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Thierry Le Gouès: Photographer

French photographer Thierry Le Gouès‘ Soul photoshoot. Thierry began his career of photographer of mode in 1986 with Condé Nast Italy: Sail and Uomo Vogue, and continued its collaboration with magazines as prestigious as International Glamour, Vogue Men, Vogue, Condé nast Italy, Lei, Per Him, Arena, I.D, The Face, Harper’s Bazaar, Allure, Interview, French Revue. Thierry Goues is one of the founders of the magazine: “French – Re-examined Modes” Thierry is also the author of international advertising campaigns: Replay, Nike, Levi’s, Boucheron, Hermès, Lavazza, Spring, Yves Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, Pascale Browned, Swatch, Moschino. He currently resides in Paris and New York.

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween (2011) from the Material Group on Vimeo.

HAPPY HALLWEEN!

Nick Knight: free Lady Gaga posters x 30

I like this idea. London based SHOWstudio and Nick Knight are sequentially releasing 30, A4 posters as free downloads. When combined together these posters will form a giant poster of a Lady Gaga photo taken by Nick Knight; a unique visual ‘remix’ of the original cover art. A new poster will be available for free download each day on SHOWstudio’s Born This Way – Remix page.

Natalie Shau: Artist

Natalie Shau is illustrator and photographer from Lithuania, Vilnius. She works mainly in digital media and Natalie’s works are mixture of her photography, digital painting and 3D elements.

This is Pacific: Le~Joy

Portugal based This is Pacifica, an independent graphic design studio, launched Le~Joy; the showcase of Photographer and Art Director João Sousa.

Maude Arsenault: Zink

Born and raised in Montreal, Maude Arsenault studied communication and film before starting out as a fashion photographer 14 years ago. Check out Maude’s latest project for Zink.

Grasshopper Reps

Toronto based Grasshopper Reps launched yesterday, an emerging photographer’s collective. Featuring an award-winning roster of four Canadian photographers, Grasshopper was established to serve the advertising, editorial and design industry needs while fostering burgeoning talent.

Charlie Wan

Director/Photographer, Charlie Wan has an amazing range. I particularly love his minimalistic approach and explorations with color.

Beside v3

A refreshing, clean look for my portfolio — BESIDE v3. Get an inside look on my blog.

Hydro74 vs. Vahalla Studios: Behind the scenes

This video, created by Neil over at Lemon Lime Photography, depicts what happens when one of the top illustrators sends his most recent creation to Vahalla Studios to get printed. A great look at the printing process of some fantastic illustration work.

Maude Arsenault + Christophe Collette: SCOUT Magazine

Born and raised in Montreal, Maude Arsenault studied communication and film before starting out as a fashion photographer 14 years ago. Check out her Rebirth: “Entrevue avec le Vampire” shoot, a remarkable 14 page, vampire inspired editorial recently printed in SCOUT Magazine.

Montreal based Director Christophe Collette created this short film to accompany the photo shoot.

Bram Timmer

Art Director / Designer / Photographer Bram Timmer updates his flash portfolio with 25 new works.

(Yes I wrote this in third person – shameless self-plug.)

Goodby Silverstein & Partners: Adobe Virtual Museum

Goodby Silverstein & Partners collaborated with Adobe in creating the Adobe Virtual Museum which launched this month after being unveiled at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival last June.

Unlike any space created before it, the AVM is entirely digital. The virtual building was designed by Italian architect Filippo Innocenti. Traverse the virtual building and discover showcases in photography, product development and broadcast communications. “our mission is to showcase and preserve groundbreaking digital work and expert commentary to illustrate how digital media shapes and impacts today’s society. Here, artists and innovators have the unique freedom to create work that wouldn’t be possible in a traditional museum.”

“… In the coming months, exhibits will feature video artist Tony Oursler, RISD President John Maeda and Japanese artist Mariko Mori.”

Mark Tipple: The Underwater Project

Australian Documentary Photographer Mark Tipple took his interest in surfing below the surface and created The Underwater Project. Beautifully shot — great inspiration.

Maude Arsenault: Photographer

Talented Montreal based photographer Maude Arsenault launched a new site with great new work. Her work has been published in Vogue, ELLE, Nylon, Harper’s Bazar among many others and she is currently preparing a solo exhibition based on textured portraits called Tâches.

L’Éloi: Agence de photographes ~ Montréal

Talent reps L’Éloi based in the heart of Montreal represent some of Canada’s top talented photographers/directors/artists. Here is some of their work:

Christophe Collette:

Mackenzie Duncan:

Anouk Lessard: