Fashion Photography

WE TOOK THIS ARTICLE FROM ANOTHER SITE BUT WE JUST HAD TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT DARIA STROKOUS WE LOVE YOUR HEART AND PASSION TO HELP OTHERS!! YOU ARE SOOOO TALENTED AND THE WORLD IS READY FOR YOU!!! + Vogue Article: “Blond mannequin Daria Strokous stopped by to meet with editors about participating in Fashion’s Night Out, and her slouchy-cool look caught our eye. We had to find out more about her. Turns out Daria is also a budding photographer and shoots her fellow models backstage at fashion shows. “It’s my way of showing what life as a model really is,” she says. ... Read Full Story

Rankin. Homage to Cecil Beaton - Hat Box, 1934 Tonight BBC Four ran Seven Photographs That Changed Fashion in which fashion photographer Rankin seeks to re-create his favourite iconic photographs. David Bailey made an appearance (the only one of the respective group of greats who is still alive) to witness Rankin's attempt at reproducing the magic of his portrait with Jean Shrimpton (and taunt him a bit as well), as did Lillian Bassman and the original model from Helmut Newton's Le Smoking photo - taken more than 30 years earlier - who was around to share her reminiscings about that night in the backstreets ... Read Full Story

1944 Vogue You feel a bit daft saying "No! Colour photos that early?", especially when you've had a fairly thorough education in art history. But that's what I thought when I saw these awe-inspiring, 1940s fashion photographs from Vogue , discovered during a browsing by Susie Bubble at Elegance is Refusal's Flickr site , which is lush with beautiful vintage scans. It would have been nice if my university learnings had endured at least until my student loans were paid off. But anyway, I've looked it up and while the history of colour in photography is a bit complicated, colour photographs have been around ... Read Full Story

Irving Penn. Mouth, for L'Oreal. NY, 1986 I was wanting some inspiration and a bit of a daydream moment, and found myself going back into two pasts - that which existed before me, and my own past, to the heyday of the supermodels. It never gets old - they were larger than life, and so was their hair. Here are some captivating images from recent auctions at Christie's : Cecil Beaton. Fashion Study with Painting by Jackson Pollock, 1951 Richard Avedon. Elilse Daniels, Paris. 1948 Sante d'Orazio. Kate Moss, 1992 David Bailey. Jean Shrimpton, 1963 Helmut Newton. Cindy Crawford, Admired. Miami, 1991 Norman Parkinson. ... Read Full Story

Have you ever read about someone whose body of work is so immense and so accomplished that you can feel the breath sucked out of you? Cecil Beaton was best known as a photographer of theatrical, royal and societal luminaries, and he snapped a few models here and there. The Londoner also designed for the stage and film, winning Oscars for costume design for Gigi and My Fair Lady and for his art direction on the latter. In 1972 he was knighted, but so was Cliff Richard so it's not a big deal, really. While the days of being able to view his fashion ... Read Full Story