BOF Interviews Rising Super Photographer Ethan James Green

Chantal Fernandez interviews rising star photographer Ethan James Green for Business of Fashion. The interviews seems accessible free, although you might have to register for the newsletter.

Green is clearly a young man with tremendous self confidence and self awareness, transitioning from being a model for brands like Calvin Klein and Marc Jacobs to a position behind the lens. Why do I say self-confidence and determination? Because Green racked up $150,000 in debt working with small magazines to build his portfolio.

A Fashion Industry in Flux

Fernandez raises a valid point about Ethan James Green getting an opening for success with the sexual conduct allegations around several prominent fashion industry photographers including Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier and Bruce Weber — to cite three majors.

I will add, though, that female photographers and photographers of every skin color and heritage are also on the rise, in an effort to address an industry dominated by white male photographers. 50 years after a wave of activism and legislation designed to not find ourselves in a white male dominated world in 2019 clearly, visibly failed to make a dent in those efforts. The Internet has made this possible, with influencers and websites like AOC determined to change this dominate of white men, just as we are determined to change the hue of models beyond white women.

AOC regularly bends an extra 90 degrees for poc and female photographers, although we’ve raved about Ethan James Green for a long while and celebrate his success. Read on at BOF and review a large portion of Green’s portfolio in his AOC Photographer Archives.

These recent works will get you started.

Solve Sundsbo Eyes Lily Nova in 'Wandering Couture' for V Magazine 122

Solve Sundsbo Eyes Lily Nova in 'Wandering Couture' for V Magazine 122

Model Lily Nova finds herself roaming a storied East London railway station, styled by Gro Curtis in luxe Haute Couture from Armani, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Gaultier Paris, Givenchy, Giambattista Vali, Maison Margiela Artisanal and Valentino. Photographer Solve Sundsbo captures ‘Wandering Couture’ for V Magazine 122, available to order now.

La Perla Lingerie FW 2019 Campaign's Fresh Approach Lensed by Catherine Servel

La Perla Lingerie FW 2019 Campaign's Fresh Approach Lensed by Catherine Servel

La Perla lingerie takes a new direction this fall, celebrating its 65th anniversary — more global, fresher, and seductive in a modern way. Models Alice Sofia Navarin, Ayesha Shivani Djwalapersad and Penelope Haro are styled by James Valeri for 21st century, old-world images by Catherine Servel.

Amina Adan, Sharif Idris by Marco van Rijt for Numéro Homme Netherlands

Amina Adan, Sharif Idris by Marco van Rijt for Numéro Homme Netherlands

Models Amina Adan and Sharif Idris pose in ‘Countryside’, almost as if they are stepping out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Call the editorial backdrop timely. Rikke Wackerhausen styles the duo in modern tailoring, lensed by Marco van Rijt for Numéro Homme Netherlands October 2019./ Makeup by Anya de Tobon

Ashley Graham Talks Taking Control, Appropriating Our Own Power in Madame Figaro

Ashley Graham Talks Taking Control, Appropriating Our Own Power in Madame Figaro

Top model and expecting mom Ashley Graham is styled in body con fashion looks by Julie Gillet. Photographer Jason Kim is behind the lens for Madame Figaro October 2019./ Hair by David von Cannon

The headline of Graham’s Madame Figaro interview with Pauline Castellani resonates: Ashley Graham: "I understood that my body had power" Graham’s acquired wisdom continues:

Vogue Portugal Shoots Grace Anderson At Cultural Association Boes and Merdules

Vogue Portugal Shoots Grace Anderson At Cultural Association Boes and Merdules

Model Grace Anderson is styled by Pablo Patane in unusual and exotic images by Luis Monteiro for Vogue Portugal./ Hair by Salvo Peluso; makeup by Fausto Cavaleri

The location for the shoot is The Cultural Association Boes and Merdules in Ottana, Sardinia Italy. The group was established in 1973 with the intention of promoting carnival folk traditions. The ‘About us’ page image is all men, but let’s not jump to conclusions. For my own self-education this may be an important link in stories of human migration. On the rare chance that your interest is as keen as mine on this topic, I’m starting here: Genomic history of the Sardinian population. I love Vogue Portugal’s quiet but relentless focus on identity and the roots of our humanity.

Adriana Lima's Mission to Bring Fashion Delight to Vogue Arabia November 2019

Adriana Lima's Mission to Bring Fashion Delight to Vogue Arabia November 2019

Vogue Arabia editor-in-chief Manuel Arnault argues ‘Why We Need To Inject Fun Back Into Fashion’, in explaining his decision to partner supermodel design collaborator Adriana Lima with Egyptian comedian Samir Ghanem in the November 2019 cover story.

