photo publicity, and Tom Morrissey, VP of design/print. Here’s a look: .

Nino Muñoz shoots “odd,” “absurd,” “ridiculous” campaign for Daffy’s

I passed one of Nino Muñoz‘s new ads for Daffy’s in Soho yesterday and thought about how, even in a city as visually cluttered as Manhattan, these images really stand out. Nino shot the campaign for Devito Verdi, working closely with creative directors Brad Emmett and Sherrod Melvin and director of print production John Doepp. [...]

Nino Muñoz shoots Gisele for new lingerie campaign (video)

This past April, Nino Munoz photographed a new campaign for lingerie brand Fidelia featuring Gisele Bündchen, and the ads are now out, appearing everywhere in South Korea, where Fidelia is based, including magazines, newspapers, in-store, and outdoor. Nino—who worked with Fidelia Lingerie/CJ Company art director Joel Kimbeck—also directed a short video that Fidelia is using [...]

New work: Nino Munoz’s movie posters for Justin Timberlake thriller “In Time”

The saying “Time is money” takes on new resonance in the upcoming sci-fi thriller In Time. The movie, starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, “explores a world in which no one ages past 25, but time is purchased or earned,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. “So the rich live longer. Timberlake’s character, is a working-class [...]

Whose side are you on: 15 portraits shot in profile

. 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… .

Star power: 14 great celebrity portraits

. 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 [...]

Nino Munoz shoots Nicole Scherzinger for cover of InStyle U.K. Plus: behind-the-scenes video.

. Nino Munoz photographed Nicole Scherzinger for InStyle U.K.‘s August 2011 cover story, capturing the former Pussycat Doll and current X Factor judge in a series of sexy, polished black-and-white-themed poses, not to mention one incredible split. Here’s a look. Scroll to the end of the post to see a short behind-the-scenes video produced by [...]

New work: Nino Munoz shoots cowboy-inspired True Religion campaign (video)

. True Religion‘s fall campaign just came out, a cowboy-inspired series of ads photographed by Nino Munoz, who worked with art buyer Hallie Sand and creative director Jeffrey Lubell. The campaign features Gabriel Aubry (former boyfriend of Halle Berry) and Anne Vyalitsyna (current girlfriend of Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine). This may not be [...]

Bryan McNulty of Nino Munoz Photography takes our Studio Manager Questionnaire

I recently asked Bryan McNulty, studio manager for fashion and celebrity photographer Nino Muñoz, whose studio is located in the East Village, to take our Studio Manager Questionnaire. Bryan is as friendly and down-to-earth as Nino himself, and his answers reveal that the two have more than photography in common; they both have a healthy [...]

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