Fashion photo shoots

Natural beauty has become the kind of rare gem that’s often buried beneath impenitarable layers of makeup and photoshop. Unfortunate as that may be there is a bright side: when we see it, we appreciate it so much more. Much like Peter Lindbergh’s The Naked Truth, these shots by Dennis Veldman celebrate natural beauty. Photographed for Dutch retailer Shuz, Veldman says he wanted the campaign …

That’s not the road it is only the map… I say gone, just like matches Pino Leone shot this series of Aria Darcella in Rome, on Polaroid film. But this photographic technique used the negative part of the film. The part you throw away. There’s something quietly fascinating about a technique that uses the left over bits to create art. It’s not just about the …

“A realist, in Venice,” Arthur Symons once remarked, “would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.” And that romanticism has captured the hearts and imaginations of many poets and artists throughout history. We might well add photographers to that list, too. For the photographer, Venice is a subject that needs no makeup, no styling or fancy lighting tricks to enhance …

It’s a cover of contrast, where summer’s patchwork prints pop against a dark set, as Candice Swanepoel takes the June 2012 cover of W Korea.

The Bond Girl has entered literary and cinematic mythology as an unmatched beauty; a rare and potent mix of danger and vulnerability, strength and seduction. Dusasn Jaukovic’s new shoot for Fashionising.com titled For Your Eyes Only doesn’t borrow literally from the 007 adventure of the same name, but it does mix up that undeniable recipe of Bond Girl qualities. And, like all of Jaukovic’s shoots …

BABYLON by Bernard Gueit is opulent and dark, hinting at the the richness that we imagine an Ancient civilisation might have revelled in. It comes as no surprise that this shoot was lensed for FASHIONTREND Magazine’s Erotica issue – an issue that has already proven an understanding that erotic means more than just a display of nudity. Like the issue’s cover story, this one earns …

Ashley Smith at times gets typecast into busty-babe roles that have her posing for Terry Richardson or looking the pinnacle of grunge-rock chic. But leave it to photographer Pierre Dal Corso to present us with one of the most beautiful shoots of Ms Smith we’ve yet laid eyes on: strikingly natural and with her unique features – her gap tooth smile, her freckles – played …

Time and again has fashion been diving deep into the sea, resurfacing, then diving again – taking inspiration from mermaids and the magic of the deep. But as much as clothes have been the main focus of mermaid inspired editorials and shoots, the thematic trend also offers up options for hair and beauty that borrow their magic and mystery from the sea. Flare’s June 2012 …

Karolina Kurkova goes showgirl in an embellished bodysuit and red lipstick for the June 2012 cover of Vogue Mexico, shot by Mariano Vivanco.

Birds can be at once synonymous with colourful beauty as much as they are with the soaring freedom of flight. As humans we envy the earth’s avian inhabitants for both qualities. We mimic the plumage of exotic species – or we steal it. We dream of the liberty that having wings would bring. In this shoot by Xi Sinsong each outfit, each photograph, pays homage …