Florence Welch by Nadav Kander (updated with more portraits)

. In addition to fronting the chart-topping group Florence and the Machine, the towering, flame-haired Florence Welch has become a muse for the fashion world. And no wonder—she cuts quite a compelling figure. Any photographer would be thrilled to shoot her, but for a feature in the new issue of Rolling Stone, creative director Jodi [...]

This week’s highlights from other photo blogs

. At her eponymous blog, photographer Amy Stein wrote about “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Sharing My Work Online.” Excerpt: “I fully support the proper attribution of images and have done so on my blog since day one. In the age of Google Image Search, there is absolutely no excuse for not [...]

Help Ricky Gervais choose a tour poster

At The Huffington Post this week, Ricky Gervais wrote that he wants the public to help him choose a photo for the poster promoting his upcoming tour, “Humanity.” One of the leading candidates is this portrait shot by Nadav Kander: . . “I love this pic,” writes Gervais of the image, which is from a [...]

Spotlight: Matthew Rolston

Matthew Rolston has photographed just about every film, music, and television star working today. His approach to glamour, which embodies Hollywood’s past and its grand tradition of celebrity portraiture, has helped define the modern aesthetics of celebrity and beauty photography. Matthew’s career as a photographer and director had a most auspicious, and unusual, beginning: He [...]

Magazines tout “the power of print” in new campaign

. As announced in the Wall Street Journal last month, a pro-print campaign spearheaded by five major magazine publishers launched this month. “Magazines: The Power of Print” will deploy ads in close to 100 magazines this year, including People, Vogue, and Ladies’ Home Journal, according to the Journal. The first in the series, which appears [...]

Is Mark Seliger paying homage to himself?

Josh Klenert over at the Grids blog wonders whether it’s just him, or do these two Rolling Stone covers by Mark Seliger look similar? . . . .

New in Editorial: Rolston shoots the Jonas Brothers for Rolling Stone

Have you seen the new issue of Rolling Stone? Matthew Rolston’s portrait of the Jonas Brothers gives the baby-faced pop trio some surprisingly adult edginess—with his white T-shirt, tight black jeans, and unruly dark curls, lead singer Joe Jonas in particular smolders like a young Chris Cornell. The Brothers, who range in age from 16 [...]

New in Editorial: Matthew Rolston shoots Adam Lambert for cover of Rolling Stone

From the buzz online and in print, you’d think that being gay was the biggest news since George W. almost choked to death on a pretzel. That’s how it seems, anyway, if you’ve been following the story of Adam Lambert, the spiky-haired singer from Season 8 of American Idol. Lambert chose to keep his sexuality [...]

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