Justin Polkey is an independent photographer from Cape Town. He specializes in fashion advertorials and portraits. Polkey has done work for national and international magazines such as GQ, Elle and G&W. Although some of his work can be associated with the typical style of fashion photography, in his series of works, Indigo Girl and First Dance, he explores a deeper notion of conceptual elements and thus the work is not what one would see on an average magazine page. Polkey has also done portraits of actors, musicians and public figures such as Billy Zane, Sir Ian Mckellen, Seth Rotherham and Nelson Mandela.
Category: Fashion Photographers
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Sam Yocum
Sam Yocum was born in Texas on a working ranch, as a young boy with camera in-hand he’d ride across the fields shooting pictures of anything that caught his eye. Encouraged by his aunt and uncle, who were fashion photographers in New York, he was shooting proficiently and by age 13 was published, establishing a life-long passion with fashion and beauty photography.
Today he continues to explore new areas of creativity, and has recently begun directing, bringing his clean, timeless beauty touch to motion. Based in New York City, Sam is known for taking an agency’s creative concept from beginning to completion by producing stunning photographs that create the lead visual branding needed in today’s competitive market. He has worked on multiple re-branding projects with great success for various premiere brands & this work has won multiple awards in various international competitions including the Chicago Athenaeum, ID, Smithsonian Design, Step Inside Design, AltPick and; has been featured in Lurzer’s Archive. His list of celebrities he has worked with includes CEO’s and prominent industry individuals.
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Horst Diekgerdes
Horst Diekgerdes shoots for Elle, Numero, Harper’s Bazaar, Another Man, Sonia Rykiel, H&M, and Uniqlo, always creating mysterious fairytale-like scenes that seem to have a dark side. As a masterful storyteller, he uses soft light and interesting outdoor and indoor locations.
German photographer Horst Diekgerdes started his professional career in Paris before moving to London. Working internationally across the U.K., Europe, the U.S. and Asia, he is currently based between Paris and Zurich.
His fashion and fragrance advertising clients include Miu Miu, Chloé, Sonia Rykiel, Thomas Burberry, Burberry Blue Label, Allessandro Dell’Aqua, Kenzo, Levis, Rochas and Hermes. Horst also works with Louis Vuitton, Lacoste and Bergdorf Goodman on an ongoing basis.
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Tom Munro
Tom Munro is a noted fashion and celebrity photographer. English by birth, Tom moved to New York in 1990. In 1997 Tom embarked on his own career as a photographer, immediately in demand and achieving overnight success and recognition from his early fashion shoots for British Vogue and Harpers Bazaar. During the last ten years Tom has contributed to some of the world’s most prestigious magazine publications including Vogue USA, Italian Vogue, Russian Vogue, Japanese Vogue and Details. Tom’s dedication and passion towards his craft has attracted some of the fashion and beauty industries most prestigious names, including Armani, Banana Republic, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Chloe, Converse, Estee Lauder, Givenchy, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Lancome, L’Oreal, Maybelline and some of the Music industries most iconic figures, such as Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Madonna as well as his extensive celebrity archive of many highly acclaimed Hollywood actors, Dustin Hoffman, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslett, Leonardo Dicaprio, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise, to name a few.
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Lachlan Bailey
Lachlan Bailey is a fashion and portrait photographer currently based in New York City. Originally from Australia where he studied both film and photography Lachlan moved to London in 2001 then to New York in 2008. After assisting other photographers he broke out on his own in 2004 with work in Vogue, i-D, POP and Arena Homme+. Influenced by great filmmakers, his beautifully lit fashion images capture great drama and storytelling. His campaigns and editorials include Avon, Audi, Burberry, DKNY, Ebel, Endless, Louis Vuitton Mens, Cerutti Fragrance, J Crew, Jaeger London, Paul Smith Fragrance, Links Of London Jewelry, Joe Cosmetics, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tory Burch, Uniqlo, Victoria’s Secret, Vidal Sassoon, American Vogue, British Vogue, French Vogue, China Vogue, The Last Magazine, Muse, Harpers Bazaar US, and Twin Magazine.
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Greg Lotus
Photographer Greg Lotus’ work can be found regularly on the pages of Italian Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, L’Uomo Vogue, and W magazine. He draws inspiration from classical paintings and a wide array of sources and life experiences, Lotus reinterprets in his own evocative way the use of light and shadow, playing with angles and composition to enhance the graphic quality of his images. Nature is a recurrent motif in his photography, a clear echo of his childhood. Lotus often mixes high fashion with rural or wild surroundings and includes exotic animals in his compositions, using elements that link the rarefied atmosphere of the fashion industry to the organic beauty of the natural world.