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Pasquale De Antonis: Roman Post-WWII Aristocratic Fashion

2006-12-20T11:24:56Z

Frolics of the Roman nobility in high fashion, captured by Pasquale De Antonis.

[Warning: these photos are dreadfully old; I promise the next things I post will be much more recent. :p]

The Italian fashion industry relied on two main sources of material and inspiration after the ravages of the second World War: cinema, and the aristocracy.

Many of the Italian designers and models in the late 50's belonged to the aristocracy. Pasquale De Antonis (1908-2001) specialized in shooting them in correspondingly haute couture settings: gallerias and palazzos belonging to the nobility, and so forth.

The model in this first photo, for instance, was a blue-blood.

Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto wearing Carosa in Palazzo Torlonia, 1948

from "La Farnesina," Belezza #31, October 1948

Canova's sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte Borghese come to life, wearing a white fox cape by Balzani, Galleria Borghese, 1947

from "La Moda Nella Città Eterna," I Nuovi Tessili #37, July-August-September 1948

from "La Moda Nella Città Eterna," I Nuovi Tessili #37, July-August-September 1948

from "La Moda Nella Città Eterna," I Nuovi Tessili #37, July-August-September 1948

Scans and info from Italian Eyes: Italian Fashion Photographs from 1951 to Today.

Sean Ellis: Giselle for The Face

2006-07-30T07:41:16Z

Shot January 29th-31st, 1999, on a beach in Tulum, Mexico. yala_agni posted the full set from The Face a few months ago; these are only some of the shots that would make up their "Lick the Battery" editorial, but in larger scans--including an unpublished behind-the-scenes shot of Giselle--from Ellis' photo-book "365: A Year in Fashion."

Sean Ellis from "365" - January 1999, pt.1

2006-07-03T02:03:40Z

Scans from Sean Ellis' photobook "365: A Year in Fashion," featuring a photo a day from the British fashion photographer in 1999.

These are some of my favorites from January.

Gisele for Big magazine, London

Helen Stinton, London

Nadja Auermann, Monaco

Laura Belmont for The Sunday Times, London

Helen Stinton for The Face, Gloucestershire

Nico - "La Viuda" - Vogue España

2006-04-30T04:42:06Z

...At least, I'm pretty sure these are from Vogue España. "La Viuda" means "The Widow," and everyone knows that funerals are hot. Can't remember if these have been posted before, so I guess I'll just go for it.

Italian Eyes: Sergio Caminata

2006-04-23T03:41:32Z

Sergio Caminata
for L'Oréal ad campaign, Fall/Winter 1997-1998

Sergio Caminata
B. 1955 Milan, assistant fashion photographer 1976, magazine work starting in 1980, including Amica, Anna, Cosmopolitan, Gioia, Grazia, Donna, Japanese Marie-Claire, and the Italian, Russian, and German editions of Elle and Harper's Bazaar. His work includes numerous photo-books of Africa.

Anna Rosa Krau - birds and cats

2006-02-20T19:21:00Z

Model: Joy Ckili

Model: Joanne Griffiths

Thanks to iperlchen for identifying the models!

Anna Rosa Krau is a London-based photographer. Some of these may have been posted before; my memory is getting fuzzy.

Italian Eyes: Franco Rubartelli

2006-01-10T06:39:02Z

"Moda in una sfera magica"
Linea Italiana, no. 5, Spring-Summer 1967
model: Veruschka

Born in Florence in 1937, Franco Rubartelli sprung into international prominence as a fashion photographer beginning with his 1965 editorials for Linea Italiana, and French, English, and Italian Vogue, the most famous of which featured the German model Vera Gottliebe von Lehndorff, aka Veruschka, with whom he began working in 1963, first in Italy, then New York, then back to Italy in 1967, where they lived together in a penthouse in Rome, and produced numerous features for Vogue and the other Condé Nast magazines over the next three years.

Javier Vallhonrat - Flair Magazine - Racconto Romantico

2006-01-01T08:25:15Z

Some would call this coincidence. I would call it...umm... Happy New Year?

Flair
Racconto Romantico
photographer: Javier Vallhonrat
stylist: Sissy Vian
model: Jennifer Pugh

Thanks apapat and estella_mare for identifying the model!

Italian Eyes: Paolo Roversi (ii)

2005-12-30T08:28:01Z

The rest of my Roversi material, by request. :)

b/w photoprint for Mixte Mixt(e), no. 6, spring 1999, by Jane How

b/w photoprint for "Ritratti di allora," by Alice Gentilucci, Vogue Italia, no. 572, April 1998

b/w photoprint for "Real Life Fashion," by Alice Gentilucci, Vogue Italia, no. 594, February 2000

from "A Mirror Story: Tribute to Pistoletto," by Alice Gentilucci, text by Francesca Taroni, Vogue Italia, no. 578, October 1998

b/w photoprint for "Magnificent, Top to Toe," by Jane How, supplement Vogue Italia, no. 619, March 2002

b/w photoprint for "Il Sogno," by Alice Gentilucci, supplement Vogue Italia, no. 547, March 1996

b/w photoprint for "Ritratti di allora," by Alice Gentilucci, Vogue Italia, no. 572, April 1998

Italian Eyes: Paolo Roversi

2005-12-25T08:53:10Z

Many of you have probably seen scan #3 here, but maybe not some of the others.

