Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Steven Klein



After studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, he moved into the field of photography. Klein shot high-profile advertising campaigns for various clients including Calvin KleinD&GAlexander McQueen and Nike and is a regular contributor to magazines including American and Paris Voguei-DNuméroW and Arena.[1] His work has featured in numerous exhibitions, most recently at the Gagosian Gallery, California and the Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery in Florence. Klein is well known for his W Magazine editorials with Madonna,[2] Tom Ford,[3] Brad Pitt[4] and numerous others. He often works with Lighting Director David Devlin. Klein is represented by Todd Shemarya Artists for photography and Station Film for commercials. He shot the promotional pictures -including the album cover- of Britney Spears' third studio albumBritney, and recently directed the music video for Madonna's single, "Gang Bang."






Annie Leibovitz

Annie Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949, in Waterbury, Connecticut. While studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, she took night classes in photography, and in 1970, she began doing work for Rolling Stone magazine. She became Rolling Stone’s chief photographer in 1973. By the time she left the magazine, 10 years later, she had shot 142 covers. In 1983, she joined the staff at Vanity Fair, and in 1998, she also began working for Vogue. In addition to her magazine editorial work, Leibovitz has created influential advertising campaigns for American Express and the Gap and has contributed frequently to the Got Milk? campaign. She has worked with many arts organizations, including American Ballet Theatre, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Mark Morris Dance Group, and with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Her books include Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (1983), Photographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970–1990 (1991), Olympic Portraits (1996), Women (1999), American Music (2003), A Photographer’s Life: 1990–2005 (2006), and Annie Leibovitz at Work (2008). Exhibitions of her images have appeared at museums and galleries all over the world, including the National Portrait Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery, in Washington, D.C.; the International Center of Photography, in New York; the Brooklyn Museum; the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Centre National de la Photographie, in Paris; and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Leibovitz has been designated a Living Legend by the Library of Congress and is the recipient of many other honors, including the Barnard College Medal of Distinction and the Infinity Award in Applied Photography from the International Center of Photography. She was decorated a Commandeur in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. She lives in New York with her three children, Sarah, Susan, and Samuelle.
(from vanity fair)






Steven Meisel

One of the most iconic fashion photographers of all time, Steven Meisel easily remains the one photographer with whom all the models aspire to work. Has photographed every cover of Vogue Italia since 1988.





Helmut Newton

Helmut Newton (born Helmut Neustädter; 31 October 1920 – 23 January 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. He was a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black-and-white photos were a mainstay of Vogue and other publications."[1]

www.helmutnewton.com







Mario Testino

One of fashion's most sought-after snappers, Mario Testino was born in 1954 in Lima, Peru. He came to London in 1976, took a flat in an abandoned hospital near Trafalgar Square, and began selling portfolios (for £25, including hair and make-up) to wannabe models. Today he is best known for his highly polished, exotically bright ad campaigns and his exquisitely styled photographs of the couture scene all of which carry a deceptive air of nonchalance. Now at the top of his profession, Testino has shot Madonna for Versace as well as photographing the late Diana, Princess of Wales for her famous Vanity Fair cover in 1997. His popularity with designers and fashion editors stems as much from his professionalism and good nature as his unerring ability to take beautiful pictures which sell clothes. 


www.mariotestino.com






Jason Christopher


Jason Christopher is a fashion photographer based in Los Angeles California. His work has been described as Classic, romantic and clean. These are three qualities that make up a perfect image and Jason nails it every time.
Born in Southern California he picked up his first camera at age 14. In high school he began to take interest in the beautiful Italian designers that he saw in fashion magazines such as Vogue, Italian Vogue, and W magazine. Being 100% Italian it was love at first sight.
He then began to assist celebrity photographer Jerry Avenaim. It was during that period, Jason honed his technical skills in photography. A lesson that stayed resolute, with the result laying in the perfect expression or emotion Jason draws from a subject in his photographs. This dynamic combination of experience and connection reflects in all the images he creates today.
The photography of Jason Christopher has been compared to the French painter Degas and the Italian master of artistry Leonardo Da Vinci for the way he uses clean, classic lines of the body resembling a piece of fine art. Combine these qualities with his edgy, sharp lighting and you have the recipe for photography that anyone can appreciate and identify with, oftentimes finding a part of them in each of his photographs.







Michael David Adams


Michael photographs celebrity conceptual portraits, fashion and beauty, catering to clients who demand creativity and striking images to set them apart.
Michael's work can be seen in worldwide publications including; SOMA, VOGUE (Nippon), BRIDES Magazine, CITY Magazine, HIGHLIGHTS Hair Magazine, Essence, MUSE, Cosmopolitan (Croatia), Vision (China), and more. Other clients include Macy's, Pamela Thompson, Christopher Drummond Beauty, and MASACVA.
Michael began painting at a young age and as he and his art grew, photography became the medium in which he would share his vision with the world. Through his photography, he creates images that transcend the sum of their elements. His natural eye for composition, artistic ability to elicit emotions, and command of light has lead his work to be described as "aggressive, yet sensual and vulnerable" and "captivating".
Michael David Adams lives and works out of New York City.