IMAGISM MAGAZINE ISSUE 5

IMAGISM Nr 5. September 2018

MAGAZINE

FINEST BEAUTY AND FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

THE STORY BEHIND THE SHOT ARTISTS REVEAL THEIR THOUGHTS FROM BEHIND THE SCENES

COVER MODEL

LEE ROKAH PHOTOGRAPHY

JOSH BRANDÃO MAKE UP

EINAT DAN HATS & STYLING

MAOR ZABAR STYLING ASSISTANT

SHAULY WAKSBERG

IMAGISM MAGAZINE

Editor MASCHA DAHAN Production Layout Design & Creative Director PAUL DAHAN Website www.imagismmagazine.com Social www.facebook.com/imagismmagazine www.instagram.com/imagismmagazine Submissions via submissions@imagismmagazine.com

EDITOR´S NOTE

Imagism Magazine is constantly looking for new talents who want to present their work in our online and print publications. We want to be a platform for creatives all over the world to showcase their talent. Photographers, models, make up artists,hair stylist, designers or retouchers. We present their work not only in our magazine but also on our website and on social media platforms such as instagram and facebook.

We do not ask for previously unreleased content.

Once the submitted images are accepted we ask for a "short story behind the shot" in which the photographer and/or other team-members tell us about the shooting itself. What was the source of inspiration for the shooting, funny anecdotes, mishaps, success stories. We want to get a little insight into the behind the scenes.

We want to thank all our contributors for their beautiful content.

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CONTENTS BLACK LIGHT 6

BLUR 14

COUTURE 22

ONCE UPON 28

REFLECTION 36

MEMORIES 40

VIOLET SKY 48

SPLASH 54

CREATURES 58

WONDERS 66

GOLD 72

HOLY FLOWERS 74

LUCY 78

BLACK LIGHT make up by Sara Domi

used together. Objects appear to float or jitter with vibration. Monet and Mondrian notably used this technique. 3D film and art uses the equiluminant colors, red and cyan. If you’ve ever looked at a psychedelic poster… you are viewing graphic patterns using these types of color combinations. I researched this subject quite extensively online prior to devising a plan. My fear was that it would look cheesy. Using a black light seemed to be the only option to create this type of effect successfully and tastefully. I purchased a vector file of a pattern that created visual vibration and uploaded it to my die cut machine software. I then cut an adhesive vinyl makeup appliance to be adhered to my model’s face for our shoot.Applying black light makeup using a black light instead of a typical light source is the way to go. That probably sounds like a no-brainer, but when we flipped the lights on after shooting each look, I was shocked how differently it reads under normal lighting conditions. I purchased a clamp light and a black light bulb for my makeup area. I found the only way to get a clean application was to apply the makeup by splattering or dropping the makeup on the skin. Black light makeup streaks and blurs the second it is touched or blended. Every editorial allows me to challenge myself. Inside beauty and fashion photography, most everything has been done and “done well”. My goal is always to try to create something that I have never seen on a face.

One day I was on Instagram, and I noticed that my feed was

saturated with perfect dripping gold lips and overly face-tuned bloggers. Around the same timeframe, I had been editing a new beauty story for publication, and was “over” how time consuming the edit always is. I thought, “What type of shoot could I do that wouldn’t require ANY Photoshop whatsoever?” Light painting was something that my photographer friend was excited to try. I could feel that the glitter and blur trends were about to explode. So we went for it. I’m proud to say that the entire story has not been edited in ANY way. Preparing for the shoot involved stocking my kit with tons of glitter options of varied sizes, shapes and colors. True to my aesthetic, I created a couple die cut patterns to be applied to the skin. Short on time and traveling to Los Angeles for the shoot, I opted to use the photographer’s die cut machine to cut one of my appliances once I arrived. MISTAKE!! I only had one piece of black vinyl and I overlooked a simple setting prior to cutting the piece. Horrified, I watched as it shredded the vinyl and got caught in the machine. I salvaged what I could in hopes of using what was now a big black ball of tape. Ironically, disgust with perfectionism is what inspired the editorial, yet it destroyed me to not have my perfectly cut makeup appliance. Funny how we hate in others the faults we see in ourselves. Yes, I see the hypocrisy.

