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Surrealism, realism, and Steven Meisel

Surreal or Real – it’s not quite a statement, not quite a question but rather a punctuation-less piece of typography floating across the cover of Vogue Italia’s February 2012 issue. Whether or not it begs you to mentally add a question mark, it does set the mood of the issue. The main editorial, like the cover, stars Laura Kampman as photographed by Steven Meisel. It’s…
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12
Laura Kampman: Vogue Italia, February '12

Retro dreams: Prada’s full campaign

Hot rods, hot rod heels, headscarves; prints, pleats, pinned hair in waves. How many hot things of the season can you fit into one campaign? Prada manages all that and more in their ’50s themed campaign for spring 2012, photographed by Steven Meisel.
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign
Prada S/S '12 ad campaign

Vogue Italia’s shopping channel parody: weekend watch

The latest Gucci for sale on your late night shopping channel? Complete with cheesy lens blurs and elevator music? Not something you’ll see every day. But thanks to Vogue Italia and another creative, tongue-in-cheek concept shot by Steven Meisel, we get to step into a world where the likes of Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and Caroline Trentini are the stars of the QVC shopping channel…
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12
Karlie Kloss, Natasha Poly and more: Vogue Italia, January '12

Karlie Kloss has a perfect body – and wants you to know it

Fashion and nudity are hardly strangers to one another. If you take the well-known quote, fashion is all about eventually becoming naked, then you might even say that nudity is the ying to fashion’s yang. But the question is often less about if a model should take the nudity leap, and more about when – and above all how. For a model like Karlie Kloss…

Selling what can’t be bought: Steven Meisel

Doesn’t matter what you think of them – tacky, attractive, ineffective or just unnecessary – fashion and beauty advertisements are special. Especially when big names get together on the same creative platform. Think Mario Testino and Kate Moss – that kind of special. These are the kind that’ll look flashy on beautifully scented pages of a glossy magazine, but when they are bookmarked and filed…
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine
Steven Meisel's Fake Ads for W Magazine

Naked duplications: Sabrina Nait

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…
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan
Sabrina Nait by Michael Donovan

Copying yourself

We’ve certainly looked at allegations of photo shoots being a little more than inspired by other works before now, but this one is a little different. Photographer Steven Meisel is oddly being accused of copying himself. Which honestly makes no sense on the face of it, but becomes a little clearer when you look at the details behind his two photo shoots.
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)
Transformers: W September 2011 (NSFW)