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Phillip Howarth
BOYHOOD
Phillip Howarth
Boyhood explores the transient period of adolescence. I wanted to break the traditional silhouette of the 'suit'. Combining softer fabrics such as knitwear and mesh with the more common suit trouser and jacket I wanted to highlight this softer approach to boyhood against the strong uniformed environment of a military base and living quaters. Inspired by my own experiences of growing up in a military enviornment and expressing the pressures felt throughout my younger years.
Phillip Howarth
The Six Swans
Phillip Howarth
A project that explored mysticism and folklore from Germany, ‘The Six Swans’ takes visual and narrative inspiration from the Brothers Grimm tale. This tale describes a journey of a young girl whose brothers were cursed and the only way the curse can be broken, is if the sister remains silent for 6 years and sews 6 shirts out of poisonous nettles. This editorial visually translates the battle between the good and evil that the main character faces. The project was shot within a white space to create a sense of timelessness and allowing complete control of what elements to bring into the set design. Irving Penn and Tim Walker’s style heavily influenced this creative decision and resulted in creating light and delicate images which embodied the darker narrative. The styling for ‘The Six Swans’ is meant to visually translate the battle between purity and innocence and the darkness that battle in the story. White, structured shirts, sheer fabrics, exaggerating the shoulder shape and sleeve length represent the swan, key element of the tale. Darker, delicate garments with floral patterns symbolize the nettles from which the Princess sewn shirts for her brothers. Red accents were used throughout, as the theme of blood and death is repetitively mentioned in the fairy-tale. The colour juxtaposition represents the battle between good and evil in the story, using puff sleeve as the core theme throughout all the outfits brings the looks together creating a coherent whole and gives the editorial a child-like touch.
Carol Lyon
Peter Prato
Michael Confer
Black Hole Sun
Michael Confer
Here is a portrait outtake of Andrew Chael. Andrew is an Astrophysicist who is one of the main contributors for photographing the M87 Black Hole last year. Four Scientific teams worldwide created the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT); a system which connected 8 telescopes across the world for a five day period.
Peter Prato
Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman
Peter Prato
Amy Kim Keeler is an artist working in textiles based in Los Angeles, California. Earlier this year I arranged a time to meet her at her home in Palo Alto to discuss her work, and to make a portrait of her at a time of great transition in her personal and professional life. Shortly thereafter, she decided to return to nursing in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not long after that she had her first solo gallery show, in Los Angeles.
Michael Confer
Focus Magazine Feature
Michael Confer
Focus Magazine publishes informative information about the Integrated Studies program at Millersville University located outside of Lancaster County, PA. The program seeks to knit students who have intellectual disabilities into the campus experience as fully as possible. Daniel is the Cover story for The Lumina Foundations quarterly publication titled FOCUS. The shoot occurred in early April at the very beginning of COVID-19, so Zoom class learning was essential.
Brian Ingram
Oliver Peoples Spring 2019
Brian Ingram
Client: Oliver Peoples/LA
Creative: Giampiero Tagliaferri, Creative Director//Stuart Petrie, Art Director//Josh Liu, Hairstylist//Carly Fisher, Makeup Artist//Olivia Madorma, Stylist
Oliver Peoples' global Spring 2019 Campaign, "Who is Oliver?" shot in West Hollywood, California and which reveals a new icon, the Oliver. The campaign commissioned Brian Ingram to evoke, through a series of dramatic black and white portraits, the question and answer many have wondered since Oliver Peoples was originally founded on Sunset Boulevard in 1987: Who is Oliver? The campaign leaves all of us with the profound answer that Oliver is all of us.
Michael Confer
Photographic Visions
Michael Confer
Dee is a current student enrolled in the Integrated Studies program at Millersville University located outside of Lancaster County, PA. The program seeks to knit students who have intellectual disabilities into the campus experience as fully as possible. The shoot occurred in early April at the very beginning of COVID-19. Dee is an avid photographer, so we staged a photo shoot with her photographing her after D-Otis; and then I moved in for some Portraits.
Michael Rhoades
Michael Confer
Adapting
Michael Confer
Dee is a current student enrolled in the Integrated Studies program at Millersville University located outside of Lancaster County, PA. The program seeks to knit students who have intellectual disabilities into the campus experience as fully as possible. The shoot occurred in early April at the very beginning of COVID-19, which meant that Dee was now remote learning via Zoom. Here Dee is enjoying a Zoom class with many of her on-campus friends.
Michael Confer
The Covid Zoom
Michael Confer
Eric is a current student enrolled in the Integrated Studies program at Millersville University located outside of Lancaster County, PA. The program seeks to knit students who have intellectual disabilities into the campus experience as fully as possible. The shoot occurred in early April at the very beginning of COVID-19, which meant that Eric was now remote learning via Zoom. This is Eric enjoying a Zoom class with many of his on campus friends.
Michael Confer
Michael Confer
Dreams
Michael Confer
Daniel Castellanos is the first-ever graduate
of the Integrated Studies program at nearby Millersville University. The program seeks to knit students who have intellectual disabilities into the campus experience as fully as possible. Daniel is the Cover story for The Lumina Foundations quarterly publication titled FOCUS. The shoot occurred in early April at the very beginning of COVID-19.
Michael Confer
Janis Lewin
joSon
Beauty Erased
joSon
To demonstrate the vast scale of human impact on our environment, already threatening up to one million species with mass extinction, I deconstruct the classic beauty of botanical images by manually developing the film — allowing the chemicals to develop only portions of each negative. As a result, only a fragment of each flower is revealed. These images were created using a large format camera and 4X5 sheet film. (gelatin silver print, 24x36, edition of 6 and 2 artist proof)
joSon
Bing Guan
Revolution Now!
Bing Guan
What began as peaceful marches against a controversial extradition bill to mainland China morphed into a full-blown, pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The protestors' “five key demands” - which include universal suffrage, greater autonomy from China, and an investigation into acts of police brutality - were met with violent police crackdowns, which have in turn beget more violence.
Amidst a hypermodern cityscape laden with futuristic high-rises and omnipresent screens, black-clad youth with improvised arms and armor faced down Asia's best-trained and equipped police force. Even universities became battlefields, wreathed in tear gas and flames. Against this backdrop, “Revolution Now!" documents the struggle of Hong Kong's youth to speak truth to power, and questions the pro-democracy movement’s uncertain future in the face of totalitarianism.
SarahTirzah
NEY MILA
Hilary Houston Bachelder
Insect and Leaf
Hilary Houston Bachelder
To cope with the enormity of COVID-19, I have focused on small things—very small things: leaves. During the lockdown, I have become obsessed with capturing them. Doing so gives me peace. The reason at first was unconscious. Gradually I became aware leaves resonate with me because of their essential function: converting carbon dioxide into oxygen. They help us breathe.
Leaves are my amulet against coronavirus. I know they are incapable of preventing infection, but by releasing O2, they play a vital role in healing from the disease. They also alleviate my distress. Masked yet powerless, I inhale, exhale, relax, and press the shutter. Every image I take gives me comfort. I am certain to find a leaf (and sometimes a lucky bug) that fascinates me during these uncertain times.
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