The lovely Samantha Cope emailed me this great photo last week. She is the cover model that Jonathan Beckerman and I used for two cover photographs of the newly released Troy High and last years The Girls. Beyond cover model Samantha is one of the stars of the new CW show The Lake. Check it out.
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Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Samantha Cope—Cover model for The GIRLS and TROY HIGH
The lovely Samantha Cope emailed me this great photo last week. She is the cover model that Jonathan Beckerman and I used for two cover photographs of the newly released Troy High and last years The Girls. Beyond cover model Samantha is one of the stars of the new CW show The Lake. Check it out.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
An evening with the de Brunhoffs
This past Tuesday evening Laurent and Phyllis de Brunhoff a.k.a Phyllis Rose asked me over for drinks and fine conversation at there Upper East Side apartment. Little did I know Phylis had other plans. She was looking for another model for her on-going photo series that she calls the Holbein portraits. Being the ham that I am I agreed whole heartedly to take part. Here is a brief description by Phyllis Rose about here series. Its quite amazing!
PB: I started shooting these pictures when I got tired of photographing
Laurent, my resident model, as he was and started throwing upholstery
fabrics onto him to try to make him look like someone else. About the
same time I went to the Frick and was, as always, blown away by the
Holbein portraits of Thomas More and of Cromwell. So I started
photographing men with the intention of reproducing some of the
effects of Holbein portraits, especially the lighting, the palette,
and the gravity of the sitters. I increased my stock of velvets and
damasks on West 38th Street and from fabricguru.com. And I bought
some hats and fur pieces and significant objects (astrolabe,
telescope, skull etc) on eBay. I like to let sitters choose an object
they want to be associated with. Over time, I've moved from Holbein
as a model and gotten more promiscuous in my inspiration. Titian,
Rembrandt, Bronzino, and Veronese are important, too. Conclusions? I
think men have very few opportunities to play. Also I think they look
better dressed in velvet robes and caps than in what they're
encouraged to wear these days. In case you're wondering,
I can't do women because their clothes are too complicated
and the jewelry has to be good.
Laurent, my resident model, as he was and started throwing upholstery
fabrics onto him to try to make him look like someone else. About the
same time I went to the Frick and was, as always, blown away by the
Holbein portraits of Thomas More and of Cromwell. So I started
photographing men with the intention of reproducing some of the
effects of Holbein portraits, especially the lighting, the palette,
and the gravity of the sitters. I increased my stock of velvets and
damasks on West 38th Street and from fabricguru.com. And I bought
some hats and fur pieces and significant objects (astrolabe,
telescope, skull etc) on eBay. I like to let sitters choose an object
they want to be associated with. Over time, I've moved from Holbein
as a model and gotten more promiscuous in my inspiration. Titian,
Rembrandt, Bronzino, and Veronese are important, too. Conclusions? I
think men have very few opportunities to play. Also I think they look
better dressed in velvet robes and caps than in what they're
encouraged to wear these days. In case you're wondering,
I can't do women because their clothes are too complicated
and the jewelry has to be good.
http://www.phyllisrose.net
Laurent de Brunhoff's Studio
Phyllis Rose's Studio
My portrait. I can't help but laugh at this photo.
Laurent looks on in amusement
Monday, June 29, 2009
New Photographer! Behind the Scenes.
MORGAN R. LEVY
From Morgan's Blog Hopeful Monsters
"I am shooting a commissioned portrait this weekend which I am pretty excited about. Here is one of the backgrounds for one of two children. His paper costume is going to be a "space ninja" as he believes he is from a far off galaxy that exploded (Superman anyone?) and he and his brother were sent to earth in space ships and he is older because his space ship got here first. . . . Naturally. This image was created with support from Hekla, Iceland's volcano and the good people at NASA. The image is almost complete, some more small compositional things to tweak.
I had the good fortune to work with Morgan on
David Clement-Davies next novel SCREAM OF THE WHITE BEARS.
Morgan traveled to Iceland just where she photographed numerous images of the landscape which we used in the background image of the cover.
http://www.morganrlevy.blogspot.com
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Behind the Scenes: Photo shoot for ANXIOUS HEARTS by TUCKER SHAW
Photographer Jonathan Beckerman gives us a behind the scenes look at his photo shoot for ANXIOUS HEARTS by TUCKER SHAW.
Due out Spring 2010!
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Jonathan Beckerman NEW site
My brother just updated his photography website. He is an LA based fashion and book cover photographer. He and I have worked on numerous book covers together.
For example,
Struts & Frets,
The Girls,
Troy High,
Such a Pretty Face,
My Life in Pink & Green,
Anahita's Woven Riddle,
Car Trouble,
Rock Tease,
Hell Phone and
Breaktime to name a few.
Note: Give it a moment to load we are working on the loading time issue. Thanks
For example,
Struts & Frets,
The Girls,
Troy High,
Such a Pretty Face,
My Life in Pink & Green,
Anahita's Woven Riddle,
Car Trouble,
Rock Tease,
Hell Phone and
Breaktime to name a few.
Note: Give it a moment to load we are working on the loading time issue. Thanks
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