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Brigitte Lacombe

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:08:58 +0000

Brigitte Lacombe’s work is very honest even in a technical way. You don’t see or get that feeling of elaborate technical setups. The impression that I personally get is that her work is more direct and creates a quiet relationship with the subject, stripping away elements that are not as important. Maybe in an unobtrusive way. The work is natural yet still beautiful even without complex lighting setups, atmospheres, props, make-up and so on. I think by doing this, you get portraits that are much more real.

What is also unique about Lacombe is her experience shooting an assignment at the Cannes Film Festival at a very young age (17), moving to theater, and then Hollywood — from France to America.

Her monograph: Brigitte Lacombe, Anima/Persona published by Steidldangin is well made — and very thick and very heavy (400+ pages and close to 7 pounds). Very much similar to Glen Luchford’s book in material. Lustre/matte dust jacket and and white fabric hard cover with debossed titles. It’s worth seeing.

iPhone in the picture to show you the book size.

Very thick book and 400+ pages of it.

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French photographer now living in New York. Born in 1958 and started her career at 17 years old shooting at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Work can also be seen in publications such as Vanity Fair, New York Magazine and New York Times, and GQ to name a few. Also shoots on film sets.

Glen Luchford

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:39:24 +0000

What I admire about Glen Luchford’s work is that the pictures feel like they’re from a dream. There’s something nostalgic about his work. From composition, emotion, subject, color and lighting. It’s very cinematic.

In an interview in his monograph Glen Luchford, he mentions that when he was very young his father (a newspaper paste-up artist) had a twelve by twenty feet wall filled with paste-up photos of beautiful women, naked and some partially dressed. When he was left with the television he would watch old French art movies. So it seems that both of these influences have affected his style. Quite nostalgic and voyeuristic.

The book quality is pretty good (and printed in Germany). The dust jacket has a matte/uncoated finish and the hard cover is fabric with debossed titles. On some spreads, there have been some generous use of negative space, so some spreads may only have one photo on one side of the spread. The book contains 80 photographs out of 150 pages. Nevertheless, this is a book worth having for any serious photographer — especially since this is the only Glen Luchford portfolio book at present.

iPhone in the picture to show you the book size.

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Glen Luchford is a British photographer who started in the 90s and was recognize by Prada in 1996 — he was then given a two year contract to do an advertising campaign. Some of his other work experiences include Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Vogue, Bazaar, Spin, Rolling Stone and Levis.

Japanese, controversial, and bondage

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:45:01 +0000

So I just got Araki Gold in the mail. Quite excited but upset that upon opening the Amazon box, the book is in an unacceptable condition. I bought it directly from Amazon new but it looks used. So, they’re shipping a new one and gotta mail the damaged one back tomorrow. Will feature this cool book soon.

Listening to Take Five as I Think

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:17:38 +0000

C is asleep after drinking mango juice. As always, the 5-minute Wordpress install works like a charm. It’s close to midnight, gotta hit bed to prepare for a hectic work day at the studio tomorrow.