There are black and white nude shoots aplenty, but not all come with the drama and visual impact of one by Niklas Hoejlund. Another well-established concept enacted with ease and grace, Hoejlund’s shoot of model Katrine Damgaard plays peek-a-boo with bare skin and black fabric, obscuring and revealing body parts as the billows of black unfold.

An unrefined nature and grains of female coarseness come through in this alternatively styled editorial from BAST Magazine. Model, Maja Krag, encapsulates a look that is complex and layered, revealing both elements of feminine shape and crude material covering. The look exposes a new angle on a darker underworld, and almost biker-like fashion. Leather and tassels combine with ripped wool to create a dark and…

A rock-star worthy attitude meets the darker side of fashion in a dramatic photo shoot captured by Niklas Hoejlund for Client Magazine. The black and white picture story evokes a sense of savagery that is effortlessly delivered by model Henrik F through a series of deep artistic moments exuding feelings of oblivion. Going back to the roots, Niklas Hoejlund found inspiration in the primitive simplicity…

A junkyard setting always generates a little of a post-apocalyptic mood. The skeletons of cars, immobile, their wheels lying cold and detached in a desert wasteland… Niklas Hoejlund uses that type of setting in his shoot Crash, but the meaning of the relationship between the two protagonists – the silent, hulking male and the beautiful woman – isn’t entirely clear. Is the crash a literal…

A beautiful nude basking in the sand, letting the grains attach to her skin like a blanket of partial modesty, is a classic setup for a photoshoot… and with good reason. It’s a simple concept but one that works when executed in the right way. Niklas Hoejlund’s shoot of model Laura, photographed for Euroman magazine, is one that’s done right. With au natural hair and…

Niklas Hoejlund’s photography isn’t the kind that creeps up on you. You don’t have to warm to it, it doesn’t take it’s time to work into your brain. Rather his shoots have a kind of immediacy: whatever emotion Hoejlund is demanding you can be assured to get it in every shot. His latest shoot commands a mix of strong and sexy; boldness without brashness. The…

When lyrics of a song are penned down, they’re not usually written with a motive to be visually translated. One would argue – it’s music, it’s meant to be heard not seen. But it’s also a form of art, so why limit it to one medium? This editorial brings out the emotions behind Cher’s second single released in 1966. Bang Bang, she shot me down…

Every photographer has their own style. Sometimes it’s a style that’s grandiose and necessitates multiple props and lush settings to build a fantasy universe that not only visually pleases but draws the viewer in. Others strip things back to being all about the subject at hand. Niklas Hoejlund often works in the latter sphere. And often his most captivating works take shape as black and…

Douleur. Pain. This shoot is what happens when makeup artistry goes beyond beauty. That’s not to say it’s not beautiful, it is; but it’s not beauty as you’d expect from a fashion shoot. Stunningly photographed and directed by Niklas Hoejlund, emotively acted out by model Trine Hyldtoft, brilliantly represented by makeup artist May Næs, every team member pulls equal weight in the successful attempt to…

Leather muzzles, collars, and fisherman’s nets have all the implications of creatures tied and bound and captive, thanks to Rebecca Richmond’s fetishist styling. But it’s one particular shot of Niklas Hoejlund‘s involving no clothing or accessories at all – one in which a thrown-back head tangled in strands of wet hair conveys all the emotion and sensuality needed – that stands out the most.