Paul Reiffer
Paul Reiffer (born 12 May 1980 is a British photographer, having previously been a commercial male model.
As a previously established UK commercial model, Paul Reiffer had the opportunity to work with some of the best photographers around the world. As a result, he decided to switch to “the other side of the lens” to make use of some of the skills and experience he’d picked up along the way. Now an Internationally published photographer, his base is in London, but he also shoots in his Southampton studio from time to time along with facilities and locations all along the South Coast of England. Beyond studio shooting, he also works on location both in the UK and abroad.
Now an award-winning photographer, in 2010 Paul gained Associateship distinctions from both the British Institute of Professional Photography (ABIPP) and the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS). In 2011, this was followed by Associateships from the Society of Wedding & Portrait Photographers (ASWPP) and the Society of International Fashion & Glamour Photographers (ASIFGP).
His portfolio photography is used every day by active models for top agencies such as Oxygen Models(London), W Athletic (London) and Look Model Agency (San Francisco) as well as many smaller management companies.
His clients range from the US National Park Service (NPS) to British racing drivers such as Andy Neate, to organisations such as Pineapple Dance Studios. He has shot many images for underwear brands such as Baskitand Lick[- including advertising campaigns frequently published in Attitude Magazine during 2010 and 2011. Since turning to professional photography, Reiffer has shot many known faces including Louie Spence, Jodie Kidd, Debbie Moore and worked with ex Big-Brother star Imogen Thomas on her publicity in 2009. Reiffer also shot publicity photos for The Grapes, famously owned by Evgeny Lebedev, Sean Mathias and Ian McKellen.
http://www.paulreiffer.com
Shot in studio. Low key setup with a lightbox above and front of the subject.
The light has cast shadows under the subject, the model looks very nice and composed very sensually.
The image has had a vignette added post production and I reckon the image was cropped giving her a central composition.
The leather chair with its red colour has added to the atmosphere of the picture, I think if it was any other colour it wouldn’t look as good.
This image was shot in studio under high key lighting setup, you can see from the reflection in her glasses that they have used a lightbox.
They have used to white sofa to keep the natural theme, white is a plain/naked colour which matches the pose of the model.
Alfred Stieglitz 1864 - 1946
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S.
There are a few mysteries surrounding Alfred Stieglitz, As the most important photographer in America in the early twentieth century, his prints were reproduced frequently during his lifetime and afterward.
He exhibited fairly often and made selected examples of his photographic work available to a wider audience by issuing large format editions in phootgravure, an artistic medium he ranked with etching and lithography.
With all the knowledge that we have of Stieglitz oevure, it is surprising to find that one of the major landscape photographs – a work he valued highly – remains unknown to historians and the public.
Alfred Stieglitz (1977), American Art Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, William Innes Homer,
Quotes
Stieglitz, A. (photo.) (2008) Camera work : the complete photographs. Taschen
“I was born in Hoboken. I am an American. Photography is my Passion. The Search for Truth is my Obsession. - Alfred Stieglitz - from Exhibition Catalogue, Anderson Galleries, New York 1921 Alfred Stieglitz "bilder i Camera Work", Ikaros Forlag, Oslo 1977, back cover”
Wherever there is light, one can photograph. - Alfred Stieglitz
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/stieglitz/stieglitz_resources.html
This is a rather bland nude frontal image. You don’t look at it and go wow, it is dull as they didn’t have colour photography then.
If you took the same shot now you would have colour and it would look miles better.
31 dec 1969
This is another old photo but compared the one above this is more dramatic as he has gone darker.
The Water ripples with the black background add dramatic effect to the photo.
Dale Frazier
Fell in love with the camera. At that time I enjoyed taking nature and wildlife images. I studied Black and White Photography in College at Oklahoma City University. During my first years of College I was asked to photograph a Wedding, that lead to Engagement, Bridal and Wedding Photography. While Working with Brides and Brides to be I was asked to help with some Model Portfolio. I went on to work with Numerous Models and Help them Create Portfolios to further their modeling career. To this day I know several of the models are still doing print and commercial copy. After my wife Got sick with Breast Cancer, I quite doing model photography. It was too difficult for her at that time. I concentrated my efforts back to Engagement, Bridal and Wedding Photography, as well as Family and Senior Photography.