That’s what I love most about this editorial. I learned that we are all susceptible to what we consume. I was reminded that a calculated approach isn’t the ONLY path to where I’m going.

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Photographer: Jessica Pages , Model: Gabrielle Cristyne

I read an art book written by Margaret Livingstone, entitled, VISION AND ART The Biology of Seeing. I was really intrigued by equiluminance. Colors with a strong contrast create movement visually when

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Photographer: Bode Helm , Model: Barbara Mroz , Fashion Stylist: Lisa Lupo, Production: Holly Kissinger

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Photographer: Bode Helm , Model: Barbara Mroz , Fashion Stylist: Lisa Lupo, Production: Holly Kissinger

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Photographer: Jessica Pages , Model: Gabrielle Cristyne

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"Colors with a strong contrast create movement visually when used together"

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Photographer: Jessica Pages , Model: Gabrielle Cristyne

"Red" Model: CĂŠcile Cazaud

BLUR Photography by Nadia Wicker My inspiration is coming from the real world, with my mood, from people around me, from things I find or I care, but it usually leads me to a dream world, with unreal people. Pampeliska is one of them. It's one of my rare shooting with stylism.

I wanted to do fashion but on my own kind, with darkness and fantasy. I love to play with overlay and transparency and that's what I did with those picture. Red was created with pictures I made from the Paleontology gallery and comparative anatomy in Paris. The Blurry way of this portrait can be explained by my love for painting, it was one of my first mediums before photography. This type of aesthetic repeats itself often in my work as you can see it in my other pictures here! I used to be a makeup artist during 10 years simultaneously with my photographer career and sometimes I'm missing makeup and its possibilities of magic. So sometimes I pick up my old brushes! Blurry beauty shoots like Jen allow me to do colorful makeup with big eyeshadows, big lips, big cheekbones. It's a pleasure to do over-

done make up ! I went even further with "Les larmes de Saint Laurent". Those are selfportraits and I am entirely covered with makeup. That was such a great shooting to do but such a mess to get my real me back ! This kind of transformation can't be removed in 1 hour, not even 1 day, but well, it's a fun part too ! Title of this series refers to a meteor shower visible every mid-August which bears this charming name, "Les larmes de Saint Laurent". I'm quite confortable with dark photography but I'm still in need of colors at the same time. Needs and tastes you can find in Nuwa series, selfportraits too, with imaginary characters in reference to the creative goddess of the same name, who shaped the first humans with some clay. I wanted to create heroines, warriors and fanciful queens!

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"Jen" Model: Jennyfer Cassan

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"Pampeliska" Model: Alexia Giordano, Stylism: Brigade Mondaine

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"Les larmes de Saint Laurent" - Selfportraits Nadia Wicker

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"Nuwa" - Selfportraits Nadia Wicker

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COUTURE & CRUX photography by WILLIAM BARRINGTON-BINNS The Collection by Jonathan Harris was styled to show his amazing designs in a less fantasy driven concept and to utilise the incredible texture and shapes of his hand made, limited to only one of each design, Corsets and accessories giving them a "Runway Moment" a Couture look. I wanted it to be extremely classic in lighting and pose and just have that edge and twist to want to give it a second look or more I hope.

"The Crux Collection " - Client Enroute Hair& Beauty . The shoot was for the British Hair Awards 2017 and this image was 1 of 8 different styles that were shot, this was spread over 2 sessions 4 models for each shoot and two different designers- this

particular image is with Chicago based designer Laura Taka Taka, whom I will Be Working with either the end of this year or early spring 2019. Logistically, time sensitive, complex and extremely exciting I think this really gave the team the opportunity to shine and took a lot of organizing, as I came up with the designers and the 3D effect and looks I wanted to achieve. If you don't aim high you will never know where life and your dreams will take you. Not all things work but I would like to think that these two projects did.

Designer: Jonathan Harris, Model: Stephanie Dubois, Make Up: Gwen Reece

Designer: Jonathan Harris, Model: Stephanie Dubois, Make Up: Gwen Reece

"If you don't aim high you will never know where life and your dreams will take you"

"The Crux Collection" : for client En Route Hair and Beauty, Hair: Melanie Tudor, Designer: Laura Taka Taka, Model: Alessia Vaccaro, Makeup: Katie Moore

ONCE UPON A TIME photos by FRANK ROSSBACH The inspiration for that photoshooting was, to bring an old fashion story from former times in a new fashion styleof today. Up-to-date and modern. I talked with the Stylist and Make up Artist about this Idea. Soon after we met and exchanged ideas .

