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Showing posts with label Natalia Vodianova. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natalia Vodianova. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Friday, April 29, 2011
The Great Pretender
In this shoot, photographed by Steven Meisel for the Vogue May 2009 issue, model Natalia Vodianova portrays and embodies nine of fashion's most famous and notable models. What is absolutely incredible about this shoot is how different she appears as each model. She really does become the model she is trying to portray and emphasizes their most famous characteristics. For example when playing Dovima, Natalia juts out her hips and her legs in her most recognizable position. See an example here of one of Dovima's most famous images. This is what modeling is. Changing and role-playing and becoming different people with your body. It is incredibly hard and there truly is a reason these famous models are famous - because modeling isn't about standing in front of the camera looking pretty, but rather embodying a spirit and being able to adapt and change.
Read more about the shoot on Vogue.com here.
Images taken from fashiongonerogue.com
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Courtroom Drama
I always think its interesting to compare two significantly similar shoots with the same theme. These two shoots, the first photographed by Alexi Lubomirski for Vogue Russia March 2011, and the second, photographed by Micaela Rossato for Glass Magazine, play with the theme of a woman dealing with courtroom drama and the attention she receives for it. In an age where celebrities and their courtroom drama generates just as much attention as any real work they do, these photo shoots seemed to really pick up on themes in the media. I like how each shoot has a consistent color palate and embraces the concept of a narrative editorial. I would love to see more editorials come out based on a narrative concept ; this shoot for Vogue with Ewan McGregor and Natalia Vodianova and photographed by Peter Lindbergh is a great example.
I love how the Vogue Russia shoot incorporates images that appear to be photographed on a TV screen of the courtroom happenings like in the 2nd image down. It is a great way to mix up the images and provide variation by presenting the images from two points of view - from the viewpoint of someone watching it on TV and a little more removed, and the clear ones from the point of view who is up close to the drama and watching from the "privileged" position inside the courtroom. The second shoot featured in Glass Magazine doesn't achieve the same kind of narrative feel simply because it isn't as big of a spread. They have a quote by Moliere that reads, "It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all," and since they didn't have the space to achieve the effect of a full narrative editorial they chose to photograph the models in the flash of the paparazzi. The blaring and intrusive "flash" is what this smaller editorial is all about. Making every small detail of ones personal life public and available for scrutiny in order to entertain.
Glass Magazine:
Images taken from fashiongonerogue.com
