10 posts tagged “photographer”

[Cross-posted from Lucire] Campari launched its 2009 calendar, starring Jessica Alba, at a celebrity event in Milano yesterday. We’ve featured a few of Mario Testino’s stunning images from the calendar, with Alba promoting the red spirit in each one, some subtly, some less so (with the Campari bottle being quite noticeable). Also noticeable: make-up has been getting a lot more glamorous as 2009 begins.

[Cross-posted in Lucire] We’re preparing to shoot Samantha Powell, Miss Universe New Zealand 2008, on Tuesday. Photographer Doug Rimington is flying in from Sydney tonight and I collect him at the airport in a BMW 120i Cabriolet that the company has lent to me; and the Tissot Fabulous Garden watch has arrived, delivered personally by Griffiths McKay & Buckleigh’s Lynette Kopu. Our one is prettier than the one featured in Lucire this month: it has a gold face, and the watch is nicer in the metal, but the price is the same (NZ$775). No word from the press person at an Auckland label whom I called last week, so it looks like Starfish (our first choice) will be supplying both dresses for Sam.
   Not that I know what the photos will look like, but there is a good chance the next New Zealand-edition cover will be shot by a Kiwi.

[Cross-posted] One image that wasn’t mentioned in Monica Waldron’s report from the May–June exhibition of Patrick Lichfield’s work was the above shot of Mick and Bianca Jagger on their wedding day in St Tropez. This was taken right after the Jaggers’ wedding on May 12, 1971, and was indeed part of the exhibition, and is yet another example of Lichfield’s ability to capture the moment. It’s one of my favourites.
   As Monica reported, many of his portraits are done with great sensitivity, not necessarily of the most extroverted subjects. The above is spontaneous, as many of Lichfield’s images are, and can only be from the early 1970s, not because of photographic style, but because of Jagger’s clothing and, for car spotters like me, the shape of the car’s C-pillar. It must be one of those rare times that it is not the woman’s clothing that dates an image most: weddings, in the 21st century, are no longer as demanding of tradition, and Bianca’s garb, while probably sexier than the norm, could be considered an example of one bride’s uniqueness. In 1971 it would be considered far more way-out.
   Unlike this image, and perhaps in contrast with Monica’s views, what was remarkable to me was how timeless many of Lichfield’s shots were. One might say that emotion is timeless, hence the perceived energy emanating from the shots never dates, but the glowing image of Olivia Newton-John, free of heavy make-up, has little to date it back to 1973 in the eyes of the layman like me. Ditto Lichfield’s nude of actress Jane Seymour, which we did not feature.
   And for celebrity-watchers, that is indeed Joanna Lumley on our web-edition cover, photographed before Sapphire & Steel, The New Avengers, even before her appearance in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. The 1965 photograph has, admittedly, dated—but, principally, Miss Lumley’s swimwear is the culprit.

I thought this was awesome news in that the photographer, Giuliano Bekor, shot regularly for Lucire. From the Lucire ‘Insider’ section.

Giuliano Bekor, whose credits include numerous Lucire shoots, photographed Hayden Panettiere for her 2008 Candie’s print campaign.

Hayden Panettiere will star in Candie’s back to school 2008 television, print and online advertising campaign, according to the company. Hayden, who is known as an award-winning actress, activist and star of NBC’s hit television series Heroes can now add recording artist to her résumé.
   Following last year’s marketing campaign with Grammy-award winning artist Fergie, the new fall TV commercial will be a direct lift from Panettiere’s first music video, ‘Wake Up Call’, which was styled using Candie’s apparel, footwear and accessories.
   This is Panettiere’s second season with the brand.
   To coincide with TV, a print campaign will feature Panettiere in a variety of sexy and sweet vignettes as she playfully poses with a piano, behind a beaded curtain and in a club-like setting among others. The ‘Wake Up Call’ video and the Candie’s commercial were shot in Los Angeles by famed music video director Chris Applebaum and the print campaign was shot by fashion photographer Giuliano Bekor, whose credits include Lucire, and created by the Iconix in-house marketing team.
   Fans can listen to ‘Wake Up Call’ exclusively at www.candies.com and www.kohls.com/inspire (streaming only) beginning today. The single will be available for download on iTunes beginning August 5. The single is being released by Hollywood Records.