We talked about how we can transport the story in the time now, the Style and outfits , Make up and Hairstyle. After that I made a casting with two or three Modelagencys to find the right model for that shooting . We found our Model from a Modelagency in Hamburg “ MODELWERK “. So we start the preparing, timing, background and props.At the end we find a weekend which was perfect for everybody. During the shooting we had a lot of fun.

We tried a lot of crazy styles to find the right way. The atmosphere during the shootingday was fantastic. This is very impor-

tant for me and my team. Kreativity is teamwork , it’s a prozess.

When all fits together , the outcome work will be fantastic. For me photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts , you change those facts. The last step is very important. Put the images and the means of the story in the right direction . That is a process in the retouching , to put the right colour. for the story and the outfits, to make the story true. At the end the whole team was very happy about this work.

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Model: Berrit L. @ MODELWERK Germany, Styling: Hannah Ernst, Make Up: Max Plaeth, Retouching: Stefan Kranefeld Imaging

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REFLECTION

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For me it is very important, that, once I enter the studio, I have a clear vision of the photo I want to make. This means that the creative – and most difficult - part of my work is done.The rest is just moving lights around until the idea I have in my mind corresponds exactly with the image I see on the screen. For sure, this was not always like this – but after working in studio photography for more than 26 years, the technical realisation of my visions is the easy part. Coming up with creative ideas that are worth mine and the model's time, is a whole different story...Of course there must be space to adapt to the circumstances during a shoot – without losing sight of the goal. With a mannequin I sat up a full body shot, but after seeing Kim's face and eyes (it was our first common shooting) I soon realised, that I would get the strongest picture when getting close to her. Some facts about this shot: The light that creates the dominant reflections from the water on Kim's skin is a small precise spot that only hits the water in front of her without reaching her directly. As a backlight I used a soft light at very low power and finally the entire scene is filled in with a diffused, indirect light. The spot is filtered 1/2 stop blue, the fill-in is filtered 1 and 1/2 stops blue.

URS RECHER

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photo by URS RECHER Model: Kim H. @ Fotogen Models Zürich

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MEMORIES OF FLOWERING photos by Yuliya Dorofeeva Dear guys, please, take a deep breath and feel with us together. The story, the journey of life. Can you see that young, beautiful woman? She is a dreamer all through inside and out. Together with you,we can see her caught in her mystery garden of mind: garden, full of ghosts and dreams, nightmares and her own fears. Here we can see the the journey of her soul, while her mind was caught by the dream. We are together with her: you and us, she. But she doesn´t see us, we can - she can´t. This women and the story by itself was inspired and raised on one of the favourite books of mine, written by Haruki Murakami "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the world', 1985. I wanted to show you the life of the soul and its dark parts like we see it through our own eyes

- eyes of our heart. The name of the photo studio (Wonderland) that was chosen as the place for the story raised , was the part of the mystery which was growing during and after. This beautiful woman is a very talented ,promising actress and she is living her dream in every role she is inside. Its the story that she wanted to share with us, can you feel her? I can, I am really proud that i can. With the help of my friends: model, make up artist and the photographer we can share the new reality.

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Artist of Illustrations: Mihail Prince, Styling: Baklanova Anna, Make Up: Evgeniya Malkova, Hair: Aleksandr, Model: Mihaylova Alena, Wardrobe right: Dress: 12storeez accessories xaumae, Wardrobe left: Coat : Only_flowers_left_alive , Tights: Calzedonia

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Wardrobe: Dress Mary_Klo

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Wardrobe: Dress: Mary_Klo

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Wardrobe: Dress : 12storeez

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Wardrobe: Coat : Only_flowers_left_alive, Tights: Calzedonia, Shoes: Rendezvousrussia

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Wardrobe: Dress : body topshop, tights calzedonia

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Photographer: Agnes Herda, Fashion Designer: Katharina Hakaj, Make Up Products: Littel Rabbit Cosmetic, Model: Darya Gritsyuk @the-models

VIOLET SKY Model DARYA GRITSYUK Lavender. Provence. Valensole. It was our biggest dream for years to dive into those violet fields and to create an outstanding editorial. We shared our ideas with Katharina Hakaj – a very talented fashion designer. She was amazed by our mood board and created the dress Darya is wearing especially for our trip to France. We were inspired by fashion photography but the photos should also have fairytale character since the location is truly magical. We didn’t want to use the nature just as a background. We wanted to draw a parallel between the model and her natural surrounding – Daryas dreamy posing was a perfect match. That’s also why we decided to go with a wild and messy but still romantic hairstyle, a matching eye make up in violet tones and nude lips.

