do you have an inspiration board?
i've been living in my apartment for almost 3 years. it's mostly furnished, but the walls are mostly unadorned. i just haven't had the resources to invest or commit to enough "real" art, not yet. but i've started to build a (temporary) collage on one of them--the one that i consider the "studio" wall-- with images that, apart from being pretty, are a reminder of the ways to use light and shadow to greater effect. a reminder of the "possibilities." i like having some pages up to look at, though if it stays up for very long in this DIY fashion, my mom is surely going to have something to say about it.
what i'm liking right now, torn from the pages of various international fashion magazines (thank you, sister):
--a photo from japanese vogue, of daria werbowy -- i think--shot by mikael jansson, gently backlit, with a shimmer across a bit of the headwrap and her hair;
--a nature/fantasy shot of natalia vodianova, by nick knight, though this involves a lot more graphic art and photoshop than i'm capable of;
--guinevere van seenus, photographed by javier vanhollrat, which i love for its use of various, whimsical, artificial light sources (i've got to play with those);
--a ysl "shoe" showcase, side lit, casting a terrific bold shadow of someone's very nice legs;
--phoebe philo, photographed by patrick demarchelier. i love it because a) she is cool, and b) i am a sucker for turtlenecks, and people who "hide" in them. but the more i've been looking at it the more i appreciate what a perfectly balanced "grey" shot it is. very demarchelier...
--a black and white portrait of marion cotillard from l'officiel. if i took that one myself, i would probably junk it, thinking that i ruined it because her eyes are shadowed by the brim of her hat. but koto bolofo got a great look from her. the gentle light on her chin works...
what goes up next? perhaps shots involving the terre battue...
