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BTB post #200: THE BEST OF

Marius Troy — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:59:17 +0000

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:

Photography by Marc Philbert / July 9th, 2009

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Photography by Honer Akrawi / July 10th, 2009

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Photography by Nicholas Routzen / July 12th, 2009

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Photography by Marcin Tyszka / July 17th, 2009

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Photography by Viktor Vauthier / July 20th, 2009

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Photography by Ben Bassu / July 21st, 2009

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Wildfox S09 shoot by Lauren Ward / July 22nd, 2009

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Wildfox F09 shoot by Emir Eralp / July 22nd, 2009

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Photography by Guy Aroch / July 30th, 2009

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Photography by David Bellemere / August 3rd, 2009

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Photography by Petra Van Raaij / August 4th, 2009

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Photography by Lalo Gonzalez / August 5th, 2009

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Photography by Zoey Grossman / August 10th, 2009

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Photography by Maciek Kobielski / August 10th, 2009

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Photography by Henrik Bülow / August 11th, 2009

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Photography by Dmon Prunner / August 12th, 2009

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Photography by Chris Heads / August 12th, 2009

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Photography by Miles Aldridge / August 13th, 2009

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Photography by Matías Troncoso / August 13th, 2009

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Photography and film by Greg Williams / August 17th, 2009

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Photography by Greg Manis / August 19th, 2009

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Photography by Jacqueline Rivera / September 7th, 2009

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Photography by Joe Bonomo / September 7th, 2009

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Photography by Antonella Arismendi / September 12th, 2009

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Photography by Paul Farnham / September 13th, 2009

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Photography by Henrik Adamsen / September 21st, 2009

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Photography by Jonathan Waiter / September 21st, 2009

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Photography by René Habermacher / September 23rd, 2009

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Photography by Zoe Zimmer / February 23rd, 2010

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Photography by Karine Basilio / March 18th, 2010

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Photography by Roger Weiss / March 22nd, 2010

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Photography by Jamie Nelson / April 6th, 2010

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Photography by Michael Casker / April 15th, 2010

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Photography by Sofia Ajram / April 16th, 2010

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Photography by Gilbèrt François / April 22nd, 2010

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Photography by Yulia Gorodinski / April 28th, 2010

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Photography by Robert Harper / May 5th, 2010

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Photography by Jenni Porkka / May 11th, 2010

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Photography by Lucy Carr-Ellison / May 21st, 2010

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Photography by Gemma Booth / May 28th, 2010

Hours and hours are put down to bring the work of aspiring photographers out to the people, both to help the featured photographers become noticed and to inspire new talent. All of this is driven by pure passion for the art of photography, and the wish to help great talent realize their potential. BTB is an advertisement free website. your donation would help keep it that way. Please feel free to put in a donation by clicking on the link in the sidebar at the top half of the page.

Photography by Dylan Forsberg

Marius Troy — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:40:53 +0000

New York based model and photographer Dylan Forsberg has been shooting ever since he got his camera at the age of sixteen. Seven years later he’s still using the same camera when taking pictures, and beautiful ones at that. “The first person I took a picture of was my girlfriend around that same time. For a while I only took landscapes but I got back into shooting people after I shot my Mom for a Christmas present. I couldn’t afford to get her anything else and she had just moved to Florida so she was having trouble meeting people. When I got back to New York, I told my friend Hanne and she said I should take some pictures of her. I did and everyone liked them so I shot my girlfriend Kasia next.”

Dyaln claims he doesn’t take in that much inspiration from outside: “- I have a terrible memory and no imagination so I just get a few people in a beautiful place and mess around with my camera settings. I try not to force an idea I have in my head on the people I’m shooting because I don’t want them to act or look posed. I just want to catch them as themselves doing whatever feels right with the atmosphere we’re in. David Armstrong’s work did show me that things don’t always have to be in focus though.”

His work hasn’t been published anywhere yet, but it’s not at a thing he worries about. “With what I’m doing it isn’t really necessary to shoot for magazines anymore. I throw my stuff on a blog, other blogs mention it and it spreads. As long as I do a good job people will like it and tell others. Then when I try to sell prints, t-shirts or a book I have a wide audience of people who actually know who I am and like my work. They’re not buying a magazine for the magazine and seeing my work, they’re coming to buy my work personally from me. I have shot for one magazine coming out in September though, The Last Magazine. The format is amazing and the people working for the magazine told me to do whatever I want and they liked how it came out.”

At the moment Dylan is working on a small t-shirt company called “Where I want to be,” where he takes his landscape photography and throw them on high quality t-shirts, then destroy and dye or tie-dye them. “- Once they’re in stores and online, I’m hitchhiking to the west coast for a book / gallery and more material for my t-shirts.”

Here’s some of his work:

Check out the rest of his work here.

Le Cœur Est un Rebelle by Waldemar Hansson

Marius Troy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:57:40 +0000

Waldemar Hansson just provided me with his latest story for Kurv #20. Waldemar’s photography has been featured at Ben Trovato Blog before, then with photography colleague Max Modén, when they shot the story “Ghost“ together. “Le Cœur Est un Rebelle” stars model Barbora Pracharova.

Credits:
Stylist: Kawa H Pour
Hair: Robert Preston
Make Up: Helen Borg
Model: Barbora Pracharova
Stylist Assistant: Alexandra Alexi
Photographer Assistant: Peter Edqvist and Idha Lindhag

Here’s the full story:

Check out the rest of his work here.

Photography by Lahoz and Brockington

Marius Troy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:37:15 +0000

New York based Fernando Lahoz and Walker Brockingtong started collaborating just a year ago, when they met in a music venue in the Lower East Side and decided to combine their ideas of imaginary and create something together. With Brockington having a strong background in figure painting and Lahoz having worked in big advertising agencies all around the globe, they formed a harmonic team that would pursuit work within art and fashion.

“Our work finds inspiration in urban spaces and the lives of individuals in these spaces: it could be a contemporary interpretation of a ‘greek god’ living in NY, the romantic story of two beautiful women at the door of a theater, or the afternoon with a rebel teenager,” they say when describing what inspires them.

Their work has already been published in magazines such as Vanidad, MilkShake, VV, and Paper Planes, and at the moment they’re shooting a lot for magazines in Europe as well as working on an advertising campaign for a well-known fashion brand in New York.

Here’s some of Lahoz (Art Direction) & Brockington’s (Photography) work:

Model credits:
Yulia Leontieva @ Marilyn NY, Jenny @ Elite, Veroniek Gielkens @ DNA, Diego Krauss @ Wilhelmina, Pedro @ Q Models, Toma Barkova @ Women, Tyler @ Q Models.

Check out the rest of their work here and here.

Photography by Joseph Tran

Marius Troy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:14 +0000

After spending three years focusing on his personal work, Los Angeles based fashion photographer Joseph Tran is ready to put himself out there again. Seven years ago Joseph started his photography career establishing relationships with all the major agencies in Los Angeles just doing paid and unpaid testing. From there it branched out to Miami, New York and Paris, for which clients he still has a good relationship with.

Inspired by the works of Peter Lindbergh, Richard Avedon, Paolo Roversi and more recently Terry Richardson, he focuses on bringing the best out of those he work with on a more human level, rather then a technical level. “It speaks volumes when you can bring out sides of
your subject that most other photographers can’t and won’t even think about,” he says speaking of Richardson’s work. Another huge inspiration is award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai’s work. “I love the way he creates mood and drama. He inspires me to step outside the box when I’m composing and shooting a story.”

After having done a lot of commercial work, some of it being printed in magazines such as Marie Claire and Elle, he wishes to dedicate 2010 solely on fashion editorials. He explains; “It’s a busy year ahead, and i hope to continue to grow and learn. My philosophy is that no matter how long you’ve been in the business, the minute you stop learning and evolving, it’s the moment you cease to grow and become stale.”

I personally love his work, and I’m very excited to feature it on the blog. Also, being presented in this collection of photos, is up and coming model Samantha Gradoville. She recently opened/closed for Prada during the Milan F/W10, and will soon be in several editorials for Vogue. So, two names to remember for the nearest future, fashion photographer Joseph Tran, and model Samatha Gradoville:

Check out the rest of Joseph’s amazing work here.