This unique series showcases the photographer’s artistic approach to both the craft itself and the storybook tales she seeks

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to reinterpret. “I would describe my style as a mix of daydreams and fairytales,” Agnes Herda says. We want to take our viewers on a magical and mesmerizing journey. Each of these moody, dreamlike images should feel like a moment from some larger story that remains a mystery to the viewer, forcing everyone to become active participants in our work by filling in the blanks with their imagination. We hope our photos lure you into an alternate reality with narrative images that still have fashion character. Dreamy visions of light and color from photographer Agnes Herda should seem like a glimpse into a hazy parallel world full of magic.

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SPLASH make up by ALESSANDRA SEMISA For these looks I got inspired by the water, its colours and the reflections in it. I decided to glue some holographic paper and to use different shades of cool colours for the makeup. I was lucky enough to be trusted by the photographer, so I was able to create anything I wanted. I explained him my idea, I showed him some references and told him the colours I wanted to use, so he could get an idea of the result. He liked it and he also thought it would suit the water theme without being banal. We just needed to find the perfect model for our shoot - we wanted an edgy and strong looking girl that could make our story interesting and unique. We found the amazing Rita, she did a great job and above all she was very patient with us. To get the

water splash effect we threw buckets of water on her! She didn’t complain at all and she had fun, even though the water was cold cause the heater didn’t work. The hardest thing was to control the jet of water and to coordinate it with the shot. Sometimes the water would hit the model’s back too low and it was not visible in pictures, some other times it was too high and some of it would get on her face. Rita managed to hold the pose and keep the eyes open despite that, which is not easy at all!

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Photograher: Luca Di Fazio, Model: Rita @ Pop Models

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CREATURES OF THE SEA

photos by Josh BrandĂŁo

Make Up: Einat Dan, Model: Lee Rokah, All Hats and Styling: Maor Zabar, Styling Assistant: Shauly Waksberg

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Photographer: Mascha Dahan, Retoucher: Alla Diatel / Retouch La Primavera,, Model: Irina Roshik, Hair: Maria Del Mar Puente, Top & Necklace: Ege Oren

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I was in Israel to shoot designer Maor Zabar's new dresses collection and thought it was a great opportunity to also do a shoot with his hats collection inspired by sea creatures. I had already done a shoot with make up artist Einat Dan at the Dea Sea the year before so we decided to team up again for a second round.

Shooting at the Dead Sea is incredibly challenging specially at the peak of summer when it's extremely hot. We started at 4am to catch the sunrise and shot all the way until sunset with small breaks in between. The heat was certainly the most difficult thing, specially for Make Up. We had Einat Dan doing body painting as well as make up and I had to be very quick with photographing each look because the Make Up would literally melt down the model's face and body.

But I think all the hard the work was worth it. I really love the idea that we're creatively bringing sea creatures to a place famous for the absence of life like the Dead Sea. Besides that, experiencing the stunning sunrise and whole scenery of that area is a very unique experience and very inspirational.

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WONDERS OF CHARLES PERRAULT photos by Yankelevich Natalia My acquaintance with the genre of magic and conceptual photography began precisely with Olga's face.

So this meeting was quite epoch-making for me. In the process of creating the series, I realized why Olya is known for the fairy-tale genre.

It turned out that in addition to the unconditional elven appearance, in its model arsenal there is a whole set of unconventional "fabulous" poses. It is interesting that due to her experience and improvisation, it seemed that Olya understood me from a half-word and sometimes even reacted faster than I had time to ask. The only stumbling block was the time and place of the shooting. Olya lives in St. Petersburg, and the designer

and creator of dresses @irinagonchar_atelier from Samara, so the main question was how to reconcile our difficult schedules.

