Yanis: Hypnotized Dancers Lose Control
/“The thing that’s interesting with hypnosis is that people can’t really lie,” says Paris-based electro-pop artist Yanis of the uninhibited state he and fellow participants underwent for the video to “Hypnotized,” his debut single. “You don’t really have complete control, and I was searching for an experience that would bring that.”
The undulating track was inspired by watching David Lynch’s filmography, and subsequently feeling “hypnotized, as though I’m travelling into his movies,” says the singer, who worked with the suitably named Julian Hypnotiseur and director Ludovic Zuili to gather a troupe of “receptive” participants – including Charlotte Le Bon, who starred in 2014‘s Yves Saint Laurent biopic – before embarking on a mission to break down barriers of inhibition.
“It’s half dream, half reality,” Yanis says of the oft-misunderstood practice. “I’ve learned that it’s not magic or mystic, it’s just about a connection with someone and I was really interested in that connection.
The Skate Girls Of Kabul Are High Flying Into London's Saatchi Gallery In April 2015
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The Skate Girls Of Kabul Are High Flying Into London’s Saatchi Gallery In April 2015
Young women make up about 45% of Skateistan’s members. These girls are forbidden to ride bicycles and they must wear restrictive clothing for many sport-related activities.
For these girls, this skateboarding initiative not only gives them the chance to go to school, it also allows them to feel a sense of freedom, strength, and that they have a safe haven away from the dangers that they face on a daily basis. Even with their confining clothes, they are able to successfully skateboard, which would explain why this activity is becoming the nation’s #1 sport for women.
Enter now British photographer Jessica Fulford Dobson, who heard about Skateistan and begged to photograph the liberated, airborn girls.
The Skate Girls of Kabul exhibition opens at London’t Saatchi Gallery from April 15th-28th. Read a wonderful article by Andrea Alessi for Artslant ‘Afghanistan’s Skater Girls Roll Into the Saatchi Gallery’.
Sand Goddess Erin Wasson Is Lensed By Andrew Yee For Harper's Bazaar Russia May 2015
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Sand Goddess Erin Wasson Is Lensed By Andrew Yee For Harper's Bazaar Russia May 2015 AOC Fashion & Style
Model Erin Wasson is a sensual golden girl, styled in sand-inspired metallics by Oxana Korsun. Photographer Andrew Yee is behind the lens for Harper’s Bazaar Russia’s April issue. / Hair by Giannandrea; makeup by Matthew VanLeeuwen
Models 1 Curve Girls Share No Photoshop Images & Thoughts About Natural Beauty
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#DropThePlus-Models 1 Curve April 2015 Karmi Pinning, Charlotte Quita Jones, Iskra Lawrence and Anna Fritzdorf by Michelle GeorgeModels 1 Curve Girls Share No Photoshop Images & Thoughts About Natural Beauty
British modeling agency Models 1 puts its Curve girls in the spotlight, lensed without Photoshop by Michelle George. Curve writes that the Photoshoot was the idea of the girls themselves, that they wanted to be shot in their ‘most true and natural form’. By abandoning retouching or air brushing, the four models Karmi Pinning, Charlotte Quita Jones, Iskra Lawrence and Anna Fritzdorf are trying to bring a more authentic conversation to the world of beauty and fashion.
Photographer Michelle George talks about the project, explaining:
As a photographer, I work a lot with models of diverse shapes and sizes, yet what I’ve found with curvier models, is that they are often pigeonholed and either used in editorial in a tokenistic gesture, or the style of shoot is limited to either sexy pin up or lifestyle. What I want to show in this shoot is that that these girls are in fact naturally beautiful and can be used across the board, without being labelled as curvy or plus size. With all the recent controversy over the numerous, leaked, unretouched images of celebrities, I also felt it was important to be honest and show these girls unretouched in their natural form.
I feel very strongly, as a woman, that we need to empower each other and show that beauty is not defined by size. We need to start to push these boundaries and reach outside the tightly closed box of the fashion industry and embrace our beauty in its holistic, raw form.
This idea is really about showing the confidence you can have in your own body and not having to rely on retouching. Read on.
