As Fred Ebb penned, if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But frankly, making it in the City of Angels has always seemed much tougher. In New York you can hustle, in LA you’re more likely to benefit from having been blessed with a nice set of genes. What else could explain just how many carbon-copy women inhabit the…

It starts with the calming waves of water that fades into a scenery of birds flying and trees swaying, and ends with the beautiful and sensual Kayla Collins. She is lounging around in the pool area barenaked, her make up is perfect and her hair is curled into sexy beach waves. She swims, she looks out into the ocean and she looks right into you…

When the contrast is right and the shadows played to in just the right way, there’s nothing quite as striking as a simple concept shot in black and white. Alexi Papalexopoulos nails it in this shoot starring just models Lauren DiMarco, Brian Gove and a bewitching black cat. Papalexopoulos’ female protagonist seems to be playing a character as alluring yet elusive as her feline counterpart:…

The cracks that start to splinter at the edges of a relationship are more felt than they are seen. But for photographer Alexi Papalexopoulos there’s always a way to represent something visually – you just need the right techniques. In this ’50s film noir inspired shoot models Keelin Woodell and Aram Bedrossian (who we know best for his own photography work) are a young, affluent…

Alexi Papalexopoulos’ shoot War Story may be styled with worn lace-up boots and an understated military green jacket. But the title refers less to the army-inspired clothing and more to the theme: it’s about, Alexi tells us, man being at war with himself. The beauty on the outside disguises the darkness and conflict on the inside. Alexi captured this by way of intense shadows and…