Kim Akrigg - Photographer

Lovely lensflares from photographer Kim Akrigg.

Lady GaGa, Nicola Formichetti, Stephen Gan & Inez & Vinoodh for V #71 Summer 2011

There has been a lot of controversy over the cover for V#71, which features Lady GaGa in an editorial shot by Inez and Vinoodh with creative direction from Nicola Formichetti.

As this was supposed to be the ASIAN ISSUE, shouldn't they have featured an ASIAN MODEL on the cover? I love the styling, but wouldn't have looked just as good on an Asian celebrity or model?

In his defence V Magazine co-founder and creative director Stephen Gan had this to say:

"Honestly, we searched high and low for Asian celebrities, and we seriously did our homework. But stars who are big in Asia rarely come to America, and getting someone shot over there the way we like things done, started to look tougher and tougher. Gaga and I were emailing the day “Born This Way” came out and I said, “You deserve another cover!” It turned out our Summer issue was coming out ten days before her new album was due to hit. And so I turned to Inez & Vinoodh to come up with an idea that showed her as 3 different characters: herself, a Japanese butterfly, and a Bollywood Shiva goddess. This was their idea, and it just seemed to fit so naturally."

Is he seriously trying to tell us that there are no Asian Stars living in America?

Nicki Minaj, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin For V Magazine Spring 2011

It's good to see Nicki Minaj moving away from her usual face-tourettes look (see here, here and here) in a few of the pictures from this spread for V Magazine's Spring 2011 issue.

Photographed by Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and wearing Versace and Mark Fast she really pulls of the zombie body paint.

If you are into it and want to create your own look or you just want to watch a stranger putting on make-up really fast for 10 minutes then I have already found a tutorial for you...

Dorith by Barrie Hullegie for Glamcult

I love the really strong graphic art direction in this shoot from photographer Barrie Hullegie and stylist Thomas Vermeer for Glamcult. The clever lighting works brilliantly with the set and model Dorith to create a really tight editorial.

Rui Faria, Linda Ohrstrom and Scott Robert Clark for Volt Magazine Issue 07

I know I have already posted an editorial from Volt 07 today (it's a good issue) but as I mentioned in the last post I love anything involving a bit of paper, especially if it is pritt-sticked to someones face. So I had to share this AWESOME beauty story with you.

With photographs by Rui Faria and gorgeous make-up and styling by Linda Ohrstrom and Scott Robert Clark.

Neil Mota - Photographer

Some beautiful work from Montreal based Neil Mota. Some of these photos are taken from 'Ahead of the Game' a spread for Zink Magazine. The rest are from his personal website.

Kirsty Mitchell - Wonderland

'Wonderland' a fairytale series by photographer and costume designer Kirsty Mitchell is simply breathtaking. Inspired by her late mother, Kirsty uses real locations, all natural light and absolutely no Photoshop to create these epic dream-like scenes.