Bound by Herring & Herring

Marius Troy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:16:24 +0000

Herring & Herring has once again provided me with a killer editorial. Zink Magazine’s March issue features “Bound”, an editorial with models Damaris Lewis (Elite), Julia Goncharenko (Elite), Anais Pouliot (Trump), and Clara Settje (Trump). Herring & Herring is a collaboration between Russian art director Dimitri Scheblanov and Danish photographer Jesper Carlsen, and they have been working together ever since they met in New York 2008.

Credits:
Photography: Herring & Herring
Stylist: Mykel C. Smith for Mykel C. Smith Creative Inc,
Associate Stylist- Katie Collins
Stylist Assistant: Max H. Gross for Mykel C. Smith Creative Inc
Make Up: Bryan Z @ Ford Artists NYC
Hair: Brian Buenaventura @ Joe Management
Photographer’s Assistant: Kiritin Bayer

Here’s the full story:

Check out more of Herring & Herring’s work here.

Photography by Zoe Zimmer

Marius Troy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:57:24 +0000

London and Los Angeles based fashion photographer Zoe Zimmer finds herself inspired by different eras in history, 60’s, 70’s 80’s – particularly in America, and has found herself lately a little obsessed with the fashion industry in the early 90’s. Her work is about to be published in Fault Magazine and Idol Magazine, she’s shooting on spec for Zink, Ribbed and The Collective, and she was recently interviewed by British Vogue.

Being only 22 years old, she has been doing photography for just over a year. But she is not in any way unfamiliar with the camera, as she started out as a model at a young age, and gained a lot of experience through that. Her pictures show just that, and I was totally blown away the first time I came over her portfolio. I’m so excited to see what she’ll bring us in the future!

Here’s some of her work:

Check out the rest of her great work here.

Yesterday by Herring & Herring

Marius Troy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:01:08 +0000

The collaboration between Russian art director Dimitri Scheblanov and Danish photographer Jesper Carlsen results in great fashion stories. They call their partnership Herring & Herring, and they have been working together ever since they met in New York 2008. In the upcoming issue of D Mode they have made the cover story Yesterday, which I just love. Not only is Ashley Smith the right model, but the concept and feel of the whole story is so good.

Credits:
Photographer: Jesper Carlsen
Art Director: Dimitri Scheblanov
Stylist: Katie Collins
Model: Ashley Smith, Trump Models (trumpmodels.com)
Hair: Naomi Porto for DEX New York
Make Up: Alice An
Retouching: Kevin Mendal

Here’s the full story:

Check out the rest of Herring & Herring’s work here.

Big thanks to picomedia.org for providing the images.

Fatal Attraction by Sebastian Kim

Marius Troy — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:18:50 +0000

In the upcoming October issue of Numéro Tokyo, New York based fashion photographer Sebastian Kim has an crisp editorial called Fatal Attraction, starring Katie Fogarty and Kendra Pears. Sebastian has worked for a lot of great magazines, such as i-D, V Magazine, GQ, and Teen Vogue. His commercial clients include Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, and Adidas.

Here’s Fatal Attraction by Sebastian Kim:

Check out Sebastian Kim’s portfolio here.

Scans by MAGstyle @ tfs

I Love Shopping by David Vasiljevic

Marius Troy — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:15:21 +0000

With model Ali Stephens alongside Allen Tsai, David Vasiljevic has created a fun editorial for October’s Numéro Tokyo, called I Love Shopping. Ali Stephens was also awarded this month’s face in the same issue.

David Vasiljevic started out as an oil painter before discovering a passion for photography. He now spends his time between New York, London and Paris, working for magazines such as American and Chinese Vogue, i-D and Numéro. His commercial clients include Stella McCartney, Swarovski, Givenchy Perfume, H&M, Armani and Levi’s.

Here’s I love Shopping by David Vasiljevic:

Check out David Vasiljevic’ portfolio here.

Scans by MAGstyle @ tfs