'The Architecture of Hair' Lensed By Ricardo Rivera With Models Awar Mou + Lisa Verberght
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Vogue Italy launches our online week with a stunning series of images ‘The Architecture of Hair’ by Honduras-born, New York based photographer Ricardo Rivera. His work work was recently displayed in the October 2018 Photo Vogue Festival ‘Embracing Diversity Exhibition’ in Milan. The images feature models Awar Mou @ Red Model Management and Lisa Verberght @ Elite Model Management, styled by Lisa Jarvis.
It all started with hair. This series ‘The Architecture of Hair’ was a close collaboration between Rivera and hair stylist Erol Karadag imagining architectural and structured hairstyles using not so conventional materials like resin, sewing pins, and fruit nets. Influenced by everyday visuals in his tropical home country, scenes of outside markets are inspirational in DNA in Rivera’s image-making. This context inspires him to incorporate objects such as flowers and fruit and clothing that also highlighted the sculptural and colorful nature of the hairstyles into these images.
