dominique issermann

La Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP), en París, dedica una exposición a Laetitia Casta. La modelo es uno de los tesoros nacionales en un país que disfruta teniéndolos. El fotógrafo Dominique Isserman propuso a la francesa pasar tres días en las termas suizas de Vals y fotografiarla allí.

La Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris, devoting an exhibition to Laetitia Casta. The model is one of the national treasures in a country that enjoys having them. Photographer Dominique Isserman French proposed to spend three days at the spa Swiss Waltz and photograph there.  

Photographer: Dominique Issermann
Model: Laetitia Casta
Via: Vanity Fair

sophie delaporte

Photographer: Sophie Delaporte
NUDES. Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, Brodway
Born in Paris, Sophie Delaporte studied photography and film at the ENSLL art school in Paris. 
After graduating, she moved to London and started to work for the English press. Her first publications appeared in i-D magazine, with whom she collaborates since a long time. 
She currently lives and works between Paris and New York. Her work has been shown in four solo exhibitions at Marion Meyer Gallery in Paris, Scream Gallery in London and at Sous les Etoiles in NY. Also widely in group exhibitions and internatinal art fairs as Art Chicago, Bâle Miami, Photo london,”Work on Paper” NY and Art Paris. 
Sophie recently worked for clients as Le Bon Marché, Hermès, Dior, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier and Astier de Villatte. 
Her pictures are regularly featured in numerous books and publications as Italian Vogue, Uomo Vogue, Japanese Vogue, Chinese Vogue, i-D magazine, Another Magazine.
Via: Trendland

frieke janssens

Smoking Kids,

Bajo el título "The beauty of an ugly additction", el fotógrafo  Frieke Janssens confronta puntos de vista sobre questiones acerca de reciente prohibición del tabaco introducida en Bélgica hace unos meses. Surrealista, melancólica y teatral, pero especialmente imágenes controvertidas de niños fumadores para mostrar la contradicción de lo malo de los cigarrillos y el inmenso placer de fumar. Más...
Los niños nunca estuvieron expuestos al humo de los cigarrillos durante la realización de este trabajo.

Title " The beauty of an ugly addition", photographer Frieke Janssens conforts viewers with questions about the general smoking ban introduced in Belgium some months ago. Surrealistic, melancholic and theatricalbut especially controversial pictures of smoking kids are used to visualise the contradiction of the unhealthy cigarette and the immerse atrraction of smoking. More..http://www.ilovebelgium.be/smoking-kids
No children were exposed to cigarette smoke in the making of this project.

Via: Voyonsvoir

tomohide ikeya

"BREATH" (Aliento) es el trabajo más premiado del fotógrafo japonés Tomohide Ikeya.
Se centra en la respiración, una actividad vital de los seres humanos -que es controlada por nosotros mismos. Un número infinito de burbujas de aire aparecen en el agua nos permite ver el "aliento" con total nitidez.
A pesar de que la respiración está inconscientemente en nuestra vida cotidiana, no es fácil respirar bajo el agua.  Nos damos cuenta el valor real de las cosas que siempre hay a nuestro alrededor, en el momento de perderlos. Esa es la diferencia de aferrarse a la vida, que aparece claramente bajo el agua...más

"BREATH" is the most rewarding work of Japanese photographer, Tomohide Ikeya.
Focuses on breath, a vital activity of human-beings which is controlled by ourselves. An infinite number of air bubbles appeared in the water enables us to see 'breath' with vivid clarity. 
Although we breath unconsciously in our ordinary lives, it is not easy to breath under water. We realize true value of things that always exist around us, in the moment of losing them. Some people accepts its control and wait for the end to come without bidding defiance to it. That is the contrast of holding on to life, which appears clearly under water...More

Awards
PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS "WATER" Competition 2008 Honorable Mentions for "BREATH"
International Photography Awards 2009 1st place in People (other) for "BREATH”
International Photography Awards 2009 2nd place in Special (moving images) for "BREATH” International Photography Awards 2009 2nd place in Advertising (catalogue) for "Nude Jewelry”
Xto image award 2010 1st place in Body in Nature for “BREATH”
PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2010 2nd place in Fine art (nudes) for "BREATH"
Via: The Secret Garden