Viviane Sassen
I first came across the work of Viviane Sassen when reading
a Photoworks magazine (2010) and was struck by the beauty of her images. They
are a cross between portraits and fashion images, and I thought her use of
light (and in particular shadow) was intriguing for fashion photography, and I
really liked the bold use of colour and paint in her staged images (I think
they are all staged actually). Often her
models are not identifiable – either by use of shadow or a hand over the face
or facing away from the lens. They are also not typical in many ways – for
example one image in the Photoworks magazine shows a person sprawled on the
ground under the shady shadow of a tree. To identify the image as fashion (i.e.
about the clothes or style?) is quite amazing! Her images are quite enjoyable
and fun to look at (and I imagine to take), which seems at odds with what I
know of the fashion industry (something I’m not particularly interested in to
be honest).
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| Viviane Sassen, taken from http://www.vivianesassen.com/ for personal study purposes |
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| Viviane Sassen, taken from http://www.vivianesassen.com/ for personal study purposes |
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| Viviane Sassen, taken from http://www.vivianesassen.com/ for personal study purposes |
Her work also graces the front cover of this month’s BJP (print
issue December 2012), and also the BJP iPad App (Summer 2012), and I also think
it features in the Hotshoe Magazine, though I have not received my copy yet. Her
work is distinctive and different – she certainly knows her voice and style and
works with it. I find the starkness and bold ideas (model bent back over chair/
head in water / use of mirrors and other simple devices) inspiring and I think
it would be fun to try to incorporate into my work if I get the opportunity. I
certainly plan on following her work.
Here is an image taken for my Assignment 3, which I think is
quite ‘Sassen’ like…
References:
British Journal of Photography (2012), BJP December 2012 [Volume 159 Issue No 7807]
Photoworks (2010) Photoworks
Spring/Summer May/October 2010
Sassen, V (2012),
Viviane Sassen Website [Online], Available at: http://www.vivianesassen.com/
[Accessed 26/12/12]
Sassen, V (2012), Viviane
Sassen Facebook Page [Online], Available at: https://www.facebook.com/viviane.sassen.3
[Accessed 26/12/12]
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