Solve Sundsbo for Vogue China April 2009

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One of my favourite photographers, Solve Sundsbo, shot Magdalena Frackowiak for Vogue China's April 2009 issue, using lots and lots of balloons. The effect is very sculptural - like Jeff Koons for high fashion or something (or maybe I'm just saying that because the sheen of the balloons reminds me of his balloon dog sculptures).

These shoes are THE BEST.

What I love about Solve's work is that he doesn't rely too much on a whole lot of post-production. Plenty of what he does looks like it's been digitally photoshopped to death but he actually employs old fashioned techniques in his photography to achieve many of his images. He has been quoted saying, "Photography has become democratic – anyone with a digital camera can shoot something and alter it in Photoshop to make it look polished. For the past four or five years there's been a lot of dull, perfected work around, but there's an industry backlash going on now."