Unrelated note: Merry Christmas, foto_decadent! =)

b/w photoprint for "Magnificent, Top to Toe," by Jane How, supplement Vogue Italia, no. 619, March 2002

b/w photoprint for "Magnificent, Top to Toe," by Jane How, supplement Vogue Italia, no. 619, March 2002

b/w photoprint for "Just Enchanting," by Edward Enninful, supplement Vogue Italia, no. 643, March 2004

b/w photoprint for "Neo Romantico," by Paul Sinclair, L'Uomo Vogue, no. 272, August 1996

b/w photoprint for "Neo Romantico," by Paul Sinclair, L'Uomo Vogue, no. 272, August 1996

b/w photoprint for "Black Couture," by Alice Gentilucci, supplement Vogue Italia, no. 571, March 1998

Born in Ravenna in 1947, Paolo Roversi began working as a photoreporter in 1968. After moving to Paris in 1973, he turned to fashion photography, with his early work appearing in the French Magazines Elle, Depeche Mode, and 20 Ans. Credited with introducing the use of the Polaroid camera into fashion photography, Roversi uses long exposure times and multiple exposures to create a dreamlike atmosphere.

His work has included frequent collaborations with Arena, Harper's Bazaar America, i-D, Interview, Marie Claire, L'Uomo Vogue, Vogue Italia, Vogue British, Vogue Paris, and W Magazine. He has created advertising imagery for designers such as Giorgio Armani, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, and Valentino, among others. Roversi also pursues celebrity portraiture, and his portraits have appeared on album covers such as Madonna's 1994 "Bedtime Stories" and Sting's 2003 "Sacred Love."

Morten Bjamhof of Louise Pedersen, Dansk 02

2005-12-19T10:55:19Z

Dansk 02 / The Perfect Issue / February 03
"Y:100"
Photography: Morten Bjamhof
Model: Louise Pedersen
Styling: Birgitte Marht
Make-up: Kolbrun Ran
Hair: Uffe Buchard / Søren Hedegaard

Found them [here]; they originally came from [here].

Camilla Åkrans - Swedish Elle

2005-12-13T08:10:30Z

Swedish Elle Magazine
Photographer: Camilla Åkrans
Stylist: Lisa Lindqwister
Assistant: Pamela Bellafesta
Hair: Peter Andersson
Makeup: Tomas Lenneryd
Model: Louise Pedersen

Italian Eyes: Alfa Castaldi

2005-12-08T07:57:47Z

A few works from the late Milanese photographer Alfa Castaldi.

from "Appuntamento d'aprile...," by Anna Piaggi and Anna Riva, Arianna, no. 97, April 1965

Ken Scott, Milan, 1968. B/w photoprint

Cloth cape, double velvet vest, Umberto Tirelli, 1970. From 20 anni di Vogue Italia 1964-1984. Milan, Condé Nast, 1984

(b. 1926 - d. 1995) Alfa Castaldi began his photographic career in 1954, depicting the social life of his native Milan for Italian magazines, moving into fashion photography in the 60's, when he provided images for Novità (became Vogue Italia in 1966), Linea Italiana, and Arianna. By 1969 he was one of the major contributors to Vogue Italia. At the end of the 60's, opening a studio in Milan, he expanded into advertising, creating campaigns for the likes of Giorgio Armani, Laura Biagiotto, Fendi, Gianfranco Ferré, Karl Lagerfield, and Ottavio and Rosita Missoni. His magazine coverage expanded as well, with his work appearing in L'Uomo Vogue, Vanity, Vogue Bambini, Vogue Sposa, and, outside the Condé Nast group, Amica, Panorama, and L'Espresso.

Italian Eyes: Oliviero Toscani, from Harper's Bazaar Italia, Oct 1970

2005-11-23T08:18:45Z

An editorial by Oliviero Toscani, from "Le Donne Dei Best-Sellers in Italia," by Maria Pia Beltrami, Harper's Bazaar Italia, no. 10, October-November 1970.

The first four were printed a little tiny/blurry in the source I scanned them from--not my fault, I swear! Still kind of cute anyway.

This was, apparently, a parody of "postcard Italy": shooting fashionable models in Italian art cities, but obscuring the background with blank paper.