The latest Ashes to Ashes video on YouTube goes behind the scenes of a Radio Times cover shoot. The poster has put the original clip (when DI Drake meets the gang in 1981) at the end.

[Cross-posted] I know some readers are fascinated about how a cover takes shape at Lucire. Again, before these go into the archives, we present the making of the shoot from issue 24.

Make-up with Emma Foley

Photographer Kelly Thompson discusses the shoot

Vanilla works on the hair

Thompson shoots Kenzy Cheeseman

   If you have been following this blog, then you’ll recognize Kelly Thompson’s name as the illustrator who exhibited her Women of Your Dreams works at Good as Gold last week. The exhibition is still on for those in Wellington, down at Good as Gold in Victoria Street.

Credits for ‘Hypnotize’
Photographer Kelly Thompson
Stylist Laura Ming-Wong/sweetCHILLI
Hair Vanilla
Make-up Emma Foley/Vanilla
Models Emma Weenik/Clyne, Zippora Seven/Red 11, Kenzy Cheeseman/the Agencie
Stylist’s assistant Ephrem Hannah
Assistants Lucy Aitchison, Alex Bull

Doug off to Sydney

Have a good time in Sydney, Doug!
   My good friend Doug Rimington—you’ll have seen his credit in Lucire, where he got his start, and elsewhere—embarks on the next stage of his career as a professional photographer, venturing to Australia to see what opportunities await. I know he’ll blow ’em away and look forward to seeing more of his work—and to continuing our collaboration on Lucire and other titles.
   Some of his work can be seen at Lucire: we did a one-page tribute to him on the site yesterday.

In 2002, my colleague Nigel Dunn set up a discussion forum at Lucire, originally called ‘StyleTalk’. This was extremely successful and in the years it was up, it logged up thousands of posts.
   Unfortunately, in 2005 and 2006, this forum was hacked repeatedly—coinciding with the staff difficulties I have alluded to on my blogs over the last nine months or so. Eventually, with other issues becoming more pressing and our attentions elsewhere, we regrettably let the forum die. Its database had been corrupted by hackers so, as far as I know, it could not be salvaged. Perhaps it is for the better.
   Interestingly, we have not had any successful hacking attempts since that change in staff.
   I am happy to say that tonight, we put the forum back, albeit without posts from our lovely regulars such as Lata Tokhi and Joanne de Voe. (If they are reading this, please go there!)
   The forum was also responsible for our discovering Doug Rimington, our regular Wellington photographer, who originally posted there as an enthusiastic amateur teaching himself the trade. I responded to Doug and invited him to a shoot that was to take place the following day.
   The StyleTalk name is being used on another new service we are introducing at Lucire, so the revised forum is called a more boring Lucire Reader Community Forum. But it says what it is and I’m happy with that.
   It’s about 99·5 per cent ready—I have noted some glitches to the people at phpBB, who designed the back end to the forum—but I would love for Voxers to hop on over and see what discussions you can get going. (The glitches do not relate to privacy.) What I am saying is that I trust my Vox neighbourhood here more than any other group to be the folks who cut the ribbons. I’m also happy to hear any feedback you may have, too.
   It’s not the only new service we have there at Lucire—I look forward to letting y’all in on the next one soon.
   As for me, I am off to bed, and hope we don’t wake up to too many bug reports! Have a great day over in the US, and a great afternoon in Europe.

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Doug Rimington, the photographer that I usually turn to first in Wellington, shot the above Lucire cover on a coffee-table. After I asked—since I totally love this image—he has given me permission to distribute it as a wallpaper via the Lucire site, on condition that his site is linked. (It remains his copyright.) So do go to www.detunephotography.com to have a browse: he really is good and, like all the greats, exceedingly humble.

I was chatting to River Clark, a young New York photographer, who shot the image below. It appears that it was published without his permission. Can anyone identify the magazine?
   I know it’s not ours, and it’s unlikely to be Elle or Condé Nast (the typography is too good to be from the latter).

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