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Aims and Objectives Creative Lighting Assignment Launch and look at Keys plus photographers Define Fashion, Editorial Etc Choose area to work within Research chosen area and annotate Aims: Understand sub-genres of fashion/editorial Objectives: Choose an area and publication to work within : research this area
Fashion and Editorial Photography Overview of the Genres
What is Fashion? Fashion is about selling a lifestyle This can be through clothes or accessories Fashion is often aspirational Images by Bruno Dayan
Images by Eric Frideen
Images by Kevin Mackintosh
Image by Phil Poynter
Images by Bruno Dayan
Images by Kevin Mackintosh
Image by Phil Poynter
Images by Bruno Dayan
Image by Phil Poynter
Image by Kevin Mackintosh
Images by Bruno Dayan
Images by Kevin Mackintosh
Images by Eric Frideen
Image by Kevin Mackintosh
Image by Phil Poynter
What is Editorial? Editorial is concerned with a theme It can be supported by text to tell the story But it has to have a strong narrative structure, regardless of whether or not text is relevant Sometimes Reportage (stories of public interest) are presented in an editorial format Editorial formats include: printed magazine an e-zine or online blog format
Reportage story appearing in editorial feature about Japans Fukushima Tsunami
Another example of reportage in an editorial format: Kulture Magazine
Kulture Magazine: editorial feature about bulldozing of illegal immigrants camp in Spain, reportage public interest story in magazine format
What about Commercial? Commercial is all about selling the product Convincing the viewer that they cant live without that particular item Persuading the audience to go out and purchase that must have product
Images by Rory Lewis
Genre cross - over Fashion Editorials are evident in magazines But the images have to link to tell a story The narrative has to flow and be clear Some commercial products are disguised to appear in editorial pieces as a way of sub consciously persuading the viewer to purchase an item, usually supported by text, this is what the industry label an advertorial
Ford SMAX advertorial
Images to accompany text Typically found in Lifestyle and Sunday Supplement Magazines Feature Editorials
Jana Cruders work successfully mixes commercial with fashion and fashion with editorial, producing stylized and sometimes quirky visual narratives
Task 1.Choose an area to work within for the project (fashion/commercial etc) 2.Choose a publication within that area as a key media (which your research, test shoots, development, finals etc will all be based on) 3.Begin researching this area/publication via screen grabs of relevant web sites and page rips of magazines