The winning photograph at the Victoria & Albert Museum's competition to create an image in the style of legendary photographer, Horst P. Horst.
A study into Horst's complicated lighting technique to create 'Chiaroscuro' - strong contrasts between light and dark by precisely placing areas of foreground brightness with background shadows and vice versa in multiple planes within a single image.
A study into Horst's complicated lighting technique to create 'Chiaroscuro' - strong contrasts between light and dark by precisely placing areas of foreground brightness with background shadows and vice versa in multiple planes within a single image.
A study into Horst's complicated lighting technique to create 'Chiaroscuro' - strong contrasts between light and dark by precisely placing areas of foreground brightness with background shadows and vice versa in multiple planes within a single image.
In this particular image, we took inspiration from Horst's preference for surreal imagery in his fashion images.
A study into Horst's complicated lighting technique to create 'Chiaroscuro' - strong contrasts between light and dark by precisely placing areas of foreground brightness with background shadows and vice versa in multiple planes within a single image.
In this image, we experimented with Horst's use of panel across the central portion of a photograph to allow a sudden change in the background from dark to light.