Red or dead

Red is an amazing colour. So full of depth, vibrance and meaning: be it anger, beauty or passion. We love some of the red tones going on: in fashion, photography, music, food… Steven Chee’s recent editorial for Fashion Quarterly has us particularly enamoured, with overblown red lips and thigh high stockings, the images are just rich with hue. And you can’t go past the best red hair going – Rhianna here photographed by Camilla Akrans. For deep red lips Giorgio Armani is a standout classic, however Tom Ford is a new testament to luxury, and that etched-initial lipstick is instantly covetable. What else? well you can’t go past a red velvet cupcake from Magnolia Bakery.

A LOT in love with Camilla Akrans

We keep coming across work by fashion photographer Camilla Akrans and are very much beguiled by her compositions and colours. Her style of photography has an antique yet colour-saturated look to it that is really very modern, and a technique that many others are now using. The women in her pictures all carry an inherent sexiness, and their femininity is always portrayed in celebration of their strength and beauty.

One of her most recent editorials pictures model Crystal Renn in the June 2012 issue of Vogue Japan. In a tantalising array of coloured lace and figure hugging creations from the likes of Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino, Renn is a mexican-inspired, heavy-browed dream against the hacienda backgrounds. Her full scarlet lips and heavy brows leave us wanting more: more of this story and more from Camilla Akrans.

Kate Kate Baby

Today we’re shooting an exciting brand collaboration, to be published on ABSORB. And here’s a little inspiration to give you an idea: some 90’s Kate Moss way back when she was shot by Corinne Day. Unstructured, soft, natural girl. Lovely! Check back for some behind the scenes shots coming shortly.

Just Dance

Elsa Sylvan photographed by Elle Muliarchyk for Bon Magazine.

A Metal Life

Wouldn’t it be great to exist in a chrome future world? Here are a couple of inspiration images for our upcoming shoot this week: metallics, sculptural shapes, the body melding with object..

LOVING Alyona by Yossi Michaeli: Dazed & Confused March 2012

This is so good in every way: styling. makeup. props. model.

Alyona Subbotina as photographed by Yossi Michaelis in Dazed and Confused Korea.

Styled by Martha Violante and makeup by Deanna Melluso.

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An inspiration image for the day.

To inspire our next shoot.

What’s inspiring us this week?

ABSORB is teaming up with our old favourites for a new shoot this Thursday! The theme we’re running with is dance inspired, with a tweak of modern tribal. Photographer Richard Avedon is serving as our influence, for his beautiful, almost sculptural portraiture. Later in the week we’ll post some behind the scenes pics up from the day!

Miles, oh Miles

ABSORB has a never ending love affair with the imagery of fashion photographer Miles Aldridge, whose visual style and meticulous attention to detail is a constant source of inspiration. Having published editorials profusely within the pages of major magazines like Vogue Italia and Numero, it is clear that the Aldridge aesthetic has had a definitive influence on fashion photography. With a cinematic feel to many of his images, taken from his early love of Italian cinecitta, classic horror films and old school crime photography, there is always the suggestion of a story, of something happening beyond the flat image. The women he photographs are mysterious, or tormented, or on the verge of a breakdown – he revels in the idea of oddity within the highly stylised worlds he creates. Colour also plays an important role, with saturated hues a trademark of his work. Aldridge continues to produce amazingly rich fashion images, exploring the woman in many guises and in every colour of the rainbow. Pictured below is just one of his editorials for Vogue Italia, Morning Beauty, with model Siri Tollerod as a Lolita-esque cat lady..

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images via fashiongonerogue

Yo, Yayoi!

ABSORB is in the midst of planning its next spectacular fashion film, it’s gonna be a crazy colourful journey and we are currently sifting through a whole bunch of ideas. We dont like doing things by halves, and more is more has been the prevailing motto thus far! In preparation, here are a few works by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama,one of our inspirations, and her installation works which she calls ‘infinity rooms’. They are an optical feast: kaleidoscopic, mesmerising, mind boggling!

LOVE

Who doesn’t want to be told they are loved? A simple and beautiful film from FLY16x9 for Kiehls.

Video Love

ABSORB has been entranced by Ruth Hogben’s fashion film Joie De Vivre, shot for SHOWStudio.com and featuring fashion from Gareth Pugh. The visuals are serving as a good example for this friday’s shoot. Amazing!

Black veins and finger waves

Here are some delicious images from ABSORB’s makeup inspirations for the upcoming shoot: we will be doing a dark moody video along with a photo shoot in the next couple of weeks.. Makeup by Alex Box shot by Rankin, and Pat McGrath for the John Galliano men’s SS2011 catwalk show

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images via rankin and jak&jil

Black as Knight

Brooding in the darkness. Shadows and desire. Here are a few images serving as ABSORB inspiration for the next film project, taken by Nick Knight.

Luminence

ABSORB has been finding inspiration in light. Coloured light, painting with light, the manipulation of light through the art of Olafur Eliasson. Here are a few finds capturing our attention. The video was found on one of our favourite blogs Bleach Black, combining a few techniques ABSORB has been researching for an upcoming video project.

LED Spraycan by Aïssa Logerot

Styling by Nicola Formichetti

Herring & Herring

Olafur Eliasson Room for one colour

Lady Gaga - Alejandro

Full Bloom

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Paco Peregrín is adored by ABSORB. Here are some images from Slovakian magazine Inspire featuring his photographic prowess and some amazing full-blown hair styles and makeup looks.

Burnt Fingers and Singed Hair

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The Girl Who Played With Fire is an inspirational fashion editorial by photography duo Waldemar & Max. The saturated colours, the strong girl reminiscent of a Luc Besson character, and the blazing fire give it a sense of danger, intrigue and sexiness that ABSORB loves.

Heavenly

An excerpt from Days Of Heaven, the dreamy 1978 film by Terrence Malick – full of wheat fields, open blue skies, the wind, the crickets, long cotton skirts and the half-light of early morning wanderings…

Botanica

Inspiration from Nick Knight (2008) with an amazing and classic floral photograph.

mineralise