The concept of the Omahyra Mota shoot is based on Franz Kafka’s “The Metamorphosis”. The story has been shoot in New York for the cover of the Norwegian magazine “Vixen” including 4 spreads. The editorial focuses on an article about Dominican Republic supermodel Omahyra Mota. Mota has modeled for designers such as Alexander McQueen, Fendi, [...]

From the Fotocare Twitter Feed: “I’m @FotoCare at a Photo/Video seminar presented by Amber Gray… wonderful!” – Robert Holley “The Broncolor/Fotocare HMI event was good last night. Now I’d like to give hmi’s a try. Anyone want to let me borrow some (Fotocare)? ” – William Brinson What a great night at Fotocare rentals. Thanks [...]

18 years of relentless experimentation and perseverance have made the photographer, Tarun khiwal, who has won numerous awards in photography and is the first and only recipient of the coveted Hasselblad Masters Award in India to date. Although an engineer by education he became a photographer by choice and now has become one of the [...]

I recently went an assignment on to the Bahamas, namely the Great Abaco Island. Having asked the proper questions such as to the travel arrangements and weather predictions, I knew what best to plan for. We would only be a small number of people, traveling by small commuter plane, taxi, ferry, golf carts, small boats, [...]

For a Los Angeles Fashion Week presentation at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, I was commissioned to do a series of dramatic fashion images to be mounted on four-by-eight foot panels.  The producers and I also wanted to create a short film companion piece. We would be shooting the project at a very unique venue, [...]

We caught up with Elias Wessel on a shoot this week.  Here’s what he had to say: CK: How did you become a photographer?  Describe your career development? EW: I would have to say that graffiti was the catalyst for my love of art. At the age of 16 meeting Sigmar Polke at his huge [...]

And to beat the aberration of the Buggles ’79 hit right away with one breath to death: No, definitely not! Digital didn’t kill the Photo-Star! So if you’re one of them, don’t bother reading further, your status quo is secured! Take a break and enjoy the park! I have had several talks recently during which [...]

Contributor: August Bradley: After running across a long-time collector of costumes from the Carnevale di Venezia (Carnival of Venice), I discovered the incredible range of hand-crafted masks.  There was such emotion and personality to them, and the ornate décor conjured images of the masquerade parties they were designed for.  When Hasselblad approached me to do [...]

I just came across a cool post by Eric Raptosh.  Eric was shooting some boxing in Los Angeles at New Deal Studios using a broncolor Para 330.  The 11ft focusable Para 330 FB provides a huge source of totally controllable light.  Check out Eric’s post here.

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