Oliviero Toscani was born in Milan in 1942, and lives in Tuscany. Starting as a freelance fashion photographer in 1965, his photos were featured in Belleza, Linea Italiana, Marie Claire France, New York Magazine, Lei, Mondo Uomo, Donna, and all the editions of Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Stern, Esquire, GQ, and Vogue. From the end of the 60's to 2000 he also worked in fashion advertising, creating imagery for ad campaigns by Jesus Jeans, Chanel, Esprit, Valentino, and United Colors of Benetton (1984-2000), among others.

Ross Kirton: Goldfrapp and Beyond

2005-11-15T07:16:09Z

Photos from Goldfrapp's Supernature packaging and ad campaign, and samples from Kirton's web site.

From the album liner of Goldfrapp's new Supernature album, credited as follows:

Art direction: Alison Goldfrapp, Mat Maitland & Gerard Saint
Set design: Rachel Thomas
Photography: Ross Kirton

Close-up of the shoe:

And yes, those tall sparkly things in the background are what you think they are.

Alison Goldfrapp is a much better singer than she is a model, but she has a certain quirkily decadent fashion sense. From the Supernature promotional campaign, by Kirton:

The above, except for my scan of the shoe, came from among many others [here].

Supernature is just one of Kirton's recent gigs. A young London-based fashion photographer, he has, according to his web site, done work for Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Tatler, V, and Chanel, among others. Samples of his work:

This second bunch came from Kirton's web site, [rosskirton.com]. Many more (and much more risqué) can be found there.

Italian Eyes: Ugo Mulas - Scenes from Rome and Venice

2005-11-12T22:40:04Z

Outdoor fashion: two from Rome, 1962, and one from Venice, 1966.

Rome, 1962. Color photoprint

Rome, 1962. B/w photoprint

Venice, 1966. Color photoprint

Bonus feature! If you shrink the second one down and squint at it real hard, it almost looks sort of like Madonna:

Madonna was four years old at the time.

Spooky!

Ugo Mulas (b. 1928, d. 1973) is credited with revitalizing Italian fashion photography by connecting it with the contemporary art world. From his beginning as a professional photographer in 1954, he always measured his compositions with the utmost care, treating his sets, models, and the clothes they wore as carefully sculpted forms. In the 60's he became fascinated with the art experiments taking place in New York, documenting his experience with Warhol and others in his 1967 photography book New York: The New Art Scene. Working for Novità throughout the period when it was purchased by Condé Nast, and finally transformed into Vogue Italia in 1966, Mulas played a key role in creating a new international image of Italian style. His heirs maintain his estate's official web site, [ugomulas.org].

Azim Haidaryan - "Iceland" - Italian Marie Claire

2005-11-09T07:17:01Z

Antonio Capa online

2005-11-06T10:48:00Z

Born in Milan in 1961, Antonio Capa now works in Milan and Paris. After beginning work as a professional photographer in 1989, he got his big break creating Swatch ad campaigns in the early 90's, and then moved increasingly into fashion photography.

Photos from his web site: [http://www.antoniocapa.com]

Italian Eyes: Carlo Orsi

2005-11-01T06:25:20Z

Born in Milan in 1941, Carlo Orsi began his professional career as an assistant to Ugo Mulas. From working as a news photographer, he moved into the fashion world in the late sixties. In the eighties he worked in advertising for companies such as Ducati, Marlboro, and Swatch.

b/w photoprint for Citta, October 1998

b/w photoprint for Vogue Italia, early seventies

b/w photoprint for Gioia, late eighties

Sophia Loren by Wallace Seawell

2005-10-29T07:31:52Z

Having begun his fashion photography career in 1943 at Paul Hesse's studio on Sunset Boulevard, Wallace Seawell soon distinguished himself with intimate portraits of high-profile faces. In 1959 one of these faces belonged to Sophia Loren, who had just begun making movies in the States.

All photos swiped from imdb.com.

Juan Aldabaldetrecu: Museo Chicote

2005-10-27T05:10:11Z

A nightlife set by the photographer, and a few photos from this famous Madrid bar's glamourous past.

And for background, from [museo-chicote.com] (opens in a tiny pop-up window), shots of some of well-known faces who helped make the Museo Chicote famous:

Italian Eyes: Antonio Cesano

2005-10-25T07:25:18Z

Guns, smokes, furs, and dames. An avant-garde editorial from 1966.

Please forgive the ridiculous scan size; I wanted to make sure the captions were legible.

from "La pelliccia che scotta," Bellezza, no. 8, August 1966

Antonio Cesano was working as a photographer in Milan as early as 1945. He worked as one of the main photographers for Bellezza in the fifties and sixties. And I can't find a single thing about him on the Internet.

Davide Cernuschi - a messy set

2005-10-23T08:13:24Z

Davide Cernuschi, a Milanese commercial and fashion photographer, currently resides in New York. He picked up photography from his grandmother.

Antonio Capa

2005-10-21T08:48:03Z

A jewelry set of vivid pigmentation.

Juan Aldabaldetrecu ahoy!

2005-10-20T05:34:37Z

Our intrepid Spanish photographer puts a model on a boat with very bright and yellow results.