Betina Du Toit
“Few photographers present such a consistent portfolio than that of Paris based Betina Du Toit. Bouncing between studio shots and landscapes, Betina’s images capture a variety of ethereal women… Betina draws out a natural and effortless beauty in each of her subjects, tying them to their surroundings…she considers her practice an “endless attempt to re-capture the fleeting moment when all elements come together”, driven by the need “to capture a feeling. The magic moment. It’s addictive,” …Always working in an intuitive and intimate way, Betina’s process is instrumental in building what has become her signature aesthetic. She responds to her subjects and their environments, resulting in “unaffected” imagery, “stripped back from the non-essential”. Betina’s photographs highlight tender moments of female relationships, unveiling idiosyncratic charm and allure in each of her sitters.”
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“Imagine a universe where a green vase and a woman with fiery curls play a high-stakes game of visual chess…It’s like Bugarcheva handed us a front-row ticket to the grand opera of existence, complete with drama, romance, and a hint of existential pondering.” – ArtHunter
`With a career spanning over three decades, fashion photographer Guy Bourdin created pioneering and provocative images. Described in TIME Magazine as “tiptoeing to the edge of pornography but ending up at art,” Bourdin is best known for his iconoclastic photographs of fragmented women’s bodies, considered alternately objectifying and empowering. This distinct style emerged in the…
‘As any other Azeri family we had carpets everywhere – on the floor, on the walls, in each room. I had a carpet in my room, too. I was always playing with the patterns of the carpet imagining there were roads, trees, dragons etc. One day when my parents left for countryside, I decided to…
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