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]
Irina Shayk For GQ Russia
Sports Illustrated model Irina Shayk graces the cover of the August issue of GQ Russia. For this shoot, Irina ditches the bikinis and white sandy beaches to gives us a more grungy look. Photographer David Roemer took some great shots of Irina and really captured a side of her we don't normally see. Styled in nothing but all black outfits and a lot of leather, the shoot looks like scenes straight out of Death Race. If you're not located in Russia at this time, you can see the photo spread below.
Photos by David Roemer
Kate Upton For Beach Bunny Bride Campaign
Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen has decided to try her hand at designing her own line of bikinis. According to her, she came up with the idea when she was planning her honeymoon and wanted to have a swimsuit that was sexy to show off to her new husband to be, John Legend. With that in mind, she decided to create bathing suits that future brides could feel sexy in on their honeymoons. Chrissy enlisted the help of fellow Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton to model the lines newest Beach Bunny Bride campaign. Check out some of the photos below and for the entire campaign visit Beach Bunny Swimwear here.
Photos by Beach Bunny Swimwear
[Via HighSnobiety]
Daft Punk & Karlie Kloss For Vogue
Daft Punk and model Karlie Kloss teamed up with each other to shoot a spread for the August issue of Vogue. The trio took to the streets of NYC decked out in some futuristic looks that surely would garner some attention. As we've come to expect from Daft Punk, they rocked the usually attire of stylish suits paired off with some pretty slick looking helmets. As for Karlie, she was styled in some very out of this world outfits straight out of your favorite sci-fi movie. Photographer Craig McDean, who has shot the likes of Rihanna to Uma Thurman, really created some cool images. Check out the rest below.
Photos by Craig McDean
[Via Complex]
Sofia Vergara's BTS Photos By Terry Richardson
This week, we posted some photos of A$AP Rocky while he was visiting Terry Richardson's studio and it looks like Terry is at it again. This time, the Colombian model/actress Sofia Vergara happened to stop and take some BTS photos with him. The photos came about because the two got together recently to shoot a spread for Harper's Bazaar which features Sofia on the cover. Terry did what he does best and captured the Modern Family beauty in black and white photos. Sofia looks great as usual and makes it seem so effortless. Be sure to check out the rest of the photos below.
Photos via Terry's Diary
When Buddhists Go Bad
When you hear the word Buddhist or think of Buddhism, it typically brings up thoughts of peace and tranquility. For me, I picture images of monks with shaven heads and long wavy robes meditating in temples; I picture a person who is at total peace with themselves and their environment, someone who would do no harm to anybody or anything, not even a fly. But over the past year in parts of Asia, a new type of radical Buddhist has formed that has lead to a huge conflict between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. Many Muslims are being attacked and killed by Buddhist mobs by the encouragement of one man, Wirathu, who has taken the title of Burmese Bin Laden. He has taken to the streets to preach his views to anybody who will listen, preaching against Islam. In Thailand, Buddhist monks are being protected by soldiers due to the conflict and retreating to their temples. With the violence continuing to mount, time will only tell what will happen between the two groups. Check out the photos below and for more information and photos check out Time here.
Photos by Adam Dean
Frank151 Jonathan Mannion Interview
Frank151 sat down with photographer Jonathan Mannion, whose career has spanned over 20 years, for an interview. Director/Designer Va$tie Kola talked to Jonathan in his studio about his past work and experiences in photography. If you haven't already seen our previous post about Jonathan, you can check it out here. He has become synonymous with hip hop in that he has photographed so many iconic pictures of many different hip hop artists. With a large number of photos and album covers under his belt, it is hard to imagine that anybody has not seen his work. From Jay-Z to Outkast to even Aaliyah, Jonathan has a huge body of work that is definitely a sight to see. Check out the video and see what Jonathan is all about, and make sure to check out Frank151 for more here.
http://youtu.be/VTM7ENLH0KA
[Via Frank151]
Emily Ratajkowski for Galore Magazine (NSFW)
If you think you've seen this face before, you probably have as model Emily Ratajkowski can be seen throughout Robin Thicke's new video for "Blurred Lines." Now Galore Magazine has enlisted the help of photographer Andrew Kuykendell to capture Emily in the great outdoors. There's a lot of use of natural light in the photos, and Emily has this cowgirl/hippie vibe to her with the outfits she wearing. Check out the rest of the photos (NSFW) and the BTS video of the shoot below.
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Photos for Galore Magazine
