Stockholm based photographer Max Modén just shot a story with Malin Å of MIKAs Stockholm. Shot at a rainy day in the Swedish archipelago, Fall On Stony Ground is a nice and toned down fall story. First time Max was featured on BTB was about a year ago, then with his former partner Waldemar Hansson, who’s also a BTB regular.

Credits:
Photographer: Max Modén
Stylist: Lisa Carlén
Hair/Make up: Anna Frid
Model: Malin Å/Mikas
Photo assistant: Hanna Thalén

Los Angeles based photographer Jason Lee Parry has provided me with his latest story for Qvest, Easy Born Wild Ride, featuring the two beauties Masha Rudenko and Nadiya Chenko. Jason was featured on BTB for the first time back in April, and said this about what inspires him: “- Living in a tent in my living room and drinking whiskey for days on in, that’s when the ideas really start to flow. Or any kind of fort will do. 60s and 70s playboy mags, old motorcycle films, Jim Morrison’s Poetry, long road trips with little cash, recklessness, total freedom to be myself, Guy Bourdin, long walks at 3am, my beautiful humble woman, activities that have no meaning, bad weather, complete confidence without cockiness, being with people who do before they think, Very Small Towns and Villages, just doing shit that’s out of the ordinary.”

The post also includes a video from the shoot.

Credits
Photographer: Jason Lee Parry w/ current studio LA
Photography assistant: Jenny Sirney
Stylist: Leila Baboi and Danielle Defoe
Models:  Masha Rudenko and Nadiya Chenko w/ photogenics
Hair: Kristina Brown

Mikael Vojinovic is a bit of a nomad, having lived and worked all over the map. Based in France at the moment the 35-year-old is producing some great work, and within his 20 years in the business his work has been published in publications such as Elle, Oyster, Maxim, Playboy, Standard, Zink, A4 and many more.

When I caught up with Mikael back in May I asked him what inspired him, his answer was honest: “- Women, women, and women!”

Having followed his work for a while I was very excited when Mikael provided me with the exclusive and vibrant story Love Lights, taking place at Pigalle, the famous red-district in Paris.

Credits:
Photography: Mikael Vojinovic
Stylist: Marz
Make-up: Emilie Peltier
Hair: Jerome Tiercelet
Model: Linnea @ Karine
Location: Pigalle, Paris

Barcelona based photographer Marc Rabadán has just provided me with an exclusive shoot with model Nina Braunsteiner. Marc that started shooting fashion earlier this year, was featured on BTB a while back. He gets inspired by contemporary conceptual photography, photojournalism, and work by fashion photographers such as Hedi Slimane, Emma Jönsson Dysell, Ellen von Unwerth, Mert & Marcus and Beau Grealy, to name a few.

The shoot and approach is bold and daring, and the result is amazing. Enjoy.

Credits:
Photography: Marc Rabadán.
Make-up: Gloria Perañada.
Hair: Tamara Ortiz.
Model: Nina Braunsteiner (ICON models) mother agency.

Waldemar Hansson has once again provided me with an amazing editorial. Where The Wild Dream Grows was shot for the first issue of F.Hush Magazine, and features model Anastasia Scherchen. F.Hush was launched this summer, and is definitely a mag worth checking out.

Credits:
Photographer: Waldemar Hansson
Stylist: Kawa H Pour
Hair: Sherin Forsgren
Make-up: Sophia Eriksen/agentBauer
Model: Anastasia Scherchen/city model Management Paris
Photo Assistant: Peter Edqvist and Sofia Nordström
Stylist Assistant: Alexandra Alexi

Herring & Herring has provided me with yet another great story. The collaboration between Russian art director Dimitri Scheblanov and Danish photographer Jesper Carlsen is still going strong, as it has ever since they started working together in 2008. Summer Daze features Elsa (IMG), Sofia (Ford), and Le Call (One Model Management), and was featured in issue 02 of FreeStyle Magazine.

Credits:
Photography: Herring & Herring
Stylist: Masayo Kishi
Hair: Scott Wasserman for DEX NY
Make Up: Alice An
Models: Elsa @IMG, Sofia @Ford, Le Call @One Model Management

Warsaw based fashion photographer Greg Adamski has provided BTB with his latest editorial, Nightwatching. Within the six years of being in the industry his work has been featured in publications such as K-Mag, Take ME, and Taiwan Idea Photo Magazine. He finds, as many others, inspiration in the works of fellow photographers, but he has a strong fascination for the works of the prominent American realist painter Edward Hopper.

At the moment he’s working on new editorials, as well as preparing for his video performance exhibition in September.

Greg says this about Nightwatching: “- ‘Nightwatching’ is a story about two women who are somewhere between reality and dream. Maybe they guard something, but in the same time they are bored.”

Credits:
Photo: Greg Adamski
Stylist and make up: Ania Rózga /MILK
Stylist Assistant: Mateusz Goc
Hair: Marcin Het /MILK
Model: Anastazja Niementowska/SPP, Kaja Sokoła/Model+

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.

Nikita Gale is a 26-year-old self-taught photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia, that shoot 35mm film whenever she can. She’s been photographing for about a year now: “- I started to get more serious about becoming a photographer when, about a year or so after my grandfather died, I found an old suitcase of his that was literally packed with over 200 photographs that he had taken. I had no idea how passionate he was about photography, so I took it as the universe’s way of telling me that I wasn’t just indulging some arbitrary hobby.”

Nikita recently provided me with an intriguing test editorial with Sam from HOP Models, these are her thoughts on the subject of the story: “As of late I’ve been finding inspiration in how grotesque (first world) society’s obsession with beauty and perfection has become. A former South American beauty queen dies during a ‘butt implant’ procedure; 21-year-olds are getting botox injections as a ‘preventative measure’? Where does it all end? We’re practically (and in some cases, actually) killing ourselves by using permanent and mostly unnecessary solutions for superficial and temporary discomforts, and that is really the message I wanted to get across with this editorial. I shot many of the photos through a pane of glass to convey a feeling of overt voyeurism and constraint (from the model’s perspective).”

Her work has been featured in publications such as Pop Matters, OnSMASH, Art & Seek, and many more. At the moment she’s preparing for her first solo gallery show in November, and she’s going to have some work published in two music magazines, Ozone Magazine and Paste Magazine this summer.

Here’s “Sam” by Nikita Gale:

London based fashion photographer Gemma Booth has been shooting professionally for about 10 years, and her work has been published in publications such as Japanese Vogue, i-D, Jalouse, Nylon and Lula. She says she’s inspired by stories, old photos, films, books and exhibitions: “- they can all inspire, but sometimes it just comes from within, from a dream or memory.”

Gemma mentions that she’s currently working on a photography and film project, without wanting to reveal too much. So keep an eye on her, exciting things are to come. And I will of course keep you updated.

The following selection of Gemma’s photos contains commercial work for clients such as Chanel, ROXY, and American Eagle, and selected pieces from her many wonderful editorials: