Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott - Photographers

[Melancholybaby]

Vogue Paris September 2012
Le Noir Partie 4
Photographers: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist: Emmanuelle Alt
Model: Daria Werbowy
Make-Up: Charlotte Tilbury
Hair: James Pecis
Nails: Lorraine Griffin


zinio via Mat Cyruss

 

[Melancholybaby]

US Vogue September 2012



Dream Girl
Photographers: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist: Grace Coddington
Star: Lady Gaga
Make-Up: Lucia Pieroni
Hair: Luigi Murenu


vogue.com via GlamVal & gagaimages

 

[kasper!]

#27 looks quite Pop*Katie Grand..maybe because the eccentric styling makes me feel that. I'm glad finally Ms Alt tried to do something different.

 

[get fashion]

The only good thing in this page is the Penelope Cruz editorial

 

[stellarnostalgia]

I'll probably never get tired of their collective creativity and approach. I like the element of caprice that's always been consistent in their style. I think Penelope Cruz's editorial along with Gaga's editorial are the least bit impressive among their recent work aside from that everything else retains the Mert & Marcus touch - vividly elegant and trenchant.

 

[ALAUU]

^ I think Penelope's and Lady Gaga's editorials could've been better had they been longer. I feel like these US magazines never give their cover stars long stories that develop into something special. Four or five pages is too short to really do anything special. Not like the long VP editorials which are just gorgeous.

 

[Melancholybaby]

Interview September 2012
Back To The Future
Photographer: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist: Karl Templer
Models: Frida Gustavsson & Nimue Smit
Hair: Garren
Make-up: Lucia Pieroni



fashionscansremastered via pellucid

 

[dwalden]

Not like anyone's interested, but this black and white gothic style that they've been doing quite heavily lately (Love, Vogue Paris, etc) seems to be taken directly from Irina Ionesco. It's great of course, but in general they seem to adopt a lot of other artists' styles into their own.

 

[jmrmartinho]

I mean they are known for copying every photographers work. So theres nothing very surprising...

 

[Melancholybaby]

Not like anyone's interested, but this black and white gothic style that they've been doing quite heavily lately seems to be taken directly from Irina Ionesco.

Actually, I am always very interested to find out the inspiration (or source of copying in this case) behind shoots. I googled her work and you are right, some of Kate's pics from Vogue Paris feel like exact copies of her work.

 

[mikel]

^It's indeed interesting to know. Now we can add her to a very long list of photographers M&M are inspired by.

 

[SlovesNY]

^Who's else are they inspired by? I'm curious since I don't know a lot about photography but eager to know more of course!

 

[mikel]

OVer the years, M&M have produces work inspired by:

Helmut Newton
Herb Ritts
Robert Mapplethorpe
Peter Lindbergh
Guy Bourdin
Chris von Wagenheim
Steven Meisel
Steven Klein
Jeff Bark

 

[Alien Sex Friend]

inspired - it is a politically correct replacement of a copycat.

they could be 10 times professionals, but they would never get such powerful energy and unique vision as Newton did, such academism as Mapplethorpe, such glam surreality as Guy Bourdin, such pervercy as Steven Klein...
and, btw, what they produces is a total fashion photography. i mean they are trying too hard to seem artsy, but in fact they will never be.. while almost all their "teachers" were working for fashion (except Mapplethorpe), but comsidered now as an artists (maybe, except Meisel)

 

[Alien Sex Friend]

btw, mikel, You forgot to add Man Ray to this list)
that last Penelope shoot and some earlier work (sept 2005 w magazine-the one and only i truly luv) are soo Ray-esque

 

[tentalicious]

of course they have a seductive visual style but that's all.
Personally I don't like this at all.
It's unthinking photography and doesn't require
a great deal of photographic skill.
But then, that's pretty true of many
of the 'new' young talents in photography today.
as Fabien Baron said in a recent interview
'They do their own thing and listen to their gut'...

 

[testinofan]

They not only copied legends photographers, also photographers og now as Sims, Inez & Vinoodh, Craig McDean, i think they have a very strong visual power but I do not think it right all the time for inspiration in ta work performed.

 

[Melancholybaby]

If I'm not mistaken that's Marcus third on the left and Mert second from right


dailymail.co.uk

 

[Melancholybaby]

Dsquared2 Fall Winter 2012-2013 Campaign
Photographers: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist: Katie Grand
Models: Daphne Groeneveld, Bette Franke, Frida Aasen, Simon van Meervenne, Liuk Bass & Ralf Javoiss
Make-Up: Charlotte Tilbury
Hair: Paul Hanlon
Art Director: Giovanni Bianco


experience.dsquared2.com via LucaNatashaFan

 

[Melancholybaby]

W September 2012
Living Large
Photographers: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott
Stylist: Edward Enninful
Models: Saskia de Brauw & Meghan Collison
Make-Up: Charlotte Tilbury
Hair: Julien d'Ys