Fashion Photographers Research.

Contemporary 

Steven Meisel 

•  is an American fashion photographer, who obtained popularity and critical acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue.
• He is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, shooting regularly for both US and Italian.
• He was born in 1954. His fascination for beauty and models started at a young age. At that time Meisel would not play with toys, but would instead draw women all the time. He used to turn to magazines like Vogue and Harper's Bazaar as sources of inspiration for his drawings.
• One of Meisel's first jobs was to work for fashion designer Halston as an illustrator. He also taught illustration part-time at Parsons.
• Meisel is notorious for rarely giving interviews or being photographed. However, in one of few cases, he was interviewed by Ingrid Sischy for Vogue Paris.

I think that this photograph is definitely very effective because of the black and white contrast also I think it has a lot of juxtaposition, I don't know if the photographer was aiming for all this contrast and opposites and it all works really well together. I love the bold fashion, its not something that people would imperially wear now. I think that is why I like fashion because because you can be bold and wild because it is very open to interpretation. I do not think that this was photographed in a studio I think that it was taken outside against a wall, using natural light as well as artificial light, you can tell this because of the shadows and the contrast.


This image is just so creative and different it appears to me that it has been taken on a film camera because it has that feel and effect about it, I love the background effect it is so different and the contrast between the girl and the white smoke and the blue background and the white smoke, it all works really well. I am really not sure how this photograph was taken it looks really interesting and the contrast is amazing, i love how it looks, I think that this is somthing i am going to look into and maybe try a little bit myself.

Alex Sainsbury 

• "It's not been easy finding myself a position in the contemporary art world," admits the supermarket heir Alex Sainsbury. 
• Now, after two decades on the sidelines of the contemporary-art world, the 41-year-old has finally found his calling in the shape of an 18th-century grade one-listed building tucked away in a lane on the edge of the City of London.

I think that this is the type of image that you would find in a very modern magazine, or on a fashion blog. I think this photograph is very dark but soft and elegant because it has got very dark bold colours, blacks and reds. But it also has very thin silk clothing and smooth curly soft hair, which gives it the soft feeling. I think that the pale skin and the light jewellery use is also making it more elegant, it makes it more casual and less sexual. I think that this photograph was again done in the studio again I think they used a soft light box, to get a wide range of light that is all even and smooth across the full image.

This a different type of fashion genre, its not focusing on clothings it is a little bit different it is focusing on beauty side of fashion. I think they photographed this in a studio, using a soft box or a beauty dish, because of the lack of shadows but the bright clear lightening. I like modern fashion because it is so bold and crazy and different this type of photography really allows you to think outside the box an be creative.

Historical Photography 

Herb Ritts 

• Herb Ritts began his photographic career in the late 70s and gained a reputation as a master of art and commercial photography.
•  In addition to producing portraits and editorial fashion for Vogue, Vanity Fair, Interview, and Rolling Stone, Ritts also created successful advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Chanel, Donna Karan, Gap, Gianfranco Ferré, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Levi’s, Pirelli, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Valentino, among others
•  His work often challenged conventional notions of gender or race. Social history and fantasy were both captured and created by his memorable photographs of noted individuals in film, fashion, music, politics, and society.

This photograph was clearly photographed in a studio, even though the light is clear and there is no shadows on the background but there is one of her body but I still think they used a Maybe a slandered reflection disk, this is just a guess I am not sure as I have never used this equipment so i am not sure on the effect. This image is very to the point nothing to distract your eyes, this is also interesting because of the pose the model is doing which is different compared to other fashion photographs I have researched so far. Even know it contains nudity it is still very clean clean you cant see anything that some people may say is inappropriate.  

I really like this photograph because it is very playful and fun, i think when it comes to doing my own shoots it is going to be really dark and mysterious or really cute and positive. I am not sure if this is in a studio or just in a normal room, but they have used a very bright light i am not sure if it was photographed in black and white or later changed to black and white, but I love the effect that this gives, I think colour popping the bow on her head would really make it jump and stand out a lot more to an audience.  I really like the elegant nudity and the old fashion hair looks so pretty I think that this is somthing that i would consider using when i do my own shoot.

Francesco Scavullo 

• Francesco Scavullo (January 16, 1921 – January 6, 2004) was an American fashion photographer best known for his work on the covers of Cosmopolitan and his celebrity portraits.
• Born in Staten Island, Scavullo began to pursue his fascination with images of beauty by picking up his father's camera and taking snapshots, using his sisters as models.
•  He soon moved on to Vogue. Scavullo spent three years as Horst P. Horst's assistant, studying Horst's techniques.

A lot of Francesco's work is in this dark, black and white effect. I liked this photograph because I really like this fashion look, it is almost vintage and it starting to come back into fashion, the high waist denim jeans and the white tucked in shirt. I think that this was taken in the studio using low key light, because it is not very bright but still lit up enough for it to be clear. Again the pose done by the model is very effective because it is different and makes it jump out to the viewer.

Again I think that this photograph was taken in the studio using low key light using a light box, to influence and spread the light to make it appear clear and natural. This one does appear to be a little bit more up to date and more fashionable, I love the big messy hair look and the white jeans with the pale nail varnish but the tanned skin. The black top and the white jeans are the perfect contrast and juxtaposition and the tanned skin works well with the background, so that it all doesn't blend he wants to model to be bold but not too heavy and dark on the page and i think he does this well.