Chad Muller - Photographer

love.cat · 17-07-2008

Hes a pretty cool photographer from Toronto, don't think he is too big yet, but im guessing he will go on to do big things...hes done alot more than this which you can find on his facebook fan group and on google

V0GUE_0BSESSi0N · 17-07-2008

Wow, nice shots there.

chadmuller.com

I guess this was taken by him too? It's on the front page of his website

love.cat · 17-07-2008

wow that one is amazing....i love how he blurs the greys

love.cat · 03-08-2008

“I was 8 or so when I began to take an interest in magazines. Namely, my father’s Playboys and Penthouses, along with my mother’s Vogues. Oddly enough, they weren’t that different from one another. The 70s provided an aeuthestic bonanza. Freedom, innocence, art, creativity. . .the hippie-love generation clearly had worked its way into the arts and more specifically, photography. Symbolizing much of this was my mother, Bambi. Or at least that was her nickname, what everyone called her. Nobody ever bought the fact that she was my mother. Big, bad, brown bed head. . .huge doe eyes. . .she was a darker, sexier version of a young Bridgette Bardot. The fact that she had a closet full of mini skirts that didn’t even cover her ***, standard attire as she would walk me to school most days, certainly didn’t help to convince anyone that we were related. And if we were, she would have obviously had to have been my sister. . .hell, half the time I didn’t even buy the fact that she was my mother. So, my earliest vision and understanding of beauty was a kinda soft-focused, brown-haired, doe-eyed, hippie-love child. . .Bambi. A term I would often use later in life as a way to sum up a culture, a time when photography rocked. Rocked with beauty, sex and creativity.
Let’s jump ahead a bit. In and around 2000, after one wild ride from the 70s through the 90s, two planes crash into two buildings and nothing is ever the same again. The stock market crashes. Couture buyers disappear. Supermodels are all too expensive. The internet takes off, along with digital photography. . .and people like Terry Richardson are actually celebrated and websites such as Facebook and MySpace create a forum for a million knockoffs. Add the fact that Avedon, Newton, Ritts etc. etc. all passed away around the same time. . . well, all this guaranteed us a bleak and visually ugly moment in history. Essentially, the last decade.
So, here it is, 2008 and Terry Richardson is actually taking the odd decent picture. Flashy-trashy is dying. American Vogue is no longer the bible of fashion but Italian Vogue, Numero and Visionare are. Quality is coming back. It’s gonna be a good time for photography. A good time for me. Bambi seems to be coming back.”
There is no need me to tell you where to locate Chad Muller but, if you insist, do check

CHADMULLER
http://chadmuller.com

love.cat · 04-08-2008

myspace.com/chadmuller

love.cat · 31-08-2008

chadmuller.com

love.cat · 26-11-2008

chadmuller.com

Fashionista212xo · 07-01-2009

Very talented photog. Thanks for the pics.

~Roxy~ · 02-02-2009

wow.. good work.. i love it.

love.cat · 06-02-2009

Take a look at this

chadmuller.com & theimagist.com

The one on the left was taken by Chad Muller two years before the other one on the right who is by Chadwick Tyler...looks like a complete copy!

**BetteT** · 07-02-2009

Good eye! The wardrobe is very, very similar ... but I'd say the pose, the lighting, the color and the background make them very different to my eyes. All fashion images are inspired by something else ... and many times two shooters or two stylists seem to get the same idea from the same place ... and not actually from each other. Happens all the time with the people I work with. So it's hard to tell if one copied the other or they both just love furs and bold fishnets.

love.cat · 07-02-2009

Yes i know what you mean but this isnt the only image that chadwick has done which is similar to Chad Muller.....

**BetteT** · 07-02-2009

This is a great discussion ... so I continued it over in Chadwick Tyler's thread.

(thanks for the source, BTW)

Fashionista212xo · 07-02-2009

wow, similar look for sure.

CHAD MULLER · 07-02-2009

Indeed, fascinating. Admittedly, I would have preferred 'not' to be the topic but despite that, fashion trends and how and why they start have always been of great interest to me.

I certainly don't want to interrupt an otherwise good discussion nor a harmless, little thread but BetteT did suggest (wisely enough) that I might want to chime in at present with respect to a, that one shot and b, to explain my style a little (assuming I have one and not twenty, I tend to float around at times and enjoy experimenting. Not even sure myself if I have one or try and incorporate everything I can into one at various points).

Regardless, that image, it should be noted, was never destined for anything significant. All things considered, no great harm. And having started shooting fashion professionally at an extremely early age (12), whereby I immediately incorporated a traditional kind of beauty with an obvious kind of grunge (ugly), this is nothing new for me. It's not even a question of styling as much as it is a question of finding a balance and harmony. More often than not, if I shoot something pretty, I look for something ugly or harsh that I can add to it. If the subject matter is harsh, by instinct, I try to pretty it up. Usually it's just me being a big ol' Libra and wanting balance. I want ugly with my beautiful and beautiful with my ugly. And in this case, I meant merely to shoot the lingerie, the pretty. But in doing so, I needed some ugly and when I came across this great vintage designer fur, in such a delightfully ratty condition, well, I just had to mix the two. Styling credits go to Libra.

One last thing, having recently looked at Mr. Tyler's thread, I wish him nothing but luck with his upcoming show. love.cat, BetteT, thanks to the both of you. Cheers, peace and happy fashion/photography/styling debating. XXO

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love.cat rising star Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: femme Posts: 177	Take a look at this chadmuller.com & theimagist.com The one on the left was taken by Chad Muller two years before the other one on the right who is by Chadwick Tyler...looks like a complete copy! Last edited by BetteT; 07-02-2009 at 11:51 AM. Reason: Adding sources/credits.

