July 14, 2010 / Photography / No Comments / Zachary Cameron
Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) was perhaps the single most important photographer in the history of fashion photography. As a protégé of the legendary Man Ray, Bourdin made huge waves in the fashion world with his seductive, provocative, and at times violent imagery. His work is often credited with being the first to bring a real narrative to the world of fashion photography, something that now seems almost intrinsic to the medium.
In 1955, Bourdin took a job at Vogue Paris–a job that he held until 1987–working alongside the great Helmut Newton.
While Guy Bourdin may not be as well known as his colleague at Vogue Paris, it is certainly arguable that Bourdin’s work has had a more noticeable and lasting influence on the current generation of fashion photographers. To this day you can still see striking similarities between Bourdin’s work and the likes of Miles Aldridge, David LaChapelle and Terry Richardson.
May 20, 2010 / Photography / 8 Comments / Zachary Cameron
Secretary’s Day shot in 1999 by the plastic and fantastic David LaChapelle.
June 15, 2009 / Photography / 1 Comment / Zachary Cameron
How exciting! I’ve found possibly the worst photo shoot I have ever seen. This painfully grotesque example of eye rape was shot by David LaChapelle (someone whom I actually like) for Vogue Italia 2003, and features the not-entirely-unattractive Christina Aguilera.
I have honestly never seen such an exceptionally meaningless photo shoot in my life. The worst part about it all is that its not even enjoyable to look at. If you’re going to offer up something inexplicably pointless, at least give me some equally pointless sex appeal to wash it down with. In all honesty, this has exactly the same aesthetic appeal as watching an over sized Ukrainian prostitute give birth to conjoined twins as she’s being sodomized by a geriatric mule. If you haven’t recently eaten, feel free to view the rest of the images after the jump.
June 12, 2009 / Models, Photography / 13 Comments / Zachary Cameron
Our Kate Moss to Gisele Bundchen ratio is really off here at touchpuppet, so we decided to fix that. Here are six completely different visions of Gisele Bündchen shot by six different photographers. Included are: Carter Smith, Solve Sundsbo, Michel Comte, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, and David LaChapelle. Which is your favorite?
January 27, 2009 / Models, Photography / 6 Comments / Zachary Cameron
David LaChapelle and Gisele Bundchen team up for a rather interesting photoshoot.
Full gallery after the jump (NSFW).
