by Jerome du Bois
The banner above (here when we change it) is a detail of one of the top five photographs in the world when one Googles images in the category "fashion art photography." All of them feature my wife, Catherine King. I'm not surprised. She chose or created every element of every photograph: clothes, accessories, styling, pose, and title.
Every word in that category is important. They're not merely fashion photographs, because the model is no mere mannequin: the piece is about the model. It isn't just art --the art that exists in the pose and the theme and carried by the ensemble-- because the fashion choices are important. (We call it The New Formality.) And it isn't just photography because she isn't out to please shutterbugs. The photographs --taken outdoors, in natural light, with natural surroundings-- are Fashion Art Photography, and more can be seen in the Portraits of Catherine on the sidebar. (And more to come.)
I'm very proud of her.
Posted by Jerome at April 26, 2006 07:50 AM | TrackBack