Richard Rutledge ( 1923-1985) was an American studio photographer for the publisher Condé Nast. For a 15-year period following the World War II, he had realized photographs for prestigious fashion magazines such as Vogue, Glamour, and House & Garden. Multi-skilled, he shot beauty, fashion and shoes photos for magazines.
Louise Emma Augusta Dahl (1895-1989) was an American fashion photographer. She is mainly known for her work in the magazine Harper’s Bazaar from 1936 to 1958. She collaborated with the fashion publishers Carmel Snow, Diane Vreeland and the art director Alexey Brodovitch. The models Evelyn Tripp and Mary Jane Russell posed very often for her.…
The Parliament of Hungary in Budapest is incredibly decorated with gold ornaments, glass windows…
I took these photos of glass windows in the Dohany street Great Synagogue of Budapest, Hungary. For more information : http://www.greatsynagogue.hu/gallery_syn.html
I used an illustration made by Jane Ray from “The Apple-Pip princess” :
With her diaphanous skin and her bright red hair, the American actress Jessica Chastain rekindles the Old Hollywood glamour. My favourite movies of her are “Interstellar”, “Dark zero thirty”, “A most violent year”, “The help”, “Take shelter”, “The zookeeper’s wife”, “debt”, “Miss Sloane” and “Molly’s game”. Sources : fabfashionfix.com ; intothescreen.com ; http://visualoptimism.blogspot.fr/ ; http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/…
I used a magnificent illustration of the talented Jane Ray : Jane Ray illustration from “The twelve dancing princesses”
Alex Prager is an American photographer and film maker. She produces creative, colorful, Old Hollywood inspired, glamour, artistic and scripted photos.
Every Saturday from June 18 to September 17 2016, the gardens of the Château de Versailles offer stunning fireworks in front of the Grand Canal. I saw amazing and beautiful fireworks in July. It is a wonderful spectacle. For more information : http://en.chateauversailles.fr/
Angelo Pennetta is a British fashion photographer. He collaborates with many magazines and in particular Vogue. He also produces advertising photoshoots for famous fashion brands such as Jimmy Choo, DVF, Kate Spade, Tory Burch and Manoush Paris. His photos are luminous, pretty, joyful, natural and sweet. He shot also celebrities like Elle Fanning, Poppy Delavigne,…
Parosh dress. I used as background a beautiful Raoul Dufy’s painting named “La grille” (“The grid”).
Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) was one of the most famous fashion photographers of the 20th century. His fashion pictures were elegant, sophisticated, inspired and creative. He shot also celebrities such as Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor. He was one of the first to shoot models out of the studio, outside. The background was important in his…
William Klein (Born in 1928 in New-York) was a Franco-American painter, photographer and film director. He was nicknamed “bad boy” because he broke the rules of photography. He is famous for his creative fashion photoshoots, his portraits of Audrey Hepburn, his street photos and his photos of New-York. Sources : projectcurve.in ; http://www.photoforager.com/ ; https://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/…
Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) was a French painter, illustrator and designer . He admired the works of Van Gogh, Gauguin and Impressionist painters. He wasn’t really a Fauvist painter : he only adhered to the Fauve movement during three years until 1909. Besides, he produced fabric designs for the fashion designer Paul Poiret. His paintings are…