A Look at Harper’s Bazaar: Dec 07 Photo Shoot "What's Next"

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The inspiration for the shoot comes partly from a Grecian perspective, with huge white columns looming in the photos and the model’s hair curled into tight “Alexander” curls. As the title suggests, the photos present high drama even through the film quality, yet very feminine with a few rough and edgy accents added in. It has an almost “Pink Ladies” feel to it as well. The model wears a cowboy hat in a couple of the pictures, which turns the background from Grecian to a sassy and fashionable rodeo as well, and a few of the photographs have lighting and film stills that feel very western with a twist to me. I am inspired especially by the photo with the model in a Louis Vuitton dress, leather jacket (short and fitted in the arms), and a vintage bureau with a kitten on it. For some reason, I feel very compelled to have this outfit. The model just seems so pretty, yet the outfit screams, “hardcore”.

The Team:
Photographer: Camilla Akrans
Camilla Akrans, an award-winning photographer, began taking pictures in Sweden in 1999. Drawing her inspiration from cinema and her own personal experiences, her photographs tell stories with color and emotion. Catching the attention of the fashion world she has recently collaborated with the following clients:
Advertising: Missoni, Hermes, Eres, Levi’s, Jil Sander, Tommy Hilfiger, Guerlain, Shiseido, Max Mara, ICB
Editorial: Big, Harpers Bazaar, Numero, New York Times, Vogue Nippon

Fashion Editor: Melanie Ward
Melanie Ward attended London University where she received a BA in politics, modern history and French. After graduating Melanie took a course in fashion design at Central St Martins. Ward says that as a child she would take her aunt’s sewing machine and change clothes that she bought at Oxfam and Portobello-cutting holes, twisting sweaters, for her there were no rules, which is the philosophy she maintains today. Her first job for i-D was published in 1989. She is credited with pioneering the grunge movement with photographers including Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Mario Sorrento,
Craig McDean, Steven Klein and Larry Clark on numerous editorials and fashion campaigns. She is also the first stylist ever, to do a story with a newly discovered Kate Moss. The story goes that Ward, Corinne Day and a skinny 15-year-old Moss drove to the seaside and photographed Moss in a daisy chain necklace and Native American feather headdress, which was later, picked up for the cover story of The Face, a popular British magazine. Since then she has styled for magazines including i-D, The Face, French Glamour, L’Uomo Vogue, Vogue Hommes International and others. She spent 13 years (since 1992) as collaborator and muse of Helmut Lang and has also consulted and styled with Jil Sander and Calvin Klein on their shows. Ad campaigns include Helmut Lang, Prada, Yohji Yamamoto, Calvin Klein and Levi’s. Melanie lives in New York where she is Senior Fashion Editor at Harper’s Bazaar and also designed the Karl Lagerfeld line for Karl Lagerfeld. She's been the senior fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar since '96 where she was beckoned by the late Liz Tilberis. And has been responsible for some of the most evocative and innovative imagery found in the mainstream publication world. The picture shown is from Harper's Bazaar July 2006 issue, a story which she styled that later won a Luci award.

Model: Masha Novoselova
www.mashanovoselova.com
Born in Tula, Russia, Masha now lives in the UK, in 2006 she signed with Storm Agency in 2006. One of her first big jobs was a French Vogue editorial that took place in November of 2006 and was shot by photographer Andreas Sjodin. She has also done work for Benetoon, Dolce & Gabbana Resort, Le Silla, Miss Selfridges, Nuxe, Rena Lange, Tally Weiji, Ungaro Homme, and been on the cover of Profil Femme. In 2007, she was the face of Christian Lacroix’s spring ad campaign. She is 5’8. 5, a size 6 (what?) and is 22 years old, with light brown hair and blue eyes. She enjoys dancing, traveling, writing poems, wakeboarding, and reading about Tibet
Agencies: M&P Model Management; AMT Models - Vienna, Modelwerk, Storm

Hair Stylist: Shay Ashual for Cutler/Redken-
Agency: Judy Casey
Also done work for Alexander McQueen, the New York Times Style Magazine, ID Magazine, etc.

Makeup Stylist: Wendy Rowe for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
British make up artist Wendy Rowe, shares her time between London, Paris and New York. Clients include Burberry, Prada, Hermes and La Perla. Her easy, simple approach to makeup and flawless skin has made her a popular choice among celebrities and supermodels such as Kate Moss, Mischa Barton, Helena Christensen, Keira Knightley, Rachel Weisz and Jamie King. Wendy's work regularly features in Vogue, Allure and Numero. She is also the key makeup artist of major shows in Paris, Milan and New York.

Contributing Designers:
Lynn Ban
Veronique Leroy
Vivienne Westwood
Chanel
Fendi
Dean Harris
New York Vintage
Christopher Kane
Yves Saint Laurent
Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquiere
Louis Vuitton