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BetteT V.I.P. Mod Squad Leader Design Team Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles Gender: femme Posts: 19,351	Good eye! The wardrobe is very, very similar ... but I'd say the pose, the lighting, the color and the background make them very different to my eyes. All fashion images are inspired by something else ... and many times two shooters or two stylists seem to get the same idea from the same place ... and not actually from each other. Happens all the time with the people I work with. So it's hard to tell if one copied the other or they both just love furs and bold fishnets. __________________ Bette It's All in the Details! http://www.musecube.com/BetteT/ Last edited by BetteT; 07-02-2009 at 11:51 AM.
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BetteT V.I.P. Mod Squad Leader Design Team Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles Gender: femme Posts: 19,351	This is a great discussion ... so I continued it over in Chadwick Tyler's thread. (thanks for the source, BTW) __________________ Bette It's All in the Details! http://www.musecube.com/BetteT/
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CHAD MULLER windowshopping Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto/Munich/New York Gender: homme Posts: 20	Indeed, fascinating. Admittedly, I would have preferred 'not' to be the topic but despite that, fashion trends and how and why they start have always been of great interest to me. I certainly don't want to interrupt an otherwise good discussion nor a harmless, little thread but BetteT did suggest (wisely enough) that I might want to chime in at present with respect to a, that one shot and b, to explain my style a little (assuming I have one and not twenty, I tend to float around at times and enjoy experimenting. Not even sure myself if I have one or try and incorporate everything I can into one at various points). Regardless, that image, it should be noted, was never destined for anything significant. All things considered, no great harm. And having started shooting fashion professionally at an extremely early age (12), whereby I immediately incorporated a traditional kind of beauty with an obvious kind of grunge (ugly), this is nothing new for me. It's not even a question of styling as much as it is a question of finding a balance and harmony. More often than not, if I shoot something pretty, I look for something ugly or harsh that I can add to it. If the subject matter is harsh, by instinct, I try to pretty it up. Usually it's just me being a big ol' Libra and wanting balance. I want ugly with my beautiful and beautiful with my ugly. And in this case, I meant merely to shoot the lingerie, the pretty. But in doing so, I needed some ugly and when I came across this great vintage designer fur, in such a delightfully ratty condition, well, I just had to mix the two. Styling credits go to Libra. One last thing, having recently looked at Mr. Tyler's thread, I wish him nothing but luck with his upcoming show. love.cat, BetteT, thanks to the both of you. Cheers, peace and happy fashion/photography/styling debating. XXO Last edited by BetteT; 08-02-2009 at 05:23 PM. Reason: Member request.

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love.cat rising star Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: femme Posts: 177	Chad Muller - Photographer Hes a pretty cool photographer from Toronto, don't think he is too big yet, but im guessing he will go on to do big things...hes done alot more than this which you can find on his facebook fan group and on google Last edited by Hanne; 04-06-2009 at 01:58 PM. Reason: removal of red x

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V0GUE_0BSESSi0N front row Join Date: May 2006 Location: lup dup lup dup Gender: femme Posts: 368	Wow, nice shots there. chadmuller.com I guess this was taken by him too? It's on the front page of his website __________________ Vlada Roslyakova-Sasha Pivovarova-Gemma Ward-Jessica Stam-Snejana Onopka-Kate Moss-Daria Werbowy-Lily Donaldson-Caroline Trentini-Freja Beha Erichsen-Tanya Dziahileva-Natalia Vodianova-Natasha Poly Last edited by La bordélique; 11-09-2010 at 05:56 PM. Reason: Please see tFS guidelines - no links as credits

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love.cat rising star Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: femme Posts: 177	“I was 8 or so when I began to take an interest in magazines. Namely, my father’s Playboys and Penthouses, along with my mother’s Vogues. Oddly enough, they weren’t that different from one another. The 70s provided an aeuthestic bonanza. Freedom, innocence, art, creativity. . .the hippie-love generation clearly had worked its way into the arts and more specifically, photography. Symbolizing much of this was my mother, Bambi. Or at least that was her nickname, what everyone called her. Nobody ever bought the fact that she was my mother. Big, bad, brown bed head. . .huge doe eyes. . .she was a darker, sexier version of a young Bridgette Bardot. The fact that she had a closet full of mini skirts that didn’t even cover her *, standard attire as she would walk me to school most days, certainly didn’t help to convince anyone that we were related. And if we were, she would have obviously had to have been my sister. . .hell, half the time I didn’t even buy the fact that she was my mother. So, my earliest vision and understanding of beauty was a kinda soft-focused, brown-haired, doe-eyed, hippie-love child. . .Bambi. A term I would often use later in life as a way to sum up a culture, a time when photography rocked. Rocked with beauty, sex and creativity. Let’s jump ahead a bit. In and around 2000, after one wild ride from the 70s through the 90s, two planes crash into two buildings and nothing is ever the same again. The stock market crashes. Couture buyers disappear. Supermodels are all too expensive. The internet takes off, along with digital photography. . .and people like Terry Richardson are actually celebrated and websites such as Facebook and MySpace create a forum for a million knockoffs. Add the fact that Avedon, Newton, Ritts etc. etc. all passed away around the same time. . . well, all this guaranteed us a bleak and visually ugly moment in history. Essentially, the last decade. So, here it is, 2008 and Terry Richardson is actually taking the odd decent picture. Flashy-trashy is dying. American Vogue is no longer the bible of fashion but Italian Vogue, Numero and Visionare are. Quality is coming back. It’s gonna be a good time for photography. A good time for me. Bambi seems to be coming back.” There is no need me to tell you where to locate Chad Muller but, if you insist, do check CHADMULLER** http://chadmuller.com

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Fashionista212xo windowshopping Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Manhattan Gender: femme Posts: 5	Very talented photog. Thanks for the pics.

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