These two pictures by Dale Frazier, as he has used shadows and low light to create his pictures.
You can clearly see what looks like the back and a bum in both pictures, one with flowers resting on the hip area.
Well you are mistaken!!!
This image is taken in studio. With the help of a standard Red Bell Pepper as his subject.
“I believe I have made an interesting study of light and shadows of a Bell Pepper”. Dale Frazier
http://dalefrazierphotography2009.blogspot.com/search/label/Fine%20Art%20Photography
Alfred Cheney Johnston
(April 8, 1885 - April 17, 1971)
Was a New York City-based photographer known for his portraits of Ziegfeld Follies showgirls as well as of 1920s/1930s actors and actresses.
Johnston was born into a well-to-do New York banking family, which subsequently moved to Mount Vernon, NY. Initially he studied painting and illustration at the National Academy of Design in New York, but after graduating in 1908 (and marrying fellow student Doris Gernon the next year), his subsequent efforts to earn a living as a portrait painter did not meet with success. Instead, reportedly at the suggestion of longtime family friend and famed illustrator Charles Dana Gibson he started to employ the camera previously used to record his painting subjects as his basic creative medium.
In approximately 1917, Johnston was hired by famed New York City live-theater showman and producer Florenz Ziegfeld as a contracted photographer, and was affiliated with the Ziegfeld Follies for the next fifteen years or so (he also maintained his own highly successful personal commercial photo studio at various locations around New York City as well, photographing everything from aspiring actresses and society matrons to a wide range of upscale retail commercial products—mostly men's and women's fashions—for magazine ads). He photographed several hundred actresses and showgirls (mainly in New York City, and whether they were part of the Follies or not) during that time period. For his indoor studio work, Johnston often employed a large "Century"-brand view camera that produced 11x14-inch glass-plate negatives, so a standard Johnston 11x14 photographic print was actually just a "contact print" from the negative and not enlarged at all. This size of negative afforded extremely fine image detail.
Johnston's "standard" work, of course, was used by Flo Ziegfeld for the normal advertising and promotional purposes for the Follies, and mainly consisted of individual or small-group shots of the Follies showgirls in their extravagant stage costumes. However, after Johnston's death in 1971, a huge treasure trove of extremely artistic full-nude and semi-nude full-figure studio photos (and their accompanying glass-plate negatives) were found stored at the farm near Oxford, Connecticut, where he'd lived since 1940. Most of these images (some named, mostly anonymous) were, in fact, showgirls from the Ziegfeld Follies, but such daring, unretouched full-frontal images would certainly have had no public-publication possibilities in the 1920s-1930s, so it is speculated that these were either simply his own personal artistic work, and/or done at the behest of Flo Ziegfeld for that showman's personal enjoyment.
Outstanding image, the lighting is spot on and i love the way the light accenuates her body. The foreground could be got rid off and its a little distracting. but nevertheless the overall image is well composed.
The backdrop i think is either some wallpaper or some embroidered cover as if you look closely to the left you can see where it doesn't match together.
Both these images where sourced from onkayaks.squarespace.com
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George Holz
George Holz is an American photographer whose work spans 30 years and includes nudes, fashion, and celebrity portraits. He is a native of Oak Ridge Tennessee, and graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1980. While at Art Center, Holz assisted for Helmut Newton, who urged him to move to Milan to pursue his vision. In Europe, Holz’s work appeared in Italian Vogue, Lei, Linea Italiana, Madame Figaro and French Elle.
After five years in Europe, he returned to New York City in the mid 1980’s and opened a studio in the Village.
In New York, his fashion and beauty editorial work appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Interview Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine. Holz photographed many advertising campaigns for diverse clients including Max Factor, DeBeers Diamonds, and Elizabeth Arden. His “Gold” campaign for the International Gold Corporation won him a Clio Award.
Stunning picture where you can see the women is nude, yet the photographer has managed to hide her assets, thus leaving your mind to not wonder and see the image for what it is.
The composition is great and the picture is black n white.
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