Lima is styled by Katie Trotter in images by Elizaveta Porodina./ Hair by Sadek Larjane; makeup by Min Kim

Amandine Renard's Burnished Nomad Color Palette for Vogue Arabia November 2019

Amandine Renard's Burnished Nomad Color Palette for Vogue Arabia November 2019

Model Amandine Renard wears burnished jewel-tones baked by the hot sun in fluid layers styled by Katie Trotter. Photographer Elizaveta Porodina captures Amandine in ‘The Nomad’ for Vogue Arabia November 2019./ Hair by Sadek Lardjane; makeup by Min Kim

Nya Gatbel Strolls Paris in Fall Boho Glam Looks for Madame Figaro France

Nya Gatbel Strolls Paris in Fall Boho Glam Looks for Madame Figaro France

Nya Gatbel is featured in ‘Effets D’Hiver’ styled by Cecile Martin. Photographer Laurent Humbert is behind the lens for Madame Figaro France November 1 2019./ Hair & makeup by Vera Dierck

Faretta Covers Sunday Times Style UK In Hyper Feminine Fashion

Faretta Covers Sunday Times Style UK In Hyper Feminine Fashion

Croatian model Faretta is styled by Verity Parker for The Sunday Times Style Magazine UK’s November 10, 2019. Vito Fernicola is behind the lens for the froth-filled, hyper feminine fashion editorial. / Hair by Alexandry Costa; makeup by Patrick Glatthaar

Hannah Ferguson, Andreea Diaconu, Marcus Samuelsson Headline H&M Holiday 2019

Hannah Ferguson, Andreea Diaconu, Marcus Samuelsson Headline H&M Holiday 2019

In these troubled times, the H&M Holiday 2019 campaign is a huge hug and mega dose of positive vibrations. Models Hannah Ferguson and Andreea Diaconu, chef Marcus Samuelsson of Harlem’s Red Rooster and his wife Maya Haile Samuelsson. football player Raheem Sterling and his family as well as sisters Giulia, Greta and Giorgia Tordini bring a welcome message of holiday love at a time when progressive people need it.

New York City Foie Gras Ban Awaits Mayor's Pen | Alternatives Do Exist

Image Credits: Top Photo by Gary Bendig on Unsplash; Bottom Culinaria.

It appears that New York will ban foie gras but now on a three-year phase-in schedule to help upstate farmers retool, writes Food & Wine. Down about six paragraphs, I note that Councilwoman Carlina Rivera -- the bill's sponsor -- references an alternative way of feeding the geese, which is considered to be acceptable. She said

"I also encourage all foie gras-producing farms, many of which purport to use sustainable practices, to pursue other methods of foie gras production, such as those done by farmers in Spain that employ different methods using highly dense foods.” '

So foie gras doesn't have to be banned as a food, suggests Rivera. It's being banned over a force-feeding process that is generally considered to be disgusting, the most involved one becomes in understanding the story behind the delicacy. Apparently, there’s an alternative feeding process for the geese used in Spain that is much more humane.

Note that restaurants can "give away" the foie gras, based on the new law. But it's interesting to know that there is an alternative, more humane process that could end this entire food fight. I believe this same philosophy of fundamental to the functioning of a democracy, so this article has me reflecting.

Long ago activist ,upstate New York Blue Hill Chef Dan Barber launched the conversation around an ‘ethical’ fois gras alternative and the issue has received considerable attention. Listen to Barber speak to the issue and see related reading links below.

Dan Barber’s Foie Gras TED Talk

Related Here’s an ‘audacious’ science project: foie gras without the controversy Science | Business July 2019

The farmer who makes ‘ethical’ foie gras The Guardian

: This Man Might Be Producing the World’s Only Ethical Foie Gras VICE Jan 2015

Can Dan Barber Produce a Humane Foie Gras? TheKitchn.com Dec. 2011

Iris Strubegger Fronts 'Drama Lady' by Giampaolo Sgura for Vogue Germany December 2019

Iris Strubegger Fronts 'Drama Lady' by Giampaolo Sgura for Vogue Germany December 2019

Model Iris Strubegger is styled by Christiane Arp in ‘Drama Lady’, voluminous, formidable fashion looks lensed by Giampaolo Sgura for Vogue Germany December 2019./ Hair by Franco Gobbi; makeup by Luca Cianciolo

Blanca Padilla Wears 'Playful Attitudes' Sharp Dressing Clothes In Vogue Taiwan

Blanca Padilla Wears 'Playful Attitudes' Sharp Dressing Clothes In Vogue Taiwan

Model Blanca Padilla is styled by Aleksandra Markovic in ‘Playful Attitudes’, a casual, polished fashion editorial lensed by Caleb & Gladys for Vogue Taiwan November 2019./ Hair by Ty Shearn; makeup by Joseph Carrillo

Mert + Marcus Flashes 'Tickled Pink' Color Pattern Fashion for Vogue UK December 2019

Mert + Marcus Flashes 'Tickled Pink' Color Pattern Fashion for Vogue UK December 2019

