Quite a while back we produced a stunning series of pictures with the goal of paying homage to the works of Marc LaGrange. We, that is a bigger team of 2 assistants, a MUA and a Hairstylist, 2 Models and a fellow photographer. I titled it “We are the jewels”
Magazine Publication
It was quite the journey to get it published, as nude art photography seems to be neglected by society and publishers more and more. That is a worrying development.
The series finally landed in the hands of Elegant Magazine however, who did feature a different series of mine before.
Then as now we were chosen for the cover, which honours me greatly. The piece chosen for that front page is one of my favourite pictures of the series and overall. It fits it perfectly, if I may say so.
You can find it in ELEGANT Magazine Sensual #2, published in march of 2019.
How we did it
We conceptualised and organised everything, including the styling, on our own. The source of inspiration was mainly the book “Diamonds & Pearls” (click to find a review of mine regarding the book, in german) , so I tried to emulate the general lighting, themes, styling and image look. The latter proved to be especially difficult as I worked with a Pentax digital medium format camera for this shoot only.
Shooting it was a blast, but it took me some time to figure out how to best develop the raw files to get the results I craved. I was very satisfied in the end however.
We lit everything with flash in the studio of course, using almost exclusively just one big (120cm) Octabox.
It gives a more simple, but elegant look. I figured it to be something similar than what LaGrange would’ve used (along with that medium format camera, though he might’ve chosen analoge).
Thanks to the husband of one of our models I was able to cut some snippets of video together to get a brief making of as well. Look on my YouTube-Channel to find it.
Find the magazine here: ELEGANT Magazine Sensual #2
What a splendid journey! Its a delight to see such dedication paying off, even if the path seems paved with more hurdles than a medium format camera menu. Choosing We are the jewels for the cover is a stroke of genius, fitting the theme perfectly – like finding a lost jewel in the publishing sea. And praise be to the husband who wrestled video snippets into existence; thats a true modern-day artisan! Kudos to the entire team for bringing such elegance to life, proving even complex setups with big Octabags can look as refined as LaGranges work. Keep shining!
What a delightful read! It sounds like a wild adventure navigating the often-misunderstood world of nude art photography with your talented team. Choosing such a stunning cover for ELEGANT Magazine Sensual #2 is quite the coup! Picking your absolute favourite shot for the front page is almost sacrilegious, but perfectly justified. And, quite honestly, who wouldnt want to emulate LaGrange using a Pentax digital medium format camera and just one big Octabox? Its a testament to dedication! Bravo to you and your We are the jewels crew for making it happen.