Robbie Lawrence
“When I was an intern photo editor at the International Herald Tribune… in Paris, I was taught how to illustrate a story with just one image. I became very interested in this idea – using a photograph to back up the writing and that image being responsible for telling the whole story. Therefore, I try to a make a photograph that, in that particular moment, tells as much of a story as possible…The photographers who have always inspired me were those who were able to open up a small crack into the moment that they were experiencing, and then leave it open for us. That’s the same for me. I like looking at the moments which are not necessarily interesting, those points where you take a step back. These moments are so day-to-day, but they are emblematic of a broader mood. As I spend a lot of time on my own, travelling with work, I become more outward looking.”
-It’s Nice That
“My models are my muses. I like to capture people that I find interesting in life. Though they do not always have ‘the perfect feature’, they fascinate me – they are normal people yet whimsical” Xiangyu Liu says. The Chinese photographer moved to Russia to study fine arts before turning to photography. There, he discovered another…
‘René Magritte’s cerebral, enigmatic paintings and prints helped define the imagery and philosophy of the Surrealist movement. His most famous works, including The Treachery of Images (1929) and The Son of Man (1946), explore the illusory power of art and juxtapose mundane and fantastical iconography. Magritte was born in Belgium. After a stint at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels…
“I never saw anyone that looked like me in movies or on the covers of fashion magazines. I also didn’t see Asian photographers shooting for the magazines I looked at, which made me question if I could even make it as a photographer” – Peter Ash Lee. Xiao Wen Ju graces the pages of Vogue…
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