How to obey your instinct as a photographer

How to obey your instinct as a photographer

In the 1976, Christopher Makos travelled to Fregene, Italy, where he briefly apprenticed for Man Ray. The legendary artist, who took Surrealism and Dada to new heights, was in his later years, yet the octogenarian remained very crisp, lucid, and creative. He imparted...
Ah, Freak out! Le freak, C’est Chic. Freak Out!

Ah, Freak out! Le freak, C’est Chic. Freak Out!

How Terry Richardson created porn ‘chic’ and moulded the look of an era. “There’s a kind of natural urge to show off your body and sexuality and record it,” the photographer Terry Richardson told me in the autumn of 2000. “We all have our own internal porn star, and...
Who Is Steven Meisel?

Who Is Steven Meisel?

My favorite Fashion Photographer revisited: Fashion’s ultimate enigma has had Vogue Italia‘s cover under his spell for the past twenty years, nonstop. Considered the world’s greatest fashion photographer, a rare interview gets us just that much closer to finding out:...