Fashion Shoot with Silk and Cyanide

A few weeks ago, I had a really successful photo shoot for the clothing line Silk & Cyanide: A modern take on vintage style. Owner Kristen Elmer organized and styled the shoot, set up the backdrop, and of course, made the clothes. Models Julie Max (blonde) and Molly Randall (brunette) were awesome, and fabulous hair and make-up by Katherine Clay! The day went really well and here are some of the amazing shots I was able to capture.

Benjamin Von Wong Does Europe

I first came across Benjamin Von Wong's work when I featured a post about him on My Modern Met. Since then, I have become a huge fan of his work! The Montreal-based photographer creates the most mind-blowing images. Running with Flames is unreal, and since then I have discovered his affinity for all things dramatic. Rock on! My interest in dance photography also led me to his striking collection of a variety of ballet dancers and contortionists. Here are just a few of his photographs and definitely check out tons more of his work on his website.

As a fellow artist and photographer, I wanted to support his upcoming summer adventures into the unknown: Von Wong Does Europe. He describes the project as, "An international collaboration that will combine both the surreal vision of Von Wong with a variety of artists across Europe to create a series of inspirational and visually stunning photo and video portraits."Sounds like an excellent way to spend the summer!! I cannot wait to see the images as he treks across Europe to create even more of these incredibly passionate and impressive projects.

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Springtime for Katie

After many cold and rainy days here in NYC, it's time for spring dammit! These dark, wintery days are too depressing, I need some sunshine and I'm ready to break out my flip flops. So here's a little flower power to inspire the month of March to bring on some fabulously warm days and sunny weather!

Photographer Elad Lassry

 

Born in Tel Aviv, photographer Elad Lassry now lives and works in L.A. What you see here is just a small sampling of the amazing photography that he makes. I find this particular work most interesting because he is able to reinvent an everyday object by disconnecting it from common associations and putting it on display. He takes the glossy watch or the shimmering bottle of perfume from a commercial magazine ad and replaces that gloss and glam with a mundane item that suddenly tells an interesting story.

From vegetables to lit candles to figurines, he captivates us with the formality of the informal objects. He transforms the expected into the unexpected. The presentation is pretty fabulous, too: The photographs are no larger than a page in a magazine and each one is complimented by a matching bold-colored frame.

Christopher Bollen described Lassry’s work by saying, “It's as if Lassry isn't offering new images to a world—already drowning in them—he's bringing old ones back to give them a second act.”

 images via [Lugring Augustine], [David Kordansky Gallery], [MOMA]

The Loving Story at ICP

Here is an inspiring story of a courageous and dedicated couple who stood up for their rights to be together. Richard and Mildred Loving were an interracial couple who, after getting married in Washington, D.C., returned to Virginia to find that their home state considered the legal union a crime of miscegenation (mixing races). Bound by love, Richard and Mildred boldly fought for their cause until the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia overturned the country's miscegenation laws with a unanimous ruling in their favor.

The Loving Story, now on exhibit at ICP in New York, is a collection of twenty vintage prints by LIFE magazine photographer Grey Villet. He spent two weeks with the couple, "waiting patiently for telling moments to emerge," and successfully captured the essence of the couple as a compassionate and devoted team. Richard and Mildred are a symbol of "love as an inalienable right." They believed in the strength of love, and their dedication to each other and their family is evident in these photographs.

via [ICP], [Lens]