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Designer/photographer Hedi Slimane shares with us a shoot with model Brad Bowers, styled by Nicola Formichetti, from a recent collaboration with Vogue Homme Japan, with which he has worked frequently since the magazine’s launch last year. It turns out Mr. Bowers isn’t just a pretender with the musical aspirations, as demonstrated in this YouTube video. For more photos from the series, check out Hedi’s Fashion Diary.
Photo: Craig Seymour
A few weeks ago photographer Hudson Wright delivered some never been seen photographs of models Joshua Saunders & Brett Gibbs to the gentlemen over at YVY mag. The images were taken 6 years ago in the archipelago nation of the Republic of Seychelles (east of mainland Africa). Gorgeous. They shared a few images with us.
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Photographer Alex Prager has a particular talent for evoking a bygone Americana of the 60s and 70s, one which is especially influenced in subject matter by her upbringing in Los Angeles and stylistically by her affection for photographic giants like William Eggleston and Guy Bourdin. Her female-heavy cast explores archetypal characters in a highly cinematic manner. This week her work lands in NYC at the Yancey Richardson Gallery for a month-long show, entitled “Week-end” with an opening reception Thursday, Jan. 14th.
Homo-Neurotic favorites Luigi & Luca treat us to a preview of their most recent collaboration with a handful of Berlin designers, entitled Abnegation. Abnegation refers to the renunciation of personal interests in favor of another’s or the rejection of religious doctrine. These ideas come to life in their images, which make occasional references to classical Christian iconography while simultaneously subverting it. On the series’ title, the duo writes:
” Modern life is based on self-abnegation, but in an opposite sense from the religious way. We deny a part of ourselves not achieve something higher, but to merely forget about it. That part we renounce cannot really be called an attainment of progress, but the result of another failing religion.”
If you happen to be in Berlin for Fashion Week this year, the whole collection of images will be on display January 26th at 6pm at Abnormals Gallery. Enjoy the preview, with more images after the jump.
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Designer Manuel Albarran teamed up with Homo-Neurotic favorites, photographers Luca and Luigi, in a feature on otherworldly metal couture in a recent issue of Dazed & Confused. If you’ve been a longtime follower of Homo-Neurotic, you’ll recall that we did an interview with Luca and Luigi a while back that’s definitely worth checking out. More photos from the collection by following the link above.
The blogosphere has been abuzz over the latest Erotica issue of Brazilian fashion glossy FFW. Photographer Gui Paganini shot a military-inspired editorial that is sure to have all of us standing at attention. Additional photos from the spread can be found on the photographer’s website.
Hedi Slimane and Nicola Formichetti collaborated for VMan Magazine to feature a new generation of British actors including Christian Cooke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Douglas Booth, Alex Pettyfer, and Thomas Sangster. Keep an eye on these handsome young things.
It was only this past May that photographer Luke Smalley passed away unexpectedly, leaving untapped many potential years of compelling visual storytelling. His last completed collection of work, Sunday Drive, constitutes his first posthumous exhibit at ClampArt, opening this Thursday, November 5th. It tells the story of three young women preparing for a roadtrip to visit their sweethearts who happen to be passing time as inmates in the state penitentiary, doing prison chores or waiting listlessly for their girlfriends to arrive. The photos seem part of a cinematic experience, edited down to discrete, poignant moments in a visual style that is classically Smalley, perhaps at his very best. (Images courtesy of ClampArt)
Our friend across the pond, photographer Sylvain Norget, gave us a peek at his latest editorial shot with model Nicolas at DIGITAL. With the weather here in NYC quickly giving way to the fall chill, these photos can’t help but make me nostalgic for a warm day at the beach. Be sure to check out our prior interview with Sylvain as part of the In the Spotlight series and learn about his fascination with and fear of all things rabbit-related. Enjoy! (more photos after the jump).
Homo-Neurotic fave Ryan McGinley spent this past summer galavanting across America with his posse of clothing-challenged buddies on a quest to explore the juxtaposition of unfettered youth and the grandeur of subterranean realms. The result is a collection of dramatic images that often emphasize the smallness of humanity in the face of nature while simultaneously exposing and celebrating the idea of the beauty of things hidden. This recent collection of work, entitled Moonmilk, is on display now at the Alison Jacques Gallery in London.
