Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction.
(Ray Bradbury)
This quotation by Ray Bradbury, one of my favourite novelists, perfectly explains the fundamental role science fiction literature has been in modern culture and for the whole history of mankind. As for me, I [...]
Archive for the ‘about fashion photography’ Category
The Lady Who Fell to Earth
Posted in about fashion photography, school of rock, tagged david bowie, kinga rajzak, photoshoot, the lady who fell to earth, the man who fell to earth, tim walker, vogue uk on October 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
When Worlds Collide: Tim Walker for Juicy Couture
Posted in about fashion photography, tagged advertising campaign, jonathan kroppmann, juicy couture, laduree, lisa cant, marie antoinette, perfume, tattoos, tim walker on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a fashion photography/literature nerd, I like finding the recurring themes which distinguish the works of a novelist, a poet or a photographer. When it comes to the one and only Tim Walker, for example, some leit-motifs come to my mind: the English country (house) settings, the unique use of pastel colours, tender lights and [...]
From Seventh Avenue to Sesame Street
Posted in about fashion photography, tv eye, tagged carolina herrera, derek lam, diane von furstenberg, harper's bazaar, oscar de la renta, photoshoot, rodarte, sesame street, thakoon, vera wang on August 19, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been an avid reader of fashion magazines since I was very young, and I still strongly believe fashion photography has got an immense expressive power. I don’t have a favourite magazine (I have a subscription to Vogue Italia, but I don’t think I’ll renew it any time soon [1]), but I must admit Harper’s [...]
The Splat Pack
Posted in about cinema, about fashion photography, tagged horror movies, interview magazine, scream queen, splat pack, terry richardson on July 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s not a secret my passion for the horror genre: my favourite author is Stephen King (I wrote my degree thesis about the double personality in The Dark Half and The Shining) and I’ve always had a thing for horror movies from the 70s and the 80s (the first three movies of A Nightmare on [...]
Look Back in Topanga
Posted in about fashion photography, tagged angela lindvall, british vogue, topanga on June 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s not a secret: I’ve always loved Seventies’ style, for the overall mood dominating fashion in those years, for the huge technical and visual innovations that were introduced and for the unforgettable designers who became big in that decade (just think of Halston and Yves Saint Laurent). This is the reason why I was so [...]
When in Sorrento…
Posted in about fashion photography, tagged emilio pucci, juergen teller, stella tennant, villa tritone on June 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When I first saw Emilio Pucci spring/summer 2009 advertising campaign, I knew I couldn’t be mistaken: Juergen Teller is the one who shot the beautiful series of pics you can see below. The quality of the images, the peculiar lighting, the striking yet subtle contrast of colours are recurring features in Teller’s work, which is [...]
Unforgettable Indeed
Posted in about fashion photography, tagged campaign, models, revlon, unforgettable on May 26, 2009 | 19 Comments »
Since I was a child I’ve experienced eidetic memory, that is the ability to recall images in memory with extreme accuracy, and this is so much true when it comes to fashion photography. I still have in my memory some gorgeous Valentino velvet rosette dresses I first saw in a Vogue Italia issue in the [...]
Bandage Me!
Posted in about fashion, about fashion photography, tagged bandage dresses, herve leger, max azria on April 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It’s not easy to write about Hervé Léger: his trademark style, which reached its peak of notoriety in the Nineties, has been dissected by any fashion blogger out there. When Max Azria took over the company and brought Léger Parisian mood to Hollywood, any celebrity soon wore the infamous bandage dresses, turning them into an [...]
Cherchez la Femme
Posted in about fashion, about fashion photography, tagged eva herzigova, fashion photography, flower print, photoshooting, vogue paris, walter pfeiffer on April 24, 2009 | 7 Comments »
When I first saw this photoshoot in Vogue Paris (May 2009 issue), I was ready to put everything I have on the person who shot it. I was 100% the photographer was Juergen Teller, because I could see all the signs of his style: the lighting quality, the bare-faced model, the wall paper, the velvet-upholstered [...]
