New Work: Polina Barbasova w/ Ford
Stylist: Molly Williams
MU: Viktorija (w/ Katy Ryan)
Hair: Dominick (w. Bryan Bantry)
Photo Assistants: Leo Duncan and John Burke
Model: Polina Barbasova (w/ Ford)
Shot in Brooklyn.
Stylist: Molly Williams
MU: Viktorija (w/ Katy Ryan)
Hair: Dominick (w. Bryan Bantry)
Photo Assistants: Leo Duncan and John Burke
Model: Polina Barbasova (w/ Ford)
Shot in Brooklyn.
For Adidas’ David Beckham FW10 line:

photo: for David Beckham’s Adidas FW10 from www.adidas.com, ©Graeme Mitchell / Adidas

photo: for David Beckham’s Adidas FW10 from www.adidas.com, ©Graeme Mitchell / Adidas

photo: for David Beckham’s Adidas FW10 from www.adidas.com, ©Graeme Mitchell / Adidas

photo: for David Beckham’s Adidas FW10 from www.adidas.com, ©Graeme Mitchell / Adidas
Stylist: Kemal and Karla w/ The Wall Group
Groomer: Cheri Keating w/ The Wall Group
Photo Assistants: Blake Williams, Charles Lee, Erika Shisler
Grip+Lighting Rental: Samys Camera Hollywood
Shot on location in LA
Model: Emily Senko w/ Ford
Stylist: Molly Williams
MU: Daniel Martin w/ The Wall Group
Hair: Seiji w/ The Wall Group
Photo Assistant: Blake Williams
Shot in Queens
Model: Paolla Rahmeier w/ IMG
Stylist: Sarah Ellison Lewis w/ Bryan Bantry
MU: Katey Denno w/ The Wall Group
Hair: Seiji w/ The Wall Group
Photo Assistant: Blake Williams
Shot in the basement, Astoria, Queens
Model: Sonny w/ IMG
Stylist: Molly Williams
Make-Up: Jordy Poon (w/ Liz Bell)
Hair: Robert Lyon (w/ Atelier)
Manicurist: Kim Chiu (w/ Mark Edward Inc)
Photo Assistant: Blake Williams
Location: Fast Ashley’s Studios
Portrait of couture milliner, Heather Huey for Ponytail magazine.

photo: Heather Huey wearing one of her cages, NYC, 2010. ©Graeme Mitchell.

photo: Heather Huey wearing one of her hats, NYC, 2010. ©Graeme Mitchell.
Just finished Study by Tara St. James‘ FW10 book. Another beautiful season. And we decided to put those flower still lives I did recently to use by making diptychs. These will be printed large on newsprint…love love working on stuff like this.

photo: Study FW10 by Tara St. James. ©Graeme Mitchell

photo: Study FW10 by Tara St. James. ©Graeme Mitchell

photo: Study FW10 by Tara St. James. ©Graeme Mitchell

photo: Study FW10 by Tara St. James. ©Graeme Mitchell

photo: Study FW10 by Tara St. James. ©Graeme Mitchell
Hair and make-up: Jessa Blades
Model: Nykhor w/ Red
This post is the first of a new category of print editions I will be offering for sale, doing what I can to make a little scratch to keep film in the fridge and a roof over my head; moreover it’s an effort to get what I do into the world in the form of a finished print.
This particular print, Untitled (from a fashion story), is a 20×30″ silver gelatin print in an edition of 5. If you’re interested in purchasing or pricing, contact me through my email for more info.

photo: Untitled (from a fashion story), 20×30″ silver gelatin print, edition of 5, ©Graeme Mitchell.
The look book for Study by Tara St James’ SS10 line.

Study Clothing, SS10. ©Graeme Mitchell.

Study Clothing, SS10. ©Graeme Mitchell.

Study Clothing, SS10. ©Graeme Mitchell.

Study Clothing, SS10. ©Graeme Mitchell.

Study Clothing, SS10. ©Graeme Mitchell.

Study Clothing, SS10. ©Graeme Mitchell.

Study Clothing, SS10. ©Graeme Mitchell.
An Adidas job from this summer. Not retouched.

photo: Adidas Style Essentials FW09, ©Graeme Mitchell

photo: Adidas Style Essentials FW09, ©Graeme Mitchell
A few looks we shot for Interview June 09 of Victorinox‘s men’s fashion.

photo: Victorinox for Interview, ©Graeme Mitchell.

photo: Victorinox for Interview, ©Graeme Mitchell.
Stylist: Miguel Enamorado
Groomer: Laura de Leon (w/ Joe Management)
Photo Assistant: Nyra Lang
Model: Michael (w/ DNA)
Location: Fast Ashley’s Studios
Il Conformista, by Bernardo Bertolucci, is one of the most amazingly shot films I’ve ever seen.
Ever.
Period.
I see in it everything from Lynch’s central oeuvre to Missoni’s FW09 campaign.

photo: still from Il Conformista
and Lynch…

photo: still from David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

photo: still from Il Conformista
Lynch again…

photo: still from David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

photo: still from Il Conformista
Missoni…

photo: Missoni FW 09 campaign, ©Steven Meisel.
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On a seperate note, get to ICP to see the Avedon show!…or if you can’t make it, at least you can see the NYTimes multimedia feature, here.
I did a quick yet idea provoking walk through the MET’s exhibition “model as muse” yesterday. The exhibition’s been getting a lot of press, rightfully, as it’s both excellently curated and art directed. Two things struck me while walking through the show. First, how incredible Dior has been in the history of fashion (duh), and how it remains to be under Galliano. The recent Dior Couture they had on display was incredible. It’s the sort of stuff that makes me want to photograph clothing. Second, I was amazed at both how many people were at the exhibit and how interested they were in it. Which seems like a silly thing to say, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so many people so interested in any exhibit I’ve been to. It was a reminder of how fashion and this aspect of our culture really is mass, and while it feels like it can become isolated to the little bubbles of NYC, Paris, London, etc, it’s so much larger than that. Maybe Penn summed it best in stating, to paraphrase, I take photographs for the housewife in the mid-west.
The museum also posted it’s curator talks in 9 parts, which are a nice history of models and fashion’s social/cultural functions in general:
1 of 9:
2 0f 9:
3 of 9:
4 of 9:
5 of 9:
6 of 9:
7 of 9:
8 of 9:
9 of 9:
I was having a super late post-party supper with a group from Tank while in London and the fash ed started talking about this really far out stuff and, as you’d guess, my interest piqued. It was a film. I won’t belabor the specifics here, but will only repeat what she said, it is amaaaaazing, then said again after a dramatic pause to assure my full attention, amaaaaazing. So I watched it. It’s called The Holy Mountain, by Alejandro Jodorowsky, and, I agree, it is most certainly incredible, but…wow.
video: trailer to The Holy Mountain
Nearly makes Barney’s Creamaster Cycle seem par for, er, normal.
video: Trailer for Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle.
On a completely different note, standing applause for Visionaires #56 solar-powered book. Putting up a good fight for why the printed magazine/book will always have it’s place.

photo: from Visionaire 56, ©Richard Burbridge

photo: from Visionaire 56, ©David Sims
There’s an interview from Vogue with Meisel, here, which as most of you know, is a rare thing indeed.
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