About Benjamin Kanarek

Fashion and Beauty Photographer. Some of the magazines I have shot for include: VOGUE (China, Portugal, Brazil, Italia, Paris and South America & Mexico editions), RG VOGUE Brazil, Harper’s BAZAAR (China, en Español & Latin America, Hong Kong, Italy editions), L’Officiel Paris, ELLE (Spain, Portugal and Greece editions), Madame Figaro (France), Cosmopolitan (France and Italy editions), Glamour (France), Votre Beauté, Jardin des Modes, Dépêche Mode, New York Daily News, Fashion District News, New York Times Magazine, W (British edition), WWD, Fashion Magazine (Canada), Flare (Canada), Oyster, Tank, WestEast…
Website: http://www.benjaminkanarekblog.com
benjamin kanarek has written 480 articles so far, you can find them below.

The Politics of Fashion Photography, Part 6

Keeping Cool… Or Walking on Eggs Your probably asking what I mean by the above phrase. In fact it means many things pertaining to the “Biz”. It can mean keeping your nose out of trouble, keeping your distance when you really want to get involved in a model’s problem with her agency, boyfriend, client etc. […]
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Recalling Guy Laroche

Since I posted “Recalling Pierre Cardin”, there have been several requests to post some of my earlier work from my archives. I have always had the greatest respect for French Designer Guy Laroche’s work and found a couple of advertorials I did for him that appeared in VOGUE Paris and L’ Officiel magazines from the […]
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Mood Boards

I was asked what a Mood Board is and how it differs from a Story Board. This may seem convoluted but this is how I described what a Mood Board is: A Mood Board, unlike a Story Board, does not indicate a progression of images that will actually be shot, nor the actual setting. What […]
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Paris Street Fashion Stuff #3

by Benjamin Kanarek On a gloriously balmy Sunday afternoon, as I was passing through the Place des Abbesses, I spotted a very cute couple, looked back at them, thought, “Nah, they have already passed, later…” I then spun around a called out “Excuse Me!” They turned and I felt rather embarrassed stating that I had […]
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Paris Street Fashion Stuff #2

On Rue des Abbesses in Paris © Benjamin Kanarek I was taking a walk along Rue des Abbesses in the 18th District of Paris in Montmartre and spotted this couple and asked “Wanna be on Benjamin Kanarek Blog?” and they said sure… You know, I have seen a few of the other blogs that appear […]
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XX ELLE

We have become accustomed to size 0 models but plus sized women are getting more and more in demand by Fashion Magazines
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The Politics of Fashion Photography Part 4

Model Agencies As you may already know, if you want a credible model, you will have to go through a model agency. But in the Politics of Fashion, nobody is more adept to playing the game and playing it extremely well as Model Agencies. If you ever thought that it is as simple as picking […]
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The Fashion Playground from Chanel to McQueen…

Or… How I forgot to move on and am still on the Merry-Go-Round by: Benjamin Kanarek Looking around me during one of my fashion shoots, something struck me as very interesting and that was that those around me who were considered the Fashionably Fashionable were more than just Fashion conscious, they were attuned to a […]
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Die Antwoord… A Different Twist

I’ve never been a big RAP person, more in to Alternative Rock, Rock, Pop-Rock and R&B. But Die Antwoord (which means The Answer) from South Africa are really Special. They can Rap at 50,000,000 Miles Per Hour and have some really interesting melodic content blended in to the Mix. Their lyrical content is controversial and […]
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Dr.Edgar Mitchell Apollo Astronaut UFO Disclosure

This may be considered way off topic, but is of such great significance that I felt compelled to share this interview and intermingled video footage from the Space Shuttle and Apollo missions, that will at the very least have you ponder the possibilities. Dr. Edgar Mitchell earned his doctorates from several Universities and was one […]
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