Amanda Charchian Captures Surreal, Nude Beauty In Las Pozas For 'Pheromone Hotbox'

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Looking at the sculpture gardens created by the Scottish eccentric, art patron, I do see a strong connection between them and the Omo Valley people of southern Ethiopia.

Model Grace Hartzel preens in Las Pozas, lensed by Mikael Jansson in engaging and creative images for US Vogue's April 2016 issue. (Editorial here.)

Grace keeps her clothes on, unlike fashion designer Alejandra Quesada, lensed in Las Pozas by Los-Angeles based photographer Amanda Charchian. The exquisite images are part of her new monograph 'Pheromone Hotbox', published by Hat&Beard and Dilettante Paper.

See the deeply female imagery in AOC Salon.

Sølve Sundsbø Shoots 50's Style Cover Of London's Luncheon Debut Issue

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Sølve Sundsbø photographs the debut cover of of Luncheon Magazine, a new independent , oversized magazine that "has the air of a 1950s issue of Vogue or Life", writes the New York Times. Editors-in-chief Frances von Hofmannsthal and Thomas Persson imagine Luncheon from Shoreditch's Rochelle School in London.

“It’s partly inspired by Brassaï’s imagery of café society in the 1920’s,” says Persson about the cover shot, which shows models wearing clothes from Gucci’s spring 2016 collection. The cover lines appear in a traditional format that mimics the design of a lunch card.

 

Inside Luncheon

'Portrait of a Hostess' features photographer Lee Miller, photographed by her second husband, the surrealist artist Roland Penrose at her countryside home, Farley Farm House in East Sussex. 

"This is when fashion is treated like The National Geographic -- with a long lens," says Persson of the Roe Ethridge photo story. The title 'Lunch Is for Wimps' comes from the 1987 film 'Wall Street'. "It's hamburgers meets Vetements meets Manhattan meets a ton of makeup," adds von Hofmannsthal. "It's marvelous."