{"id":14380,"date":"2011-03-05T08:59:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T07:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=14380"},"modified":"2011-03-05T08:59:40","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T07:59:40","slug":"politics-fashion-photography-part-19-do-you-know-your-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/politics-fashion-photography-part-19-do-you-know-your-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Politics of Fashion Photography Part 19 &#8211; Do You Know Your Designers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14382\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14382\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14382\" href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/03\/05\/politics-fashion-photography-part-19-do-you-know-your-designers\/maxime-simoens-spring\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14382\" title=\"maxime-simoens-spring\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/maxime-simoens-spring-590x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"511\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Maxime Simoens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you heard of Gareth Pugh, Manish Arora, Jantaminiau, Haider Ackermann, Alexander Wang, Iris van Herpen, Pedro Louren\u00e7o, Maxime Simoens&#8230; ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know these designers and are intent on being or calling yourself a Fashion Photographer, I suggest you start doing your homework. A Fashion Photographer should at least be aware of the designers producing the clothing that you will inevitably shoot for your next editorial spread.<br \/>\nIt is important to know what the designers are designing, their mood boards or trend reports and look books, as it will have an effect on the themes of the shoots you will produce. Not only that, but seeing the collections via <a title=\"Style.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.style.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Style.com<\/a> or other sources, may give you inspiration and idea&#8217;s for what you might want to shoot. Many of the make-up and hair trends are expressed through those collections.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14395\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14395\" href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2011\/03\/05\/politics-fashion-photography-part-19-do-you-know-your-designers\/%c2%a0%c2%a2%c2%a0%e2%80%9d7\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14395\" title=\"\u00a0\u00a2\u00a0\u201d7\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/\u00a0\u00a2\u00a0\u201d7-590x379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"379\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manish Arora for Harper&#39;s BAZAAR \u00a9 Benjamin Kanarek<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBy knowing which designer is doing what, will also give you exposure to the most current Models on the scene and their agencies. Those two very important bits of information are essential if you wish to discuss this m\u00e9tier with some semblance of credibility.<br \/>\nSo, the next time you are about to embark on a photo shoot with your stylist, I suggest you look at all of the major collections from Milan, Paris, New York, London, Sao Paulo, Berlin etc&#8230; To aid in giving you a sense of where Fashion is going in the near future. If you don&#8217;t know what is happening, you won&#8217;t be!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Politics of Fashion Photography Part 20 The Casting Director\" href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/18w\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Part 20<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Have you heard of Gareth Pugh, Manish Arora, Jantaminiau, Haider Ackermann, Alexander Wang, Iris van Herpen, Pedro Louren\u00e7o, Maxime Simoens&#8230; ? If you don&#8217;t know these designers and are intent on being or calling yourself a Fashion Photographer, I suggest you start doing your homework. A Fashion Photographer should at least be aware of the designers producing the clothing that you will inevitably shoot for your next editorial spread. It is important to know what the designers are designing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[19],"tags":[84,11,940,171,537,869,173,941,842,729],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-3JW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7640,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/benjamin-kanarek-work\/pedro-lourenco-debut-paris-photographed-benjamin-kanarek-rg-vogue-brazil\/","url_meta":{"origin":14380,"position":0},"title":"Pedro Louren\u00e7o&#039;s Debut in Paris lensed by Benjamin Kanarek for RG VOGUE Brazil","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"June 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Pedro Louren\u00e7o, Brazilian Fashion Designer of 19 years old, presented his first Collection during Paris Fashion Week, photographed by Benjamin Kanarek for RG VOGUE Brazil","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Benjamin Kanarek Work&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Benjamin Kanarek Work","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/category\/benjamin-kanarek-work\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pedro-Lourenco-by-Benjamin-Kanarek.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pedro-Lourenco-by-Benjamin-Kanarek.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Pedro-Lourenco-by-Benjamin-Kanarek.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22405,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/how-indian-fashion-has-risen-independent-fashion-industry\/","url_meta":{"origin":14380,"position":1},"title":"How Indian Fashion has risen to an Independent Fashion Industry","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"November 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It is fascinating to see how the Indian fashion industry invites new things. 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