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…

Japanese Bondage is an aesthetic art. Beyond its sexual connotations there’s a beauty in the symmetry of the knot-tying, the intricate patterns of the ropes, in the positions of the one being bound. It’s no wonder this art, known as Kinbaku or Shibari, has become a favourite for photographers looking to tap into something both erotic and visually beautiful. A match made in heaven, this…

The cover already wowed us, now here’s the rest of Eniko Mihalik’s equally wondrous cover shoot for Harper’s Bazaar Spain. Shot on the rugged coastline of Costa Brava, Spain, Nico’s photographs of Eniko Mihalik peg her as siren and sex symbol in one.

Trash magazines get turned on by the thought of it: issues of their titles emblazoned with headlines such as ‘stars without their makeup.’ Oh, how they chortle. One week their covers are dedicated to celebrities who diet too much, and the next week they mock anyone who they haven’t been able to previously lampoon by focussing on the fact that they’re ageing – shock horror…

On Fashionising.com’s Pinterest account we have a board titled Fashion Photography As Art. It’s there because I believe that two types of photo shoots dominate the fashion pictorial landscape: the literal and the artistic. There is blur between them, but I separate the two by what they’re attempting to communicate – literal photo shoots impart styling advice, artistic photo shoots impart a feeling. And impart…

You might venture to say that Elvis Di Fazio is the Australian-born answer to Terry Richardson; his tongue-in-cheek raw documentary style becoming a trademark that’s backed by a fine art background. His biography uses the phrase “kitsch erotica”, and you quickly get the sense that Di Fazio does everything with as much humour as boldness. This piece of Di Fazio’s work has more of the…

In need of being whisked away to a warm and tropical location? Perhaps a sun-drenched swimwear shoot will do the trick, if only for your mood if not your physical reality. This dose of summer swimwear inspiration comes from Marie Claire Spain’s May 2012 issue and stars Leah de Wavrin.

Everything has a trailer in this day and age. As paradoxical as it seems, even trailers have trailers with Hollywood now releasing teaser trailers promoting the forthcoming release of longer trailers. In fashion publishing it’s a similar story. Dollars decline, marketing ramps up. And trailers can be easy marketing to produce. Hence Abbey Lee Kershaw‘s feature in 25 magazine receives not one trailer, but five.…

I’m not often lost for words, as my unfairly battered keyboard will attest, but this shoot by Lev Efimov leaves me near mute. There’s not one element that doesn’t nudge the upper boundaries of sheer perfection… Tana Stychinskaya’s styling mix of mesh, leather, satin and lace; Ernest Muntaniol’s brilliant feline makeup, and hair that jumps style from Jessica Rabbit-like curls to a slick androgynous quiff;…