Noir Venom

Hi! So we decided to play around with our camera lately and try to attempt to broaden our photography skills. The idea was to achieve the 'studio' look we often see in magazines. It's not quite a 'studio' photography, considering I made this in our kitchen using white cloth as a background, although I gotta admit I was surprised how good they came out. Being a graphic designer I played around with the grayscale and typography to achieve the look we aimed for in our initial concept. The idea behind the photos tackles the perception of sinfulness and purity as well as explores the study of elegance in nude photography. Justine posed and styled, I shot and edited. Hope you guys like it!

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Si vis pacem, para bellum

A black crow attacks one of the Pope’s white doves, a symbol of peace. Vatican, 26th of January 2014.

Atlas The Lion by Tim Walker

Tim Walker creates - as usual - a masterpiece out of an editorial in Love Magazine for September 2013. The Atlas Lion plays king with models Karen Elson and Edie Campbell in this epically beautiful and gracefully dramatic marriage. 

Here's an exclusive video from the set made for LOVE magazine:

'ATLAS: The Lion' by Tim Walker

Exclusively for LOVE

Insectes by Lauren Seroussi

A marvelous series made by French photographer Lauren Seroussi. We always admire inspiring works of people who experiment with unconventionality in fashion and play around with the concept of the subjectiveness of beauty and this idea represents it all. Check out more here.

Christmas Special: London Window Displays Part 2

Here's the 2nd part of the Christmas window displays special. Harrods never ceases to amaze their clientele and this year they've transformed their windows into dazzling Gatsby-esque Art Deco tale of Christmas Express where passengers sit around in beautiful 30's sets awaiting to reach their snowy destination. Each window represents different carriage and every single one is lavishly decorated with a wondrous detail. Watching people around us, we have to admit it's pretty hard for a passer-by not to stop and contemplate those beautiful views for a while. Such a shame though that displays like this are so temporary - despite of advertising itself, the magic with which it resonates make them deserve an gallery exhibition stand alone. Well, perhaps one day someone will bring back all those sets in a curated exhibition - how amazing would that be? 

We couldn't help to resist the temptation to add a bit of a personal flavour so we shot the windows in a way that creates a bit of narrative between the mannequins + we found this brilliant track made by Caretaker (a spacious and a bit eery remake of 20's tunes combined with scratchy sounds that reminds of train's wheels clashing with rusty rails) and we couldn't not combine it altogether. So...

Press play down below, sit back and enjoy the pics! Thank You, Harrods!