After a few season's off, and under new ownership, SPLIT is officially making a comeback. They recently hired me to shoot both their 2011 Men's & Women's collection. We shot the Women's collection on location at this awesome antique warehouse in Los Angeles. The staff was extremely accommodating to our needs, and kept their doors open for us, as the shoot went on into the evening. The owner was awesome, so awesome that he insisted I use an antique movie light (continuous light) that he had in store. This thing was ancient, must have been from the 30's or 40's, it was massive. Looked like something that came off the Titanic.
The new collection is fairly large, so I opted to mix up the vibe by shooting in various, distinct styles (opposed to a single, cohesive look). I'm stoked with what we ended up, considering the shooting conditions were a photographers nightmare: cramped + low available light.
Below is a BTS video from the shoot, and some of my favorites from the day. To see more, click HERE. I'll be posting the men's collection soon!
Once a year, SMASHBOX West Hollywood hosts a photography competition/art show, that is juried by top industry leaders. The competition is open to professional photographers from all around the world. This year they had over 700 submission, but only picked the top 50 photographers to exhibit in the show. I was one of them. Below is my submission, "Faster + Faster" 46x36" light-jet print on luster.
Check out the SMASHBOXblog to see a recap of the opening reception.
recently shot the ambiguous spring/summer 2011 collection. the catalogs just went to print, they came out clean.
you can click HERE to check out the rest photos from this shoot. all images were shot in/around DTLA.