British Vogue’s December 2019 issue delivers ‘Tickled Pink’ a bold, modern and festive fashion editorial styled by Benjamin Bruno. Fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott are in the studio, capturing a large model cast that includes Cara Taylor, Carolina Burgin, Janaye Furman, Kris Grikaite, Mariam de Vinzelle, Meghan Collison and Sara Grace Wallerstedt./ Hair by Ryan Mitchell, makeup by Lucia Pieroni

New Ancient Ape Species Rewrites the Story of Bipedalism and Humans

New Ancient Ape Species Rewrites the Story of Bipedalism

When Madelaine Böhme, a researcher at the University of Tübingen in Germany, unearthed the partial skeleton of an ancient ape at the Hammerschmiede clay pit in Bavaria, she knew she was looking at something special. Compared to fragments, an intact partial skeleton can tell paleoanthropologists about a creature’s body proportions and how its anatomy might have functioned. A relative newcomer to the field and a paleoclimatologist by trade, Böhme enlisted Begun’s expertise in analyzing the fossil ape.

Böhme and colleagues determined that the bones they found came from a dryopithecine ape, an extinct ancestor of humans and great apes that once lived in the Miocene epoch. The fossils are approximately 11.6 million years old and came from at least four individual apes, including one partial skeleton. The team described the newfound ancestor, named Danuvius guggenmosi, in a study published today in Nature.

‘D. guggenmosi’ was likely a small primate about the size of baboon, with long arms like a bonobo. The creature had flexible elbows and strong hands capable of grasping, which suggests that it could have swung from tree to tree like a modern great ape. But the similarities with known apes stop there. The animal’s lower limbs have much more in common with human anatomy. With extended hips and knees, D. guggenmosi was capable of standing with a straighter posture than that of living African apes, and its knees and ankles were adapted to bear weight. The animal’s locomotion would have therefore shared similarities with both human and ape movement, and D. guggenmosi may have been able to navigate the forest by swinging from tree limbs and walking on two legs.

Amanda Murphy for Garage Magazine FW2019 by Sarah Piantadosi

Amanda Murphy for Garage Magazine FW2019 by Sarah Piantadosi

Model Amanda Murphy is styled by Matt Holmes in ‘The Other Side of the Light’, lensed by Sarah Piantadosi for Garage Magazine FW 2019./ Hair by Soichi Inagaki; makeup by Siobhan Furlong

Christopher Ferguson Flashes Jasmine Dwyer in Beach Clothes for ELLE Australia

Christopher Ferguson Flashes Jasmine Dwyer in Beach Clothes for ELLE Australia

Australian model Jasmine Dwyer enjoys a day seaside, styled by Sara Smith in Altuzarra, Louis Vuitton, Prabal Gurung and more in ‘Wish You Were Here’. Christopher Ferguson captures the fashion editorial for ELLE Australia November 2019./ Hair by Charles McNair; makeup by Justine Purdue

Chiara Scelsi Poses in Michelle Alessandra's 'Hortus Deliciarum' Jewelry Collection

Chiara Scelsi Poses in Michelle Alessandra's 'Hortus Deliciarum' Jewelry Collection

Model Chiara Scelsi poses in ‘Tesoros Ocultos’ (Hidden Treasure), a Gucci editorial focused on Gucci’s first high jewelry collection ‘Hortus Deliciarum’. Alessandro Michele personally selected unique gems and motifs that express his poetic vision of fine jewelry in a collection that includes two-hundred jewels, mainly one-off pieces, and evolves around three main themes viewed through the prism of a mythical garden.

The ‘Hortus Deliciarum’ jewelry collection finds its place in Gucci’s new boutique in Place Vendôme. It features the three themes of Alessandro Michele’s vision: 1) paying homage to eternal love’s classic emblems. 2) honoring the majesty of the animal world; and 3) a focus on the solitaire ring, reinterpreted according to a flamboyant allure.

Anya Holdstock captures the Gucci sensory extravaganza for Vogue Espana November 2019./ Hair by Christoph Hasenbein; makeup by Marion Robine

Moschino x Budweiser Gives Midwest Beer an Italian Makeover

Moschino x Budweiser Gives Midwest Beer an Italian Makeover

Here’s one blogger in Trumplandia who really appreciates this moment of Jeremy Scott, smile-worthy wit. Moschino has joined forces with Budweiser, collaborating on a 15-piece limited-edition capsule collection. The event celebrates the launch of two limited-edition beer bottles — one for “their iconic aluminum bottle” writes ES Standard UK, and the second for their new amber lager, Budweiser Pulse.

According to a press release, the collaboration "showcases Moschino's iconic play on cultural cornerstones and encapsulates the strong visual impact of the integration of both seminal brand logos," recalling the dress and cape look previously designed by Scott that was put on display in the MET's Costume Institute Spring 2019 exhibition, "Camp: Notes on Fashion."

Note that it was the Budweiser cape over a McDonald’s dress that ended up at the MET’s Costume Exhibit.