In addition, it was unclear how to transport and store dry giant hogweed, where to get a lot of fresh greens in early May and what color should be a donkey skin. But, as you can see, the solution was found, and it was followed by a trip to St. Petersburg and that unusual day in the atmosphere of filming.

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Model: Olga Moskvina, Make Up: Natasha Russak, Designer: Irin Gonchar, Florist: Glorioza Studio, Retouch: Sergey Shmakov

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Postproduction: Olga Kobrina, Makeup: Marina Golacheva, Model: Veronika Zmachinskaya

GOLD photos by KOBRIN NIKITA The KOBRIN | PHOTO team is a family! I and my wife have been working in the beauty industry for many years. We create unusual images and help realize the ideas of the best make-up artists and stylists. This work was designed for the New Year by an excellent stylist, master of international class Marina Golacheva. Until the last moment, the image was kept secret and for us it was a surprise. Working with this team was easy and peaceful, we fully trusted each other. The idea of a​​ golden mask is colorful, magical and festive. I hope it will inspire many creative people. We are always happy when make-up artists create

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something non-standard, unusual, strange . And we always try to emphasize the idea and show it from the best side. Any difficulties in our work can be solved and corrected. Very important for beauty photography is light. We have our own small studio, several sources of pulsed light. The main thing is that every participant in the shooting knows his task. That's why we work with those we trust!

HOLY FLOWERS make up by PATRIZIA CAMARDELLA Creativity is inventing, experimenting, taking Risks, breaking rules and having fun. This way of thinking became mine as well since I met Einat Dan. She’s an international Make up Artist and I love her way of expressing creativity. On her workshop I different colors and sizes. I did choose a glow and clean make up to emphasize deeper this pureness how I see it. Even it takes so many hours to realize the different looks we had a lot of fun.

Laura is a very easy going Model. She’s a lover of food and the „Boomerang“ App. As soon as I turned my back she was taping one and we started laughing because I had to wait to continue working. For the second time I had the pleasure to shoot with Camilla Camaglia. She’s an amazing Photographer from Italy.

I love her easy way to work and with her quiet everyone feels comfortable on the set. I’m very happy with the result. I learned how much satisfaction I get when I’m creating and to enjoy the feeling of inner peace.

really learned how to improve my skills, how to be more confident and try out various looks. My looks have been inspired by a theme given by Einat to each student. I started first to think what comes to my mind in the topic „Holy Flowers“. Second step to find some ideas flipping through magazines and the web. After collecting ideas I was looking for possible accessories like Jewellery, stones, flowers and materials and I put everything in a box. So it was for me easy on the shooting day to create the look I had in mind. My Model Laura was perfect to realize my ideas. The intention was to highlight her charisma and her „angel’s face“. In each look I tryed to set in a different style of Aureole to give the idea of holyness and mix it with flowers in

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Photo: Camilla Camaglia, Model: Laura Kaszemeck

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LUCI make up by JELENA VOEGTLI I got a lot of inspiration from other artists and their work but tried to create my own idea out of it. It’s always good to have a moodboard but not to try to copy a certain picture. I think it’s very important to get inspiration from others but to never loose yourself in the work of others. Leave some space to let your creativity flow. Perfect Skin is always a big priority for me, especially skincare before a shooting. I think many underestimate the power of really good skincare before a makeup application.

I tried to prep the models skin as good as I could to build up the other looks and added a lot of highlither for that dewy skin look.

I didn’t have an exact idea what I was going to do for my first look but when I started I saw that bright neon orange pigment in my kit that I never used before and just went for it. Some-

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times it’s the unexpected things that turn into the best. I loved the bright orange color with the green eyes of the model. For my second look I wanted to do something fun for spring and went with a light blue pastel color that reminded me of the 60ies and aded some flowers to get some texture. I like to work with that monochrome look where everything is in the same color spectrum but stilI has something eyecatching to it. I was super happy with the outcome of the pictures and loved how versatile the model was.

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Model: Lucija Jelcic

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"Perfect Skin is always a big priority for me"

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Photographer: Josh BrandĂŁo, Make Up: Einat Dan, Model: Lee Rokah, Hats & Styling: Maor Zabar, Styling Assistant: Shauly Waksberg