20 BEST FASHION BLOGS

Extreme Beauty in Vogue

This book, published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title (Milan, Spring 2009), is produced in collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana. Always audacious, sometimes outrageous, Vogue’s images distinguish themselves by their willingness to explore the limits of contemporary ideas of beauty and they are created by the greatest photographers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The one hundred or so featured prints reveal profoundly sensual and highly provocative narratives that bear witness to complex cultural attitudes toward female appearance and self-expression. From the neoclassical figures of Edward Steichen to the unconventional nudes of Annie Leibovitz, the aggressive portraiture of Helmut Newton, and the modernism of Steven Klein, the photographs in this volume consider the evolving female subject, in all her strength and contradiction. An entire section is devoted to Irving Penn, who transforms the face and body into images of extraordinary imaginative and aesthetic power.

Gorgeous headshot of a gorgeous skin - first pale skin I really feel happy wearing!

Thank you Blush and foremost: thanks Sadie, my sweet friend.

Photographer: Sadie Johnsky

Highlights from my B.Tech series created to explore the cinematic tableau in still photography.
Designer: Simpiwe Gwebusha
Model Yolandi @ Extreme Models

Pixel Surgeons is an affordable, stylish, must-have sourcebook of radical, brand-new photography by the most talented practitioners from across the world. Media awareness and discriminating aesthetics have provoked a multi-layered language of photography, and digital technology has introduced a level of image manipulation that has further enriched the genre. Today’s photographic communicators must offer visions that grab the viewer by the throat, because that’s what it takes to satisfy the market’s craving for continuously more imaginative imagery. And that’s what the work of these exceptional new international practitioners of photography, styling, and digital manipulation do. Professor, illustrator, writer, and all-around fashion expert Martin Dawber provides an illuminating and revealing exploration of their artistry, strategies, methods, and influences.