Thursday, February 19, 2009

!-! Desitarka.org !-! ~~~~~~Steven Meisel Photography~~~~~~

 



Steven Meisel (born 1954) is an American photographer, who obtained popular acclaim with his work in US and Italian Vogue and his photographs of friend Madonna in the latter's 1992 book Sex designed by Fabien Baron. He is now considered one of the most successful fashion photographers in the industry, shooting regularly for both US and Italian Vogue and lately W.

I thought it would be interesting to show some of his recent work, which is gorgeous, and some other art historical references with excessive pattern clashes that relates to that. Being an informed artist, Meisel was certainly knowledgeable of the work of painters Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele of the Austrian Secessionist movement at the turn of the 20th century. These painters, especially Klimt, explored fully this notion of the human figure entwined with and melting into the immediate surroundings. Schiele was knowledgeable of the older, more respected Klimt—and certain pieces of his work reflect that. Schiele's life was tragic—persecuted by the law for "pornographic" drawings, he died at the young age of 28—a victim of the Spanish flu epidemic of Europe that took 20 million lives in 1918.

Certainly, Meisel knew of the incredible work of Verushka, basically the world's first supermodel, and her camoflauge series, where she would use body paint to become (or blend into) wood, rocks or the landscape.

The 19th century Japanese woodcuts, though more obscure—explore similar graphic devices of patterning.























--
The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.

Yours
B"Nt

__._,_.___
Recent Activity:
Please forward this message to all Your Friends who will love it! If you like such messages and want to join these fun mail lists then send a blank email to:DesiTarka-subscribe@yahoogroups.com 

------------------------------
(!!~~!!~~Desi Tarka~~!!~~!!)
http://www.desitarka.org
http://www.desitarka.org
http://www.desitarka.org
http://www.desitarka.org
http://www.desitarka.org
http://www.desitarka.org
http://www.desitarka.org
http://www.desitarka.org
(!!~~!!~~Desi Tarka~~!!~~!!)
------------------------------
Join Us :- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join
----------------------------------------------------------


You can also join the group by clicking the below link or by copying and pasting it in the browser bar and then pressing 'Enter'.
http://us.groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DesiTarka/join


To modify your list subscription, please send a blank email to:
SUBSCRIBE            :  DesiTarka-subscribe@yahoogroups.com     
UNSUBSCRIBE          :  DesiTarka-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com     
INDIVIDUAL MAILS     :  DesiTarka-normal@yahoogroups.com          
DAILY DIGEST         :  DesiTarka-digest@yahoogroups.com          
VACATION HOLD        :  DesiTarka-nomail@yahoogroups.com    
FOR POSTING MESSAGES :  DesiTarka@yahoogroups.com
.

__,_._,___

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Share

Twitter Delicious Facebook Digg Stumbleupon Favorites More