If you missed Envoy’s opening for artist Lars Stephan, you won’t want to miss Thursday’s kick-off for photographer Slava Mogutin’s newest series, Food Chain. A Russian ex-patriot, he was forced to seek political asylum in the US in the 90’s as a consequence of his queer writings and persistent activism in opposition to conservative (i.e., anti-gay) Russian values. His work has taken him from the barracks of young, Russian soldiers to the stages and changing rooms inhabited by NYC go-go boys — his camera always quick to capture the gritty, raw sexuality to which his mind’s eye is attuned.
Along the way he has published two monograph collections of his photography, entitled Lost Boys and NYC Go-Go, in addition to seven Russian-language literary pieces. They serve as part historical and part fantastical documentation of gay identity, something which his work is always seeking to explore through a variety of media.
The exhibit runs through November 1, 2009, with the opening reception this Thursday, Sept. 24 from 6-8pm. Following the opening reception there will be an afterparty at The Hose.
Having only reached my attention today, this comes as a bit of a last minute notice — Envoy Enterprises will be hosting a one afternoon show for photographer Lars Stephan tomorrow, Sunday, September 20th from noon till 6pm, with a reception from 6-8pm. Lars works extensively in the area of self-portraiture, exploring seduction, eroticism, masculinity, narcissism, and the male form (namely his own) often in the context of the dramatic natural settings. For those of you looking for something to fill your Sunday afternoon, this should do nicely. (more NSFW photos after the jump)
Perfection in Form, the new exhibition at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, pairs two masters in search of expressions of the beauty in human form. Michelangelo, with his drawings and sculptures, and gay icon Robert Mapplethorpe, with his formalist and classically-inspired photographs, make a natural pairing and to see the two side by side diverts the mind’s eye from the once controversial subject matter and focuses it on the approach to form and structure that both artists embodied. For those lucky enough to be passing through Florence, the exhibit runs through January 10, 2010.
Always a man in pursuit of novelty, Karl Lagerfeld has clearly traded longtime boy-toy Brad Kroenig for new muse and victim of fanciful nakedness, Baptiste Giabiconi. It was only a little over a year ago that Lagerfeld released a book chronicling his five year artistic collaboration with Kroenig… apparently an homage celebrating a bittersweet changing of the guards. Following a series of prominent editorials (including a cover shoot for Wallpaper, posted earlier, and German Vogue), this recent editorial for Purple Fashion Magazine pays tribute to Helmut Newton’s work on a whirlwind trip from Saint Tropez to Venice and then Paris, complete with heels fit for a queen (of the drag variety, no less).
Love her or hate her, the diva d’jour is making another colorful splash in September’s V Magazine with a photo shoot by photographer Mario Testino and stylist Nicola Formichetti. Here’s a quick peek.
Former Dior menswear designer Hedi Slimane has spent much of his time away from fashion design honing his photography skills and further exploring the aesthetic he cultivated during his time at the helm of Dior Homme. He keeps a photo diary that chronicles some of his work, which never fails to supply a healthy dose of skinny rocker-boy eye candy. Enjoy!
Photographer Karim Sadli and stylist Robbie Spencer teamed up for a fresh take on the bondage aesthetic in the latest Dazed & Confused editorial. The photos were inspired by some of the early bondage photos taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, who frequently explored the taboo world of gay fetishes in the 70’s and 80’s.
It’s time to revisit our In the Spotlight feature, this time around for a chat with photographer Yves de Brabander about travel, photography and his efforts to promote safe sex through art. Be sure to check out his website for more of his work… just click the link above.
Hi Yves. I see you recently returned from a trip to Iceland, a country that has been rather acutely affected by the world financial crisis. How was your time there?
Both my boyfriend and I have lost our hearts in Iceland. They say there’s a crisis but as we go there on holiday we don’t feel anything of that at all… We usually go hiking or visit national parks. In Reykjavik they have some really great museums and galleries… always free of charge. The last trip we made was to shoot my boyfriend’s collection, who is a student at the Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fashion, as he was inspired for his last collection by the black lava landscapes and the movement of the floating ice in the Ice Lagoon. Of course, I like to just relax in the warm water of Blue Lagoon too.
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Over the past few months I’ve admittedly been delinquent in keeping up with relevant happenings in the NYC art world and so I missed this pot of gold at the end of Flesh Rainbow, the latest photographic series on display this past April and May from the noted fine art and former fashion photographer Jeff Bark. Together with Flesh Rainbow, his prior series entitled Woodpecker and Abandon demonstrate an exquisite handling of light in a painterly manner reminiscent of the Dutch masters to capture his moody, sometimes bizarre compositions. Shown here are a few images from all three series (additional images after the jump).
