Fashion photographers with a history of just over a hundred years have been able to open a very important place in the culture of different countries and also by influencing the general public, especially the young, has been and can be one of the most influential tools.
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The best fashion photographers in 2021
The very colorful role that fashion photographers have played over the last hundred years on culture building as well as branding and ultimately selling various products is undeniable.
Along the way, photographers called fashion have left many unique effects, some of which we have tried to name for you in this text, and with a little explanation, we can be more familiar with their style or their impact on the world community.
Peter Lindbergh
Peter Lindbergh is one of the world’s greatest and most well-known fashion photographers, having started working in the field of fine art as well as commercial photography since 1970. He sadly died in 2019.
Peter was able to start his career with the world-famous fashion magazine Vogue for the first time and later other magazines such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Allure, and Rolling Stones noticed his talent.
Peter Lindbergh was more interested in black and white photography, and this style was influenced by German cinema and the Berlin stage art of the 1920s. In 1988, he also photographed Anna Wintour, editor of Vogue, for many years on the cover of Vogue.
In January 1990, she photographed for Vogue with Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Cindy Crawford, and Christy Turlington (the most famous supermodels of the time). In 1996, his book The Ten Wives by Peter Lindbergh sold 100,000 copies. In addition to photography, he also worked as a filmmaker during his career.
David Lachapelle
David Lachapelle was introduced to photography by Andy Warhol. Andy Warhol, a very famous contemporary American artist, seeing his creativity and talent, decided to introduce him to some magazines, and then he started working for Interview Magazine.
His work is not directly related to advertising or commercial photography and is often classified as fine artwork.
His success can be attributed to his interest and knowledge of architecture, art, and fashion. His staging is generally very complex and with very strange and difficult lighting, and in his works, he has portrayed many fictional or fictional characters.
She has collaborated with many magazines including Italian Vogue, Vanity Fair and…
Tim Walker
Tim Walker can be considered one of the most creative fashion photographers in the world. After graduating from university, the team had the great opportunity to accompany Richard Avedon, the great master of fashion photography, as his assistant.
Over the years, she has collaborated with the world’s top fashion magazines and has been able to hold many exhibitions in the world’s most famous galleries and museums.
His works are full of strong creative emotions and storytelling that have been seen all over the world. One of the salient features of photography and the use of minimal photography software and construction and staging is very complex.
Steven Meisel
Steven Meisel began his career with Vogue and W. Magazines. In this way, he was able to enter the world of fashion and through it, he was able to enter the world of music and music videos.
In 1992, he created a collection of photographs for Madonna. She is very interested in using different colors and shapes in her photography and has done a lot of work with Vogue Italia.
From a young age, she was very interested in beauty and model photography. She also studied fashion photography at Parsons.
Mizel has discovered talent in many fashion designers, models, make-up artists, and hairdressers. Famous models such as Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Lara Stone, Coco Rocha, and… are the result of her very strong talent search.
Mario Testino
Mario Testino life story is incredible. She is one of the top ten fashion photographers in the world and it is hard to believe that she has already decided to become a priest one day.
In her youth, she dyed her hair pink for a while because she wanted everyone to pay attention to her, and finally decided to become a photographer.
She has worked with many celebrities and her photographic works have been published in world-famous fashion magazines.
Some of the famous characters in her photos can be named Emma Watson, Julia Roberts, Kristen Stewart, and…
Inez and Vinoodh
Ines and Vinoodh started in 1986. Their talent was recognized after several joint projects.
In addition to various magazines, they have collaborated with Lawina, MOMA Museum, PS1, and have won numerous awards worldwide for their contributions to Vogue, Interview, Vanity Fair, and others. They are the pioneers of the art of fashion photographers of our time.
Mert and Marcus
Mert and Marcus are two well-known photographers. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott have been collaborating since 1990 for the world’s top and toughest brands, including Armani, Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, and more.
They make great use of creativity and digital technology in photography. They are skilled in showing their subjects and pay great attention to appearances and details. The culmination of modeling photography can be seen in their works.
Patrick Demarchelier
Patrick Demarchelier started his career for the first time in 1990 and to this day he has collaborated with many magazines such as Elle, Marie Claire, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar.
He has also been involved in many advertising campaigns for Dior, Louis Vuitton, Channel, etc. She collaborates with most fashion magazines and is one of the world’s leading fashion photographers. also mentioned in Devils Wears Prada and Next Top Model.
Rankin
Rankin has been in the field of photography for a long time and has done a lot of work in this field. He started with his partner Jefferson Hack and Dazed & Confused magazine.
His photographic work gradually turned into advertising campaigns, video clips, and so on. In general, Rankin has created new horizons in fashion photography. He uses a lot of visual effects and video in his work and has created his style in this field.
Fashion photographer tasks
The task of the fashion photographer is to break some of the visual principles and rules and try to create different and attractive stories for the audience. The most important role in reviving this event is done by the photographer, and sometimes photograph techniques do not matter, the photographer should aware of the culture r society he or she is willing to take a picture to attract a specific target audience. To know more about it, you can contact our team or refer to our articles published in SAMYARI Art and Advertising Studio’s blog.