Fashion Forward

Having spent the majority of the last ten years working in fashion in some form or another, it goes without saying that I have seen a lot of fashion photography. I’m not the first to concede that fashion photography is a brutal world to break into dominated by a handful of stalwart talents and requiring a delicate balance of creativity, compromise, ego and humility to succeed. Which is exactly why I am doubly impressed when a relative newcomer manages to break onto the scene and show us something we haven’t seen before.

Here are a few of my favorites du jour.

A graduate of RISD, Carlotta Maniago’s work has an otherworldly quality and a creamy palette I find enchanting. She also just started to keep a blog.

Carlotta Manaigo

David Benjamin Sherry first caught my eye when he curated a show called A Song For Those In Search of What They Came With at the late, great Bellwether Gallery. When I realized he was shooting fashion as well, I was blown away by the results – an uncommon marriage of ground breaking art and intriguing commercial work.

David Benjamin Sherry

Daniel Sannwald is a name I see attached to a lot of work I find awesome. He also keeps a regular blog.

Daniel Sannwald

Marcus Pritzi’s work caught my eye a while back when I saw the work he did for Joop.

Marcus Pritzi

Lately, a lot of things I love come from Sweden and so does Lina Scheynius. Often photographing herself and friends, she caught the eye of fashion editors with her dreamy, erotic images.

Lina Scheynius