Takashi Murakami & Angela Lindvall For Harper's Bazaar
If you have seen the film Jellyfish Eyes from Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, then you will probably recognize the creatures seen in the photos for Harper's Bazaar latest issue. Murakami is known for his animated characters and surreal cityscapes, and now he has brought them into the real world. With the help of photographer Jason Schmidt and model Angela Lindvall, Murakami brings some of his film characters out to spend a day out in the streets Los Angeles. Check out the photos from the shoot and head over to Harper's Bazaar for their interview with Takashi here.
[Via Harper's Bazaar]
Sky Ferreira for Maison Kitsuné
Photos by Henrik Purienne
Maison Kitsuné has enlisted the help of singer Sky Ferreira and photographer Henrik Purienne for their Spring/Summer 2014 collection lookbook. With her recently released album, Night Time, My Time, Sky takes her stab at modeling by showcasing a variety of looks. The "New Wave" collection is inspired by New York's young up and coming artists and musicians, making it a good fit for Ferreira. Henrik captured some great photos that fit well with the direction Maison Kitsuné was going for, so check out the photos.
[Via Maison Kitsuné]
Tamara Lichtenstein's Sun-Drenched Photography
Photos by Tamara Lichtenstein
I happened to come across these photos from photographer Tamara Lichtenstein that I had to share. There is something about her style of photography that I really like, most particularly the use of natural light. When looking at her photos, you are taken into what she sees of the world around her, which to me is surreal. She has used her talents for companies like Urban Outfitters and Converse, just to name a few, and is currently working on a new book with Editions de LIC, so go ahead and check out some of her work.
[Via Vice]
Rihanna Helps British GQ Celebrate Its 25th Anniversary
For British GQ's 25th anniversary, the magazine enlisted the help of Damien Hirst and Rihanna for their latest issue. Damien is an artist and used his creative skills to create a Medusa-inspired theme for the photo spread. Since we're dealing with Medusa, the Greek mythological monster shoot had to involve snakes in some fashion. In the photos, Rihanna has snakes crawling around her body and head, and if you look into her eyes, they are very snake-like. This collaboration between Damien, photographer Mariano Vivanco, and Rihanna produced some pretty awesome photos for British GQ's 25th Anniversary.
[Photos Mariano Vivanco] [Via British GQ]
Emily Ratajkowski: The Girl Who Stole Summer via GQ
Photos by Terry Richardson
Unless you've been living under a rock, you are familiar with Emily Ratajkowski either by name or by face. The 22 year old, British born model took the world by storm in Robin Thicke's music video for his smash hit "Blurred Lines". Appearing in her birthday suite (which she does often and no one is complaining), Emily became 2013's Summer obsession. She is the type of woman who inspires great men to do great things, a modern muse. So for the many of us who have spent countless hours on the Tumblr and Instagram looking at every picture we can of her. Here s a new photo shoot and interview by Terry Richardson for GQ's 2013 November issue.
Photography by Terry Richardson
[Via GQ]
(Behind the scenes video of shoot)
Nicholas Maggio’s “Wild Hearts, Blue Jeans, and White T-shirts” Project NSFW
Photographer Nicholas Maggio has decided to go forward with a passion project of his that he's had for quite some time. Featuring a variety of models for the project, including the likes of Adrianne Ho, Taja Feistner, Adrianne Ho, Kylie Cusick, Nicholas kept it simple. To sum it all up, the project consists of pretty girls in their white tees going with a natural look in front of a black drop. The results are awesome; you have to admire the simplicity of the photos and the freedom the models had to control how the images would turn out. As Nicholas states, "The idea is to 'strip' everything from these models except for a standard tee, no makeup, no hair stylist, no direction, and take pictures of them being them." For more photos from the "Wild Hearts, Blue Jeans, and White T-Shirts," project visit its Tumblr page here.
[Photos by Nicholas Maggio] [Via Hypebeast]
[Photography] Models as the Five Major Internet Browsers
We all have our go-to search engines whenever we're browsing the internet whether its FireFox, Chrome, or Safari. To me, whenever talking about internet browsers, the conversation only goes as far as which is the best for me. But for fashion photographer Viktorija Pashuta, the conversation wasn't about which was better, but which of the most popular browsers were women.
Eventually, Viktorija made her vision a reality and grabbed five models to transform them into Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Chrome and Safari. The results are pretty awesome, and I feel that she captured the essence and experience of what each browser brings by the way she styled and photographed each model. Take a look at the photos, and see if your favorite internet browsers is still your favorite.
[Photos by Viktorija Pashuta] [Via PetaPixel]