Ben Trovato Blog is now over one year of age, and ever since the launch it has been a pleasure to promote the great work of the many aspiring fashion photographers in the industry! And hopefully there’s many to come. A big thanks to all the photographers, the readers, and all the people that are promoting the blog around the web, this couldn’t have been done without any of you. For the 200th post I will focus on the best of the work featured within the 199 posts published, not necessarily personal favorites, but the work that has gotten most attention and visitors after being published. In other words: The most popular work. However, some of the work has been picked because I felt it didn’t get the attention it deserved.

The “best of” collection consists of 40 images, one image per photographer. Click on the title or image to get to the actual post where the image was featured. Enjoy the amazing work collected through 199 posts over 1 year, in chronological order.

New York and Los Angeles based fashion photographer Brooke Nipar has worked for editorial clients such as Complex, Marie Claire, Maxim, Nylon, Teen Vogue, and Vibe. Her commercial clients include Converse, Lady Footlocker, EMI Records, and Wrangler. I personally love her daring style.

Here’s some of her work:

So here it is, finally, the post #100 her at Ben Trovato Blog. And for this special occasion I have chosen to feature what is one of my absolute favorite fashion photographers, Sølve Sundsbø. Sølve Sundsbø is a Norwegian fashion photographer who started out taking reportage and action photos of his friends skiing and clubbing and realized that he wanted to pursue photography seriously. He moved to London in 1995 where he studied at London College of Printing, before working as an assistant for photography legend Nick Knight for three years.

“He’s accelerated at a fast rate,” says Nick Knight. “I can always tell which of the assistants are going to do well because they have drive. Add to that the fact that Sølve loves all things modern. He’s excited by the future. New technologies have entirely changed the photographic landscape and he’s someone who is embracing these different directions.”

Now Sølve has worked for clients like Giorgio Armani, Bally, Boucheron, Etro, Givenchy, Gucci jewellery, Hermès, H&M, Iceberg, Lancôme, Estée Lauder, Yves Saint Laurent, Levis, Nike, Sergio Rossi, Emanuel Ungaro and Puma. His editorial clients include Another Man, Dazed and Confused, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, Japanese Vogue, Numero, Pop, Visionaire, V and W. He has directed short films for Nike, Gucci and SHOWstudio.

Sølve’s work is a huge source of inspiration to photographers all around the world, and especially to Norwegian photographers, like me. As there are not any other Norwegian fashion photographers doing it as good as Sølve

Here’s a huge collection of his work:

Italian fashion photographer Stefano Moro has done advertising campaigns for clients such as Dolce & Gabbana, MaxMara, Valentino and Gianfranco Ferre, and has done editorials for magazines like Italian Amica, i-D, Tush and Wound.His work is simply stunning.

Here’s some of his work:

Norwegian fashion photographer Tove Sivertsen has done editorials for magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan and No Magazine. Her commercial clients include Diesel, John Frieda, and H&M.I love her clean and ‘easy-to-the-eye’ style.

Here’s some of her work:

Polish born, Toronto raised photographer Milos Mali, built his career in London and New York and is currently based in Sydney. He has done editorial works for clients such as Russh, Vice, Nylon, Mu Teen, British Marie Claire, and many more. His advertising clients includes Roxy, Quicksilver, Levi’s, etc. With other words, a very talented photographer.

Here’s some of his work:

Katja Rahlwes has been in the fashion business for decades, and started her career as a professional fashion stylist in 1995 after having studied Fashion Design at Studio Bercot in Paris. In 1998 she became chief-fashion editor and photo-editor at BIBA, a major market fashion magazine in Paris. At the same time, she continued to expand her vision as an independent stylist with magazines like Dutch, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Made in USA, Vogue Japan, Index and others. Throughout those years at BIBA she would live a parallel life as a professional stylist and part-time photographer. She said it was, “like having a husband and a lover.” In the first years she mainly shot women she wanted to meet and spend time with. Photography had a very important impact on Rahlwes, and made her feel free and independent in her work. [Wikipedia]

Now you can see her work in magazines like French Vogue, Vogue Nippon, Vogue US, Self Service, Purple fashion, i-D, etc. And she has done work for clients such as Gucci, Miu Miu, Chloé, A.P.C., Martin Margiela, Hysteric Glamour, Levi’s, and others.

Bottom line, her photos are great, here’s a taste of her work:

Columbian Alex Covo started out pursuing a career in multimedia, interactive design, and advertising. But in 2006 he dedicated himself to fashion photography, which I’m very thankful for. Reason is, Covo got some really inspirational works in his portfolio, and I advice you all to keep an eye on him in the future!

Here’s some of his work:

I just published a post with the Wildfox Couture S09 shoot by Lauren Ward, so I figured it was a good idea to follow it up with the Fall 09 shoot. This shoot is shot by talented photographer Emir Eralp. I love Emir’s vibrant style, and his portfolio is simply stunning.

Here’s the complete Wildfox Couture Fall 09 shoot by Emir Eralp:

I found these images a while back, but somehow I forgot about them while doing other stuff. How’s that possible? These images by Lauren Ward is simply amazing! Wildfox Couture has a nice concept going on with their lookbooks, and for this certain shoot, I believe they must have hand picked Ward, because her portfolio is so strong.

Here’s the complete shoot: