I’m guessing most of you know of Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The fashion work they’ve done together over the last few decades has piled up into mounds of ethos that most shooters don’t manage in a lifetime at the top. The only other duo on par would be Mert and Markus…that I can think of anyway. Fashion work aside though, I just found some of the celebrity portraits they’ve shot over the years, mostly for the New York Times I think, and all that I can muster is the word: brilliant.  I mean, ask yourself, when was the last time you saw celebrity work that was as thoughtful as this?

photo: Natalie Portman for the New York Times by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin

photo: Charlize Theron for the New York Times by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin

photo: Rachel Weisz for the New York Times by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin