Michael Donovan‘s photography is usually as raw, bold and blunt as it gets, more so when every one of his pictures seems to be carved out from a real-life fantasy that keeps you in a constant awe, striving to find out more, to see more. With a trio of models playing naughty and nice and a full creative team contributing to the puzzling story, Maiden…

The wilderness of a state park, mountainous and overgrown, bordered by the cold clear water. Such a setting is want to draw the mind to all things wild and free. While an eclectic series of images starring three different models – Rasa Zukauskaite, Iekeliene Stange and Cora Keegan – Michael Donovan’s shoot Bear Mountain has that theme of wildness as a running thread throughout. It…

It takes an American model to rock stars and stripes with such palpable conviction. When it comes to fringed suede hotpants, oversized Western belt buckles and vintage 80s-cut leather jackets there’s an underlying principle that the sexiness of the look is really determined by the sexiness of the person wearing it. Luckily Abby Brothers has everything required: beauty, a sexual confidence that can be turned…

Standing out as a photographer in a world where we all have a camera is a little harder. That’s why we’re more and more seeing the photographer-as-artist creating a unique product by taking different art forms and throwing them together into a collection of beautiful chaos. Michael Donovan is one photographer that’s taken our breaths away in the past with his unique creative effects. You…

Photos get left on the (figurative) cutting room floor all the time. And we’re always fascinated by them: those little fragments of what could have been. But when they’re more than just photos that get left behind, when they’re works of art, then we’re really intrigued. Once again it’s photographer Michael Donovan that’s allowing us a voyeur’s view into the pieces that were born into…

The power of the internet means it’s easier than ever to make comparisons between the work of different photographers. Of late that’s equated to debate about copyright and copying – from accusations of plagiarism in Love Magazine to Steven Meisel plagiarising himself (if such a thing is possible). But what happens when it’s not a full concept but an individual shot? This occurred recently when…

It’s not a generalisation to say that the majority of fashion photo shoots are without a narrative. The primary goal of majority of photo shoots it to highlight new season clothes and accessories – better photo shoots will ensure that they also evoke an emotional response from you the viewer. That’s the majority. At the opposite end of the spectrum, however, are the photo shoots…

There’s something romantic about a photograph that’s been stuck to the wall with tape for longer than anyone can remember, dog-eared and torn and a fixture that’s become part of a room, imprinted with something so loved or at least so accepted that its subject matter outlives the raggedy paper it’s printed on. Though it’s pages are dark and almost look as if they’ve been…

A first glance it looks like another sensual guy and girl shoot, one littered with the kind of nudity and erotica the world of fashion has become accustomed to – especially where cross-over art/culture/fashion titles are concerned. But in this shoot for Creem magazine there’s a twist of androgyny, another of the industry’s fascinations right now following on from the success of Andrej Pejic. This…