Gallant Magazine

Gallant Vol. 1 Issue 1 April 2017

Photographers

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The inside scoop on color & photography

“CLOTHING IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.”

BOLD STYLES, STRONG IMPACT 1

Gallant Projects Editor Samantha Güt

Designers Camille Fine Alex Mason Keegan Shaw

Photographers Maddie Hordinski Maggie Boyle Ryne Brownell Mia Barnes

Index Maddie Hordinski …………………

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Maggie Boyle

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Ryne Brownell

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Mia Barnes

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Gallant strives to promote the work of photographers that use color effectively to represent what they stand for, the bigger purpose to each of their pieces. With the use of impact, they use different pops of color through the fashionable clothing and elements in their work.

This creates a specific technique that resembles what is important to them, and why each style is effectively bold.

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Maddie

HORDINSKI Photos provided by Maddie Hordinski Design by Alex Mason

Maddie Hordinski is most often inspired by paintings.

“I made several series based on the painting of Ophelia from ‘Hamlet’, one based on Botticelli’s portrait, ‘Madonna the Magnificent’, and another based on the work of Andrew Wyeth’s ‘Helga Series,’” said Hordinski. “Sometimes I’ll also study Vermeer’s portraits before I do a shoot because I love the expressions on his subjects’ faces. More recently, I’ve been inspired by the film-maker Wim Wenders and did a series based on his film ‘Paris, Texas.’”

Although clothing is featured in her photos, she wants people to focus on the models’ expression. She prefers models to wear black or solid colors, making sure not to distract from their faces.

“I think finding a beautifully-colored wall or background is important when shooting a portrait. I’ve always been drawn to interesting walls, whether it be a brick wall, tennis court, or parking garage wall,” said Hordinski. “I guess I don’t really have a reason for doing this, except that I think it adds to the beauty of the image.”

Though she produces very successful photos, she has never owned Photoshop and admits that her editing is done on her phone. When editing, she focuses on exposure, saturation, contrast and cropping. In doing so, she attempts to display true emotion and intimacy. She thinks that interesting and beautiful backgrounds are essential in creating a successful image.

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Orange

Sabina’s orange sweater creates a common element of bold color. .

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I hope I’ve managed to create some portraits that look like you’ve caught the subject in a moment of intimacy--you’re not quite sure what they’re doing but it’s interesting and mysterious.”

-Maddie Hordinski

Element

Sabina floats under water, juxtaposing her fiery orange hair with the cool blue water.

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TOP: Luniminescence

Amber hides her face and blonde braids from the sun, while showing off her gray t-shirt and jewelry.

BOTTOM: Tunnel Vision

Angwi’s blue denim dress and dark complexion pop against the bright yellow background.

Glossy

Kristin’s neutral green vest and gray top allow for her face to shine.

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Fair

Sabina poses in colorful leaves to emulate a feeling of intimacy.

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Maggie

BOYLE Photos provided by Maggie Boyle Design by Samantha Güt

Miraluna

Miraluna Matar struts a white fur coat and sweater that creates contrast against 12 aGALLANT cement background.

Maggie Boyle has always been a lover of black and white photos, but it wasn’t until recently that she started getting into more color based series. She is a stylist, as well as a photographer, and pays close attention to the color scheme of the whole composition.

Emphasizing the mood of the photo, Boyle captures her audience and attempts to make them empathize with the image. Clothing is equally as important to Boyle as the image itself.

“My aesthetic changes from model to model and from outfit to outfit. But overall, since I am a fashion photographer, the biggest part that I want to stick out to a viewer are the clothes,” said Boyle.

For “on location” shoots, she looks to Rebecca Finley and Petra Collins for inspiration.

“The art world is largely dominated by men so I think it’s awesome that these two badass women are making incredible images,” said Boyle. “They both have a really similar aesthetic, using really unique models and awesome color schemes that give off a sort of 70’s vibe, and it’s one that I’ve been trying to model my work after lately.”

When focusing on the clothing during a shoot, she tries to bring her own bold personal style into it not only in terms of her clothing, but also to create impact in her work.

“I want everything I do to kind of have my own touch, so that someone could point something out and know it’s mine,” said Boyle. “I’m still working on developing my aesthetic, but with color I always want my images to really pop and stand out.”

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Man Down

Michael Swenson sports a blue denim jacket while making a gun with his hands.

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Sundays Model

Julia Lang relaxes in a chair wearing a white off the shoulder blouse and a floral-print skirt.

