Photographer of the Month: Luis Sanchis

Luis Sanchis was born in Spain where he studied cinematography and fine arts in Madrid. He moved to New York City in 1994. This is going to be a less wordy blog entry, as there is not much info on the photographer, but none the less his work is certainly inspirational.

Luis Sanchis is represented by Quadriga


Everything about his locations, lighting, printing and styling brings back memories of flipping through 90s i-D, The Face and Dazed & Confused, and being floored by his rich imagery. So I guess this is a bit of a throwback piece back to when being a master of lighting went hand in hand with being a successful fashion photographer. Mr. Sanchis still prefers to shoot on film and do all his manipulations in camera as much as possible,  and I think you would be hard pressed to create the same feel of his work in a digital image.

Cover shoot for then unknown model Karen Elson for The Face Aug 1997. I still own this issue. Simply stunning!

Iconic images of Daft Punk from The Face

His campaign for Atsuro Tayama S/S 2003 still sticks with me to this day. Love the mystery and the light.

Great beach images :)

Leonardo DiCaprio for The Face


Dramatic day-for-night lighting for L'officiel Magazine

Beautiful shots of Crystal Renn, back when she was still plus size

The colors in this field shot are amazing.
A variety of Luis' photographs from the last 15 years

Beautiful images of Madonna, she looks so young and vulnerable.

These landscapes and the colors are stunning.

Beautiful shots of Claudia for Tank Magazine

Another supermodel and a great ad for Alexander McQueen.

Love this image of Omaraya!!!

Mariacarla Boscono is one of my favourite models, here's an early editorial, with an innovative take on spring and flowers. She looks so young here!

All images copyright Luis Sanchis.

Bill Cunningham "New York"

Just went to see a wonderful documentary on legendary Bill Cunningham, the original street fashion photographer, who has been documenting New York's streets and events for many decades. At 82 years old, he still rides his bicycle everywhere to photograph New Yorkers of all walks of life for The New York Times On the Street section.

Please see this if you get a chance, it's absolutely wonderful! So inspiring to see someone so completely dedicated to photography and fashion, and still so after so many years. I'll take Bill's report on what's happening in fashion over The Sartorialist anytime.



If you want see his photos together with his wonderful commentary, go here.

Here are a couple columns by Bill Cunningham for the New York Times.

Photographer of the Month: Willy Vanderperre

Willy Vanderperre is a fashion photographer who has over the last couple years really risen to be at the top of his game. Born in 1971 in Belgium, Vanderperre studied Photography and Fashion at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, which he attended alongside many of the key Belgian fashion designers of his generation, mainly his longstanding collaborator Raf Simons. 

Vanderperre regularly contributes to magazines including Arena Homme +, Another Magazine, Pop, New York Times, V and i-D. His advertising campaigns include Dior Homme, Raf Simons and Jil Sander.

Together with renown stylist Olivier Rizzo, who he seems to be working with almost all the time, they have created countless editorials and campaigns that consistently wow, are beautifully lit and feature amazing and progressive styling. One of the best teams working in fashion right now. He is currently represented by Management Artists.

Below are some of my favourite V Magazine editorials:

V Magazine #45

V Magazine #60

V Magazine #62

V Magazine Summer 2010

V Magazine #69

V Magazine Winter 2008

One of his earlier collaborations with stylist Olivier Rizzo for V Magazine, shot back 1999. Their work together has produced some great ideas and commentary on contemporary fashion photography.

New York Times T Magazine from Spring 2007 issue, featuring a beautiful model from Calgary, Mode Models' Johanna Stickland. I still see her around town, and she looks more gorgeous than ever. This is probably the first time I noticed Vanderperre's work. Simply beautiful black & white editorial!

Vanderperre is a frequent contributor to Another Magazine:

AnOther Magazine S/S 2008

AnOther Magazine F/W 2008

AnOther Magazine S/S 2009

AnOther S/S 2010

A selection of some of his menswear photography:

Vogue Hommes S/S 2011

Great lighting and processing in Arena Homme + for F/W 2008

Man About Town Magazine F/W10

Fantastic Man F/W 2010

For a sneak peek of Mr. Vanderperre, watch the BTC Prada Spring/Summer 2011 Menswear Campaign video:

I love how he combines shooting in a space together with stark on-white

Vogue China

Vogue China Mar 2011

Vogue Nippon Nov 2010

Vogue Russia October 2009

W Magazine Jan 2011

Willy Vanderperre has shot numerous campaigns for Jil Sander, and every single one is great!

Minimal S/S 2007 campaign featuring Johanna Stickland

Love this one for S/S 2008!

F/W 2008

F/W 2009

Gorgeous lighting in the S/S 2010 Campaign

F/W 2010

The newest campaign for S/S 2011

All images copyright Willy Vanderperre