Movement Captured through Photography

Gene Kelly Dancing

Gjon Mili photographed for LIFE from 1939 until his death in 1984.
He photographed many celebrities from Gene Kelly to Pablo Picasso.
Mili trained as an engineer and was extremely interested in technology. He was actually one of the first people to use the electric flash for photography.
I think his work reflects his love for technology because it truly captures movement and is so dynamic and expressive..

Nora Kaye Dancing

Picasso Drawing

Girl Skipping

Aneta Kowalczyk…

Black and White Portrait

I recently happened to stumble upon the work of Aneta Kowalczyk.
Her black and white portraits capture beauty and seem to capture stories behind them.
However I also love her fashion shoots.
They are very dramatic and she seems to work really well with the models, capturing their facial expressions beautifully.
I have included 3 different shoots below in this post and each of them shows a completely new style of photography.
I particularly like the idea behind the ‘Still Moving’ shoot, I think it really works well with the clothes and fashion used within it..

‘Fairly Dream’

‘Arsenic’

‘Still Moving’

Fashion Underwater…

Mermaid – 1939

Photographer Toni Frissell liked to experiment with new method and techniques in her work.
She worked for both Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar in her time, as well as photographing parts of the second world war.
Even though she has taken a whole array of different, stunning images, she is probably most well-known for her underwater images.
They are a very modern style and look very ahead of their time.
I think there is something incredibly moving about them..

Weeki Wachee Spring – 1947

World War II – March 1949

Vogue 1950

Vogue May 1942

Vogue 1940

Capturing Beauty…

Probably the most iconic fashion photographer working at the moment, Mario Testino has worked for a huge range of magazines and publications from Vogue to Vanity Fair.
He is perhaps most famous for his portrait, which he has taken of countless celebrities, always capturing them at their best.
I love how his pictures always exude femininity and beauty..

‘My pictures are my eyes, I photograph what I see—and what I want to see.’ – Mario Testino

Emma Watson

Kate Moss in a fashion shoot

Keira Knightley

Richard Avedon

August 1955

Fashion Photographer Richard Avedon photographed fashion from the late-forties up until the early naughties.
He photographed portraits of countless celebrities and his work has developed and changed with the times and the decades.
I particularly like the work he did through the fifties and sixties.
If you look through his portfolio, you can really see how he grows and changes as an artist and photographer.
Avedon also played a huge part in the making of the Audrey Hepburn film ‘Funny Face’, in which the character of Dick Avery (played by Fred Astaire) was based around him. Audrey Hepburn was a huge inspiration to Avedon and became his muse.
His photography always seems to mean something and makes a statement about what was happening at the time..

Richard Avedon

August 1953

June 1960

Audrey Hepburn – January 1967

January 1967

Photography and zest…

1933

A rather lovely tweeter told me to look at the National Media Museum website, which has tons of vintage images and photography.
I particularly fell in love with some of Zoltan Glass’ work.
Zoltan Glass was a car enthusiast, so started his career taking photos of cars and automobiles. However when he moved to London, he started fashion photography as well.
I love how he just captures people’s spirit and zest for life and I think it is this which makes his photos so enchanting..

‘Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.’ – Christian Dior

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A Bit of Vintage Photography…

Nina Leen was a fashion photographer in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
She worked for ‘Life’ magazine and often took photos of everyday life, and of women in elegant clothing.
I love the vintage charm they have..

Tourists at the top of the Empire State Building.

At the Races 1958

Couples at a Formal Dance

Home Economics Students at Cornell University 1952

Housewife with a weeks work 1947

Woman picking her son up from child care

Just A Peek into Annie Leibovitz’s Imagination…

Photo Spread Based on The Wizard Of Oz

Annie Leibovitz has photographed a huge range of people from John Lennon to Queen Elizabeth II.
She has done work for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone Magazine and even Disney.
Her photographs show a different approach to a lot of other photographers and often show a new insight into the model’s life.
I love how creative she is with her photography and how she takes something old and classic and makes it new.

Part of a Photo Spread Based on Alice In Wonderland Featuring Designers with their creations.
This one features Viktor and Rolf as Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Part of a shoot in which Drew Barrymore played the part of Beauty in Beauty and the Beast.

A couple of pictures Leibovitz did working for Disney.

The Genius That is Tim Walker…

If you are not already familiar with him, Tim Walker is a fashion photographer who has worked for various magazines including Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.
His pictures let you see a whole other world, which he completely creates himself, without use of computer manipulation (for example, in the picture below, he actually had a giant swan cardboard swan constructed!).
In his photos, he shows adventure and playfulness as well as beauty and mystery..

Tim Walker Photography