New York based fashion photographer Jamie Nelson is inspired bye everything around her- textures, people, sounds and places, and she tries actively to seek inspiration outside of photography as much as possible. Jamie has been working professionally for about 6 years, and her work has been published in publications such as Cosmo, Elle (Russia), Harper’s Bazaar En Español, InStyle Germany, Lula, Nylon, Oyster, Plaza, Vanidad and Vanity Fair (Italy). Her commercial clients includes companies such as Olay, Carlos Campos, Sunban Eyewear, Warner Brothers, Disney, Eenamaria Handbags and many more.

I am personally a big fan of Jamie’s work and style, and I can’t wait to see more of her work in the future.

Here’s some of her work:

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Los Angeles and New York City based fashion photographer Andrew Kuykendall has been working professionally for about two and a half years now, after trying out as an assistant first. “I got kicked out of art school in LA a few years ago and started assisting. I hated that and realized I had to do it myself,” he says. Since that his work has been published in magazines such as Oyster, Zoot, Celeste, Mirage, Material Girl, Qvest, Nico, Soma, Kult, Culture, Thrasher and I love Fake.

His list of sources of inspirations is long, but definitely one of the most interesting ones: “Egon Schiele, David Lynch, Tom Waits, Eastern Europe, road tips, Sushi, , the California/Nevada desert, Milan Kundera, pugs, hot sauce, Devo Lucien Freud, Henry Miller, vintage clown paintings, Glen Luchford, Scandinavian Black Metal, etc.”

What are you working on at the moment? “Video projects are very exciting at the moment. It’s just something new to play with and figure out so that’s fun. I also just finished a book of my Polaroids over the last 10 years. It’s very sexy and fun and everyone should buy one for their coffee tables. And if they don’t have coffee tables they should buy one anyways.”

Here’s some of his great work, including two of his videos:

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New York based Karine Basilio has been working professionally for about ten years, and her work has been published in publications such as Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Zink, Vip and Criativa.

She finds herself inspired by different sorts of art forms, as well as movies and music. At the moment she’s working on something she describes as “a wild bikini shoot“, so keep an eye on her, because her work is amazing.

Here’s some of it:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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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:

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Designers Maayan Zilberman & Nikki Dekker’s The Lake & Stars new Spring/Summer lookbook was shot by New York based Tom Hines, a big hero of mine. His photography is mystic, sensual and often constrained into strong concepts. And the story for The Lake & Stars combines all of that.

Credits:
Model, Nell Rebowe, Trump
(trumpmodels.com)
Hair & Makeup, Fernando Haddad
(fernandohaddad.com)
Prop Stylist, Jesse Kaufmann
(jessekaufmann.com)

Here’s the full story:

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Usually I write some useful info here, but this time I’ll just quote the brilliant info from Patrick’s website:

“Patrick Armstrong was born and raised in upstate New York. At the age of 14, Patrick began his first job working in a funeral home, giving him the idea that crime scene photography was something he wished to pursue. He soon discovered it was much more fun to travel the world and take pictures of pretty girls.”

Personally, I love his photography for its real and raw feel to it.

Here’s some of his work:

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New York based fashion photographer and art director Carolina Palmgren has a great portfolio of work. In both art direction and photography actually. But in true Ben Trovato Blog spirit, we focus on the photography, which in this case is extremely good!

Here’s some of Carolina’s work:

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