They’re back. Super strong, sensual, passionate women. Not that we thought they had gone away with last season’s trends, Oh no sir. They’re back instead with an eerily powerful magic. Perhaps it’s the “Friday the 13th” reference, in case you missed it last week?
Who better to get us started with some black magic than Txema Yeste, who shot these striking images for the Chinese edition of Numéro’s April issue of model Nimue Smit. The colors and contrasts, not to mention the black cat thrown in (literally) for good measure, add an impressive effect.
And staying in the region, we see Modern Weekly China’s recent issue with these intriguingly sexy shots of model Elise Crombez, putting in her two cents of “black magic.”
For Interview Germany’s April issue, Sean & Seng make sure that former adult film star-turned-actress Sasha Grey give readers a lesson when it comes to the poisoned apple, in these photos taken on location at Hollywood High School, while the Russian edition of Interview’s April issue aims to « cleanse » models Alana Zimmer and Hanne Gaby Odiele in this image by Steven Pan.
Sebastian Kim captures Kendra Spears in a supportive mood for French Numéro’s issue 132 in these elegantly provocative shots, while Gemma Booth goes for subtlety in this image of model Laragh McCann for French ELLE’s March 30th issue.
Cake Magazine’s issue 6 gets rosy in this contrasted yet soft shot by Gustavo Marx of model Barbara di Creddo, and Camilla Åkrans continues the momentum in this image of Victoria Beckham for British Harper’s Bazaar May issue.
Craig McDean inspires in this beautifully intriguing shot of model Katryn Kruger for US Interview’s April issue, while Koray Birand captures model Carolyn Murphy in sync with nature for the April issue of Turkish Harper’s Bazaar.
In Oyster magazine’s issue 98, photographer Benny Horne works some magic in these shots of model Tati Coliar, mixing things up visually in what become almost seamless moments in time. In this same issue, Horne keeps it going with these musically inclined shots of model Anais Pouliot, and in the April 8th issue of The Sunday Times Style, Damon Baker shoots this magically striking image of singer Rita Ora.
And going for a more quietly contrasted moment, model Merilin Perli poses for Stefan Heinrich in Sleek Magazine’s issue 33, while in a softness all her own, Gia Coppola craddles her frame for Eric Guillemain in Metal 27 Spring/Summer issue.
Model Amanda Norgaard practices a bit of ballet in the recent issue of Smug magazine, captured by Joachim Johnson. In keeping with the movement, photographer Alessio Bolzoni wreaks havoc for these models in an accident prone feature for the Spring/Summer issue of Grey. Clumsy can be magically beautiful.
For the British issue of Vogue’s May issue, Angelo Pennetta captures Karlie Kloss preparing for Paris fashion week, in bed and in embellished looks, while photographer Adrian Mesko also documents model Kel Markey running around Paris for Russh magazine’s latest issue.
Camilla Åkrans snapped this shot of model Eniko Mihalik comfortably surrounded by a few shirtless friends, giving us a rather mysterious look, and once again from Interview’s April issue, the magazine’s famous Art Director Fabien Baron captures this otherworldly vision of model Marie Piovesan.
And the renowned duo Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott transport actress Keira Knightley back to the ‘80s in this image emanating those power looks of yesteryear. Memories are conjured up for many of us, and « new » styles for others…
Patricia Nagy
