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Everything You Need To Know About Paul Bellaart Photography

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Dutch Photographer Paul Bellaart studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, but dropped out to pursue his career in 1995 and from this point on he began traveling for his work and acquired great success. His work varies in subject matter from portraiture and fashion to lifestyle. Bellaart claims to find inspiration for his work in real people, inspiring locations, and fortuitous, unplanned happenings. He has worked with a variety of editorial and commercial clients, for top brands in the fashion industry, including Burberry, Hermes and Levi’s, with his images being featured in esteemed publications such as Elle, Marie Claire, Vogue and Vanity Fair. PaulBellaart has an acute sense for capturing genuinity when photographing his subjects. He has a unique point of view when in pursuit of sensuality by creating a sense of bareness and capturing natural beauty, by stripping his compositions down. He brings a distinctive  approach to female intimacy, with a sense of ease and light...
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Chris von Wangenheim

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The German fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim worked between the years of 1968 and 1981 shooting for today's top publications. Though his career was relatively short, his images gained notoriety and he became known as one of the most avant-gardes photographers of the time. Wangenheim was born in Brieg, Germany (now Brzegresp.Poland) where he studied architecture before relocating to New York City and pursuing a career in fashion photography. He became an assistant for the iconic photographer James Moore during his first two years in the city before starting his own studio in 1968. He promptly secured work with Harper’s Bazaar and went on to produce now-iconic imagery for every top fashion publication of the ’70s, including Vogue , Esquire , Playboy , Interview , and Viva magazine. He also created legendary campaigns for Valentino , Dior , Calvin Klein , and Revlon over the course of his lifetime. Chris von Wangenheim’s work is ranked next to Helmut Newton and Guy Bourd...
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The Fearlessness of Fashion and Portrait Photography

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There is a long-standing tradition in the history of art, where portraiture reflects the subtle interaction between social and artistic conventions.  Portraits reflect social realities that combines conventions on behavior and appearance appropriate to the members of society at a particular time, as defined by categories of age, gender, race, physical beauty, occupation, civil and social status and class.  Photography plays an integral role in the world of fashion. Photography creates a line of communication between the designers, models, brands, and the public. Three photographers that exhibit iconic fashion portraiture are Richard Phibbs, André Carrara and Giovanni Gastel.  André Carrara claims that he was drawn to fashion photography out of his love for women.  He is known for his creative story-telling that extends beyond the image itself. For example,  from the series, ‘Belle Des Bois’, this image of Alzbeta O’Connor shows a prominent example of Carrara’s a...
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