I have looked and researched 8 photographers from the BBC Four documentary, where Rankin basically copied the way they were done, but in his own way, inspired by these Photographers
Cecil Beaton
Richard Avedon
David Bailey
Helmut Newton
Erwin Blumenfeld
Lillian Bassman
Guy Bourdin
Herb Ritts
Rankin
1. Cecil Beaton:
Cecil Beaton was one of the most famous and leading fashion photographers and his work was very classic, elegant and feminine. Beaton a lot of famous people, including Coco Chanel, Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and many more. A lot of his work is Fashion for magazine and just for what he wanted to do. But he did touch up the photographs after the shoot, at the printing stage.
Beaton was a good set and costume design, which he did as well as photography and what he wanted to be known for to, He was very much into theatre, and he even done the costume for the adaptation of My Fair Lady, where he won 2 oscars, as well as doing the set. Another thing he done was war photography, in world war 2, he documented what the war did and the people around it.
I think this image looks so elegant and show the true fashion and what women were like in that era. The way he has photographed it and got the models to pose, is as though they are just in the moment, in a way that they look like they just doing what they naturally do.
The Light is very natural, as a slight shade is against them on one side. I love how the clothing and background and the flowers on the plants are all white, which makes it look very feminine and innocent, which captures the fashion and culture at that time.
The makeup is very beauty and plain, as though they are going to a ball or out for the night, so the clothing is over the top, but the make up isn't, otherwise it would be over whelming.
Twiggy was very iconic to photograph at that era, as she was popular, and had a certain style and look that really captured the 1960s perfectly, but also capturing the mod look. Up close the freckles, really give another dimension and makes her look really natural.
The way the under eyes are done, is eye liner, basically lining under the eyelashes and get longer as you get to the outer corner, which made it look like the eyelashes are stuck together, and this look was very iconic, Twiggy made it what it was.
But the way Cecil Beaton captures her is beautiful, with the shade glading across her face, but mostly on one side, and he has most probably touched it up, cause there is more than just natural light.
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Jean Shrimpton was an model and actress, who was famous in the sixties as another icon and was one of Vogue's cover girl and was named by a magazine, the first supermodel, before it was ever called that.
The way Beaton has captured her here, does reminding me of between the Elizabethan and Georgian era, so very Marie Antoinette.
The way it is taken is everything is very white and elegant, but it does have that sixties feel to it, which makes it contemporary at that time and even now. He captures them a way that they are so beautiful and makes them stand out so much more.
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2. Richard Avedon
Ricard Avedon was an American fashion photographer in the post war era, who was very much involved in portraiture and his work was very extroadinary at the time. Avedon worked with Harper's Bazaar at the from the middle of the 1940s and then he worked there for 20 years doing then another around at American Vogue.
Avedon's work i think is more my style with the 40s style and how the models are positioned are what makes it interesting. The photographs are very feminine and show how women can be powerful and show they can be more than just nice to look like.
I think it really shows the fashion of that era and how women where portrayed in that time,
To me this looks very old fashioned, even the ancient greek times, with the flowers braided into the hair, and the gown adorned with flowers, over one shoulder, really stands out to me as that era. The black and white brings more to it than colour would, because it shows the emotion he wanted to get across and how it would have looked originally.
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3. David Bailey
David Bailey is an British photographer for fashion and celebrities, now he focuses on portraiture, which is what he is most interested in, But he did work as a fashion photographer for Vogue and for others, but he is very art inspired, especially by Picasso and looks at his work in a art way. He is a filmmaker, painter and sculptor. His work is very bright and has a lot of feminine composition. He was very famous for fashion, photographing mostly models, such as Kate Moss, Jean Shrimpton, twiggy, and Mick Jagger, even The Beatles, and there is even more, that he has done.
What i like about him is that his work is different and that he was finding new ways of doing things and wasn't afraid to do it. I also like how he sees his work as art and not just a photograph and how he feels when taking them. When looking at his work, i don't think i have ever seen anyones' work the same.
A website with a short doc with a interview with David Bailey last year;-
http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/18718/1/david-bailey-truth-beauty-bailey
I love 70s fashion and how it is portrayed through his work. The pose make me think it is child like and a pose that i have not seen any other photographer do like this,which to me it is iconic, in terms of style and how she expresses her self.
Alot of photographer at that time and now, use there partner or anything in that sense to photograph, which is who this was to Bailey at the time, which is why i think the shot, has a lot of emotion to it, even shows passion of doing what he loves.
This one is more famous and the way the hood surrounds his face, makes it look rounder and with white background, as soon as you look at it you focus on his face and how it is positioned. I like the idea, but to me, i don't like portraits, as much, as there is not much going on in it, but with Bailey's work there is something about it that makes me like it.
This one does look child like, with the hair and the way her hand is in her mouth, which is what children do a lot, and this photograph is good, but i don't like how the model is portrayed this way and i think women should be showed in a more dominate way sometimes.
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4. Helmut Newton
Helmut Newton was a photographer who was born in Germany, but then moved to Australia. He was a iconic fashion photographer, because his work was very erotically based, especially woman depicted in them, and where all black and white that were for Vogue and other magazines, but specfically Vogue, as he worked for the Australian Vogue in the 5 s and British Vogue in the 60s.
Im not sure about his work, i don't mind it, but is a bit to erotic for what I' m interested in looking at and not so keen on how they are portrayed in them. The quality of them are so good, but the ones i have chosen below, are my favourites out of all of his work, as they show something i haven't seen done in that way before, with how the model/s are positioned, making it more natural.
