Sebastian Magnani was born in Switzerland in 1985. His passion for photography began after working for five years (from 2006) as a graphic designer in an advertising agency. In 2011 he decided to become a professional photographer. He currently specialises in portraits, advertising, corporate, architecture and reportage. In 2013 he won the OneEyeLand photographer of the year award.
Tag: graphic design
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Ulric Collette
Born in 1979, Ulric Collette, self-taught photographer, studied art and graphic design
in Quebec city in the late 90s and now work as art director for Collette, a communication
studio in Quebec region.The work of Ulric has been presented in various websites, magazines and books
all over the world (Prism, Global Investor, Esquire, Light and Lens, Snap, Fubiz,
My Modern Met, Adobe, etc). Most recently, his work on the genetic portraits series was
shortlisted in the world most prestigious advertising awards show, the Cannes Lion.The series entitled Genetic Portraits is most remarkable
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Miles Aldridge
Born in London, Aldridge studied illustration at Central St Martins, and briefly directed pop videos before moving into fashion photography in the mid 90s. His influences include film directors Derek Jarman, David Lynch and Fellini and the photographer Richard Avedon and the psychedelic graphic design of his father, Alan Aldridge. His work is highly controlled with a cinematic effect.
His work is filled with glamorous, beautiful women, whose perfect appearance and blank expression could be interpreted as passivity and ambivalence. Aldridge, however, prefers to define his women as in a state of contemplation, so that we are asked imagine their inner lives. And the technicolour dream-like worlds he creates aren’t as perfect as they seem. There is silent screaming, broken glass, a head pushed down on a bed, the blood red of ketchup against a black and white floor. It’s a dream that could just as easily turn into a nightmare.