Craig McDean - Photographer

^Amazing editorial! Thanks a lot for posting cottonmouth13. I'm looking at this issue on ebay and I'm thinking of buying it.
 
^Amazing editorial! Thanks a lot for posting cottonmouth13. I'm looking at this issue on ebay and I'm thinking of buying it.

You're welcome! You should buy it. ;) It's a must-have issue. Got it as well from eBay a year ago. One of W's best September issues. :)
 
I'm very tempted because I found the Steven Klein cover which is my favorite!

W June 2004
Noir
Photographer: Craig McDean
Fashion Editor: Alex White
Model: Kate Moss

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W OCTOBER 2011

Sects and the City

Female Models: Corinna Ingenleuf, Erjona Ala, Jess Gold, Julia Nobis, Katlin Aas, Mengyao Ming Xi, Milou Van Groesen, Nyasha Matonhodze
Male Models: Christopher Wetmore, Cole Mohr, Yuri Plesken
Ph: Craig McDean
St: Edward Enninful
Hair: Eugene Souleiman
Makeup: Diane Kendal





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US Vogue July 2002

The New American Dress Code
Photographer: Craig McDean
Fashion Editor: Grace Coddington
Hair: Luigi Murenu
Make-Up: Aaron de May and Diane Kendal
Models: Carolyn Murphy, Liya Kebede and Trish Goff

(Better quality of the images)







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UK Vogue September 2006
"Shine On"
Model: Kate Moss
Photographer: Craig McDean
Stylist: Kate Phelan
Hair: Sam McKnight
Makeup: Val Garland



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Made in collaboration with Tabitha Simmons for her Autumn/Winter 2011 shoe collection, Tap Dancer by Craig McDean stars Michelle Dorrance in a vibrating and percussive routine introducing a sprinkling of flamenco that has been flouncing its way through many of next summer's collections.
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US Vogue November 2011
"Nautical Signals"
Model: Lara Stone
Photographer: Craig McDean
Stylist: Camilla Nickerson
Hair: Eugene Souleiman
Makeup: Gucci Westman



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Harper's Bazaar March 2000
"Short Stories"
Photographer: Craig McDean
Fashion Editor: Melanie Ward
Hair: Kevin Ryan
Makeup: Lucia Pieroni
Manicure: Natalia Sandu
Model: Angela Lindvall



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I remember the second to last pic quite vividely.I ahd it on wall for the longest time.Never knew her name though :cry: Thank you for the memory.

Annie, that's model turned actress diane kruger aka diane heidkruger as she was known back then :flower:



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Oh my gosh! Wow, couldn't recognize her from that angle.
 
INTERVIEW NOVEMBER 2011

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Isabel Lucas by Craig McDean
Styed by Karl Templer





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US Vogue Best Dressed 2011 : Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen by Craig McDean



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November 30, 2011

Round 1. FIGHT!

From Middlewich (near Manchester) to New York, car mechanic to world class fashion photographer, it should come as no shock that Craig McDean has made a book entirely about sumo wrestling. Especially if you saw his 1999 tome on drag racing.


Craig McDean is used to photographing beautiful women: Kate Moss, Tilda Swinton, Amber Valletta (among his 23 i-D cover stars), Natalie Portman, Megan Fox, Mila Kunis, Scarlett Johansson, Lindsey Wixson – you get the point. So why does the image of a giant oily man interest him? The photographs in this book were taken in 1993 when McDean was travelling through Tokyo and was granted access to a Sumo training camp, capturing the wrestlers training and mid-hustle in the dohyo (meaning ring). For our generation at least, the image of a sumo wrestler is associated with cartoon characters and illustrations of bellied, boobed Japanese men with jet black buns wearing XXXXXL pants – a concept that seemed hilarious as a child. But McDean’s images present the giants as they should be seen: highly-respected fighters, who dedicate their lives to playing a thousand year old sport, honouring the traditions and rituals of their ancestors. McDean gives us a rare insight into a powerful, ancient culture, sensationally preserved in modern Japanese society. He is entranced by the things most people would never think to consider. Of course he takes beautiful pictures, but what this project – and the ’99 drag racing project – shows is the breadth of his vision, which crosses the world on bizarre but brilliant tangents.

i-D online asked the photographer and filmmaker what the photographs mean to him now and how this project came to be.

Hand-bound, 30 pages. Why did you want the book to be so delicate?
I wanted the book to be “delicate” because I always envisioned it to be less of a traditional “coffee-table book” and more of an objet d’art. I chose Aron Morel to publish the book as he creates very special and individual books. He was able to source the Japanese binding and utilise a French-fold technique on the pages which created the delicate nature of the book.

Tell me about your interest in martial arts, and how this project came about? I have been interested and have practiced martial arts from a young age. Specifically, I studied the Jiu Jiutsu and Kendo forms. I became very inspired and influenced by the Brazilian Gracie brothers, famous Jiu Jitsu artists from Rio de Janeiro. The project came about as I was living in Japan in 1993 and, through a friend, was able to gain access to several different Sumo training camps. I became fascinated by their discipline and would visit them at all hours of the morning to photograph them in action.

The photos were taken in 1993, what kind of photographer were you then?
I was an “inquisitive” photographer in 1993. I took photographs of anything and everything that caught my eye.

What prompted you to revisit the pictures? And how did you feel looking at them with a fresh eye? I was prompted to revisit the pictures during a conversation with the curator of the book, Emma Reeves. We were discussing ideas of possible books we could do and through this I was inspired to revisit the pictures. This in turn leant a fresh eye to the pictures as I had not looked at the negatives in so long. When I looked at them again after all these years I found many special elements that I hadn’t noticed when I originally took them.

From sumo wrestling to drag racing, is it the subcultural element that interests you? I am absolutely fascinated by subcultures. But more importantly, it is a subculture’s relation to the individual countries in which they originate which I love. For example, drag-racing is specific to America, Sumo to Japan. Many overall cultural practices can be related to the practices of drag-racing and Sumo.

Do you have any other unexpected hobbies?
One hobby of mine is riding motor cross bikes in the desert.

What’s inspiring you today? I am inspired by passion.

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US Vogue January 2012
"Dare to Flare"
Model: Caroline Trentini
Photographer: Craig McDean
Stylist: Camilla Nickerson
Hair: Eugene Souleiman
Make-Up: Dick Page





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