Happy Hour

Maddy Steel drinks a martini while wrapped in a brown fur coat with a black and white stripped dress underneath.

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ABOVE: 7 O’Clock Shadow

James Callahan stands in a field during golden-hour in a blue button up.

LEFT: Material

Maeve Scully sits with boldness in a velvet pink dress and white fur coat.

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Ryne

Brownell Photos provided by Ryne Brownell Design by Keegan Shaw

Ryne Brownell’s photography is cleanly composed and nearly minimalistic. It’s deliberate. He takes his inspiration from his outside interests, away from photography.

“I think taking inspiration from multiple sources across different disciplines is important because it diversifies the inspiration, which really creates something unique,” said Brownell.

When it comes to the overall feeling of his photos, Brownell stressed that he doesn’t want to direct people’s thinking with his photos. The picture as a whole is the important aspect.

When shooting, Brownell doesn’t tend to think about current fashion trends. He does, however, refer to a few fashion photographers that he follows regularly to stay up on current trends and help him direct his fashion photo work.

“I plan out my shoots prior to picking up my camera, and that includes what I do in post–production. I decide on an editing style based on the location of the shoot and then shoot photos that best fit into the editing style I want,” said Brownell.

“I try to establish an overarching ‘look’ throughout my portfolio that I’m able to tweak depending on the specific photo I’m editing.”

He emphasizes his deliberate approach with the use of color in his photography.

“This helps me maintain control over colors in the composition, thus making it easier to manipulate color to achieve what the photo intends to do.”

Flow

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A model wraps herself within her purple dress draped over her skin to 21 create contrast.

Focus

With dark purple lipstick, this model shows the boldness in her makeup and facial expression.

Black and White

The neutral background lets the model’s black clothing and accessories pop.

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Deliberate

Taken by goes a monumental building, Caption here the clashing of colors creates a bright contrast between concrete and the colors blue and red.

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Jumper

A man leans against a dark blue wall to look at his phone, making his yellow jacket pop.

Take Two

A model shows off her pale pink dress and grey pull over.

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Mia

Barnes Photos provided by Mia Barnes Design by Camille Fine

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Sabina floats under water, juxtaposing her fiery orange hair with the cool blue 28 water.

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Mia Barnes is a commercial photographer from Columbus, Ohio. Barnes has looked up to iconic photographers such as Annie Leibovitz and Sally Mann since she was a child. She draws from Leibovitz’s use of drama and innovation and Mann’s raw depictions of human life to create her art.

Some of her current inspirations draw from Sasha Samsonova, Danielle Levitt and Bettina Rheims. Her photos are commentaries on issues she deeply cares about, such as intersectional feminism, women’s rights and social justice.

Barnes strives to make her images as loud as possible; utilizing bright colors, dramatic lighting, dynamic poses and unique concepts. Her fashion draws from current trends and the model’s personal style.

“For the most part, I like the mood to be one of high energy or for elements like posing to be very expressive,” said Barnes.

“Working with movement or unique concepts helps me to convey an ‘in your face’ mood.”

Barnes’ post–production process can take days at a time for one photo. She is known for her high contrast imagery and defining facial features. Her images use bold colors, repetition and interesting content to make her a memorable photographer.

“Color is the tool I utilize most often to create a photograph.

Bold colors or color repetition make images memorable and eye grabbing to me,” said Barnes. “I like to use it as a background or in the models makeup or clothing. I think color can express emotion and mood very easily.”

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Retro Disco

Jayla Warner throws a disco ball in the air at Dow’s Roller Arena.

Lady Gaga Telephone Ashley Nicolson poses for a portrait wearing caution tape.

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Androgyny

Dontay Graham poses for a portrait excentuating both masculinity and feminity to challenge gender roles.

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As a middle class white woman I have a level of privilege that a lot of people I care about do not. With this priviege, I wanted to uplift the voices of other women around me, and make a statement that would hopefully join us together and make us proud to be who we are. It is not our shared experiences as women that will unite us, rather it is acknowledging our differences, including the different levels of privilege we experience and the different levels of oppression that we face.”

-Mia Barnes

A Woman’s Place is in the House TOP LEFT: Safiyo Mohamud poses for a portrait while wearing her Hijab.

TOP RIGHT: Dandy Kaba poses for a portrait with her Dashiki, a style from African culture.

BOTTOM LEFT: Iman Clark poses for a portrait wearing a tie-dye jacket and white suit.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Haley Oliver poses with her hair natural to symbolize her gender and race.

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Vol. 1 issue 1

April 2017