This image shows woman in masculine clothing and the pose shows a lot of authority, which is unusual in fashion photography. The main focus is the woman standing there and as soon as you look at it you focus on her, as it is different, because a lot of photographs, especially fashion, makes women look submissive and i love how this is far from it, and i wish i was her, not a care in the world and be who she wants to be.
I like how she looks slightly submissive, as she wants her to be, as though they are poking fun at men being dominant, and that by using a women model to do it instead, makes it stand out. I like how the clothes match one another of black and white, it makes them look of that era, where the woman coordinated with what the man was wearing.
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5. Erwin Blumenfeld
Erwin Blumenfeld was a fashion photographer and he worked for magazines, such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar in the 1940s and 1950s. I think his work is very iconic, and shows fashion photography in a new light, with contemporary looking images of the models and the poses really show the fashion and what they make you feel like.
He was so ahead of his time, the way he changed the images at the printing stage, and made them look so modern, even though they are so abstract, that they do look contemporary, thats what i like about him and how he makes you look at it and think about it more than just being a regular fashion photograph.
This work is very iconic and shows how he is ahead of his time, as the image itself looks contemporary. I have never seen this done before from anyone else. I love old hollywood glamour looking photography and the fashion of that time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecg0O_XCADI
First 15 minutes of the documentary of 'The man of shot beautiful women', Erwin Blumenfeld and just talking about who he was and what he done and even his death.
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6. Lillian Bassman
Bassman was a amercian photographer and painter and she worked as a fashion photographer, in the 40s and 50s for magazines, such as Harper's Bazaar and New York Times.
All her images look over exposed and even blurry, as though they were moving as she took the photograph.
I love how they are all overexposed and bring a new meaning to fashion photography, that i have never seen, in the dark room they are manipulated, to get this great effect.
The best thing about this is the hat and how it makes the model stand out and it reminds me of Maleficent and makes the model look kind of scary, especially with the pale make up and dark lips. Th pose reminds me of something older than what it was in that era, and looks like the Elizabethan portraits of the 16th century, including the hand, which is what they liked to show in the paintings, but in a modern way, with the head and shoulder facing away from the camera.
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bassman/
Guy Bourdin
Guy Bourdin was a fashion photographer, born in France. The work he done was for Harper's Bazaar and vogue also. His work is very surreal, and even mysterious with the way he shoots, of the models in all strange poses of a way to tell the viewer that its not just about the fashion, but of how the models are used within the photo and what it suggests.
I don't like Bourdin's work so much as the colours is to harsh and the models are so made up, even the poses just don't really show the fashion, for it to be of that genre. The photographs don't really make sense to me, they are interesting and are a good inspiration, but the poses some to sexual, maybe, i like it to be more natural.
With this photography, it is very bright and shows the mysteriousness of what i was talking about, of thinking what exactly are they doing and why. They look sexual and the women look submissive and want to show what they have to offer, which is why i don't like his work that much, they are very suggestive and he does it in a particular way, that makes it strange sometimes to understand.
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Herb Ritts
Ritts was a american photographer and looked a lot at black and white photography, what i like about him is that he focused on a main thing, but expanded on it, in technique and the style. With the celebrities he made them look amazing and even made them famous of what he done in the photographs and really made a name for them and himself.
Ritts work i like of the portraits, instead of far away poses, and he did photograph Madonna a lot. I like this one the most out of all the ones he has done. Mainly because she looks so fierce and not worrying what people think of her, as if to say i don't care. When it is in black and white, it brings something to it, making it have more emotion to it.
I like the more natural look of it, and it reminds me of the 70s with the wavy hair and plain make up, looking tanned. The portrait is different of how she is looking, like she is a mermaid that has just come out of the sea and doesn't know what people will think of her.
Johnny Depp photographed by Ritts is interesting, in the way he is posed, more relaxed, than the others, which i think, because he has that attitude, but his personality is wild and strange in a good way and by doing that pose, makes you see him in a another light than usual.
This was the same shoot as the first image, but from far away instead, I like how it is blurry except for her hand pointing to the camera, so it is hiding her face, as though she doesn't want you to see it, but listen to what she has to say.Available on: http://www.theglassmagazine.com/chinas-inaugural-art-photography-fair-to-launch-this-september/
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Rankin
Rankin is a fashion photographer and is known for his portraits as well, the work he does is strange and poses you wont usually see, but a lot of his work is inspired by other photographers, that he likes. What i like about his work is that it is interesting and shows the person that he photographers, in a different light than what you usually see them, especially celebrities, when he looks at fashion he really makes it stand out of what poses he puts them in. He also launched a website and magazine called Hunger Magazine and Hunger TV, i really like this as it is about music, fashion and anything, It really tells you about cool things that are coming out and what is happening at the moment in terms of art and culture, photography, film and beauty.
When looking at his work, it is modern, but vintage at the same time, by getting inspiration by different photographers, I like this image, as the background is a desert sort of area, which makes this look, look like a Mad Max scene, and her being overwhelmed by the scarf around her neck, makes her look like she is authority, especially because she is in black. The pose is kind of child like, which i think ruins it, as i think she wants to be in control.
Coco Rocha is the model and she styled by Way Perry in a Roberto Cavalli for The Hunger magazine, the hair by Nick Irwin, makeup by Caroline Saulnier.
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