We’re excited to share Martin Schoeller’s new work for Chevron’s AIDS awareness campaign. The ads highlight Chevron’s efforts to provide education on this worldwide epidemic, with a focus on ending mother-to-child transmission within the families of their employees.
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Martin Schoeller portraits ran on 3 magazine covers this month. For two weeks in a row, New York Magazine’s cover featured one of Schoeller’s images. First, the weekly magazine highlighted New York artist, Jeff Koons, shot at the David Zwirner Gallery. Next, they used an image of Michael Douglas as Liberace, shot at the actor’s Central Park West Apartment. The recently revamped Christie’s Magazine ran a closeup portrait of painter, Walton Ford, who was photographed at his New York studio with Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Martin’s cover for New York Magazine was the subject of a post on The Six Floor, a New York Times blog. Arem Dupliessis was intrigued by the cover and reached out to New York Magazine’s Director of Photography, Judy Quon, to get an insider’s perspective on the project. We have included an excerpt below, but head to their site to read more.
What was the initial inspiration behind the image?
We wanted only to hint at Michael-meets-Liberace, since a little goes a long way. Martin Schoeller, the photographer, loved our concept, agreed with the level of subtlety that we thought made sense. Martin’s unique portrait lighting and graphic sensibility made for a terrific combination of reality meets fantasy/artifice.
The touch of makeup above his left eye is subtle, striking and beautiful all at the same time. How did you decide on that approach?
We experimented with the makeup and built it up as we made pictures to see how it was reading in camera. We spoke briefly about which eye, and determined the better eye to be the one on camera right, which would wind up on the right side of the cover — the sweet spot — where a reader’s eye naturally lands. But aside from that it was pretty straightforward.
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Julia was recently commissioned by Publicis to shoot a campaign for BMW’s new parking assistant feature. With the feature, a BMW can now identify a parking space and fit into it with no fear or threat from its surroundings.
Agency: Publicis
Creative Director: Erik Vervoegen
Art Director: Bastien Grisolet
Art Buyer: Lauriane Dula
Producer: Dorothee Lemaitre
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For a piece in People magazine that is on stands now, Martin shot the cast of the recently released film, The Great Gatsby. The group portrait was shot in the Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel, a location that appears in the book.
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We are happy to announce that Julia Fullerton Batten and Mark Zibert appear in the PDN Photo Annual this year. Mark’s image for The Museum of Contemporary Art Canada was awarded in the Advertising Category and his ad spot for Nike’s Mercurial Vapor appeared in the Video Category. Julia’s web edit received the honor of being included in the Website Category.
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Gilles & Cecilie Studio was commissioned by creative agency, Thomas.Mattews, to create designs for multiple wards at the Chelsea Children’s Hospital in London. Partnering with fellow illustrator, Malika Favre, they developed a visual narrative to interpret Thomas.Matthews’ creative concept of “My Universe.” The implementation of the concept aimed to enhance a young patient’s experience in the hospital through color and art. Each ward has its own family of alien characters that complement the the “activity” that takes place there.
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Braschler/Fischer have been traveling this month; after being back in Zurich for just 2 days, they flew to Uganda. Working with the Red Cross, the photographers captured images of refugees from the Congo in the southern Ugandan border city of Kisoro. They worked with the refugees to collect not only their images but stories of an unthinkable, seemingly never ending, civil war.
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An interview with Julia Fullerton-Batten was featured on the Communication Arts blog, Insights, today. We have included an excerpt below but head over to their site to read the entire conversation.
What is the weirdest thing that happened on a shoot and how did you handle it? On an editorial shoot photographing boys in a communal shower, I wanted to add a touch of mistiness and used my smoke machine. I blasted the room with smoke, then let it settle. What I didn’t realise was that I had set off the smoke alarm in the building until I turned round and was confronted by five firemen, fully equipped and brandishing a fire-hose, ready to extinguish my smoke machine. On another occasion, I was photographing a very prominent personality in the Kings College Library, London. My assistant accidentally left a modelling bulb on with a diffuser and gel over the light. It started smoking, again setting off the fire-alarm. This time, panic ensued and the whole College was evacuated.
What has been inspiring you lately? I have been working on my most recent project for the past few months. This is to interview and photograph blind people. It has been the most insightful and awe-inspiring experience for me to meet and talk with people who were either born blind, or lost their sight later in life, but are all so positive in their approach to life.
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Congratulations to Peter Lippmann! Working with Grey Warsaw and their client “Banki Żywności,” The Polish Food Bank, Peter shot the below image which has just won the highest honer at the Polish Art Director’s Club (KTR) festival in the Advertising Photography Category.
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