Erwin Blumenfeld + British Heritage Inspired Shoot

As part of our work for the summer break, we were asked to compile a photoshoot that was inspired by both photographer Erwin Blumenfeld and British heritage and eccentricity. Using myself as a model (since to be quite honest, it ended up being very last minute after being incredibly busy over the summer interning), I tried to emulate British style through prints and textures, whilst also using the same photographic style as Blumenfeld and applying effects post-production. I'm very pleased with the results!! I've very kindly added information on where the items of clothing are from if you were interested. I purposefully used a lot of vintage items mixed with British brands or high street to show our thrifty nature!

TURBAN - ROKIT VINTAGE

Bailey's Stardust @ The National Portrait Gallery

David Bailey - he put the sex into photography. The inspiration behind the film Blow-Up, he made photography cool and fashionable, he's something Terry Richardson wishes he was. Known for being Vogue's photographer in the 60s and lover to Jean Shrimpton and husband to Catherine Deneuve, he is still regarded as one of the best photographers of all time.

RIP Bert Stern

The first I had heard of Bert Stern was through the iconic "The Last Sitting", a collection of photographs of Marilyn Monroe in the lead up to her untimely death. My mum, a big fan of Marilyn has the book displayed with her other Marilyn books on our cabinet, and I distinctly remember feeling very drawn to these images. Marilyn, who was viewed as a vivacious and beautiful women, was now shown to be self-conscious and unhappy with her image. The red marks drawn all over the images -which were unusable at the time and undoubtedly Bert Stern was incredibly cross with this act - represented how Marilyn and all women under the eye of the media feel a pressure to be perfect.