Research for Photographers and Graphic designers.

Photographers:

Rankin:

"Rankin made his name in publishing, founding the seminal monthly magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack in 1992. It provided a platform for innovation for emerging stylists, designers, photographers and writers. The magazine went on to forge a distinctive mark in the arts and publishing spheres, and developed a cult status forming and moulding trends, and bringing some of the brightest lights in fashion to the foreground."

I have been inspired greatly by Rankin, not only because I have been a fan of his work for quite a while now but I just really appreciate the fact of how well he uses the camera. He treats it as though it were an extension of his body and this is something that I would really love to replicate in my magazine. I'm probably not going to use his shadowy lighting technique that quite a lot of his photographs that I found of his work looked like. I more want to focus on his ability and the sheer dedication of work that he seems to produce all the time. He is also one of the co-founders of Dazed and Confused which is just a plus side in my opinion.

Ellen Von Unwerth:

"Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954 in Frankfurt, Germany) is a photographer and director, specializing in erotic femininity. She worked as a fashion model for ten years herself before moving behind the camera, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs."

I am incredibly inspired yet again by the work of Ellen Von Unwerth, this is because I find the monotone colours to look very simplistic and classy. This is something that I would like to reflect in my own photography and I might actually try and incorporate monotone into it. This I can research when doing the test shots for my magazine and hopefully if it is something that turns out ok then I might incorporate that into my magazine somehow. I also really appreciate the blurry softness that she manages to achieve on her pictures and I think that style of photography is original and ethereal, it is definitely something I am going to experiment with.

Craig McDean:

"Craig McDean is a photographer and filmmaker who is renowned for his striking fashion imagery and portraiture. Having discovered photography by taking pictures of his rocker friends in the North of England, McDean moved to London, where he assisted before striking out on his own with assignments for i-D and The Face."

For me, Craig McDean's work is exactly the type of work I would like to produce when it comes to taking my own photography. I love the softness and simplicity of what the camera is able to achieve, also I love how all of subjects in his work seem to have a mattified dewiness to their skin and this is something that I hope to do with my models because I want that type of glisten that these subjects seem to have. Also the backgrounds that McDean uses, such as the muted white backgrounds and the grey backgrounds, which I think look more unique than the traditional sold white. I am continuing to be inspired by McDean's work and hopefully by the time I come to take my photos, I will be able to replicate some examples of his work. 

Graphic Designers:

David Carson:

"David Carson (born September 8, 1954) is an American graphic designer, art director and surfer. He is best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun, in which he employed much of the typographic and layout style for which he is known. In particular, his widely imitated aesthetic defined the so-called "grunge typography" era."

I have been inspired by the work of David Carson as well, this is because I feel as though his work is something I want to emulate in my magazine. His typography skills and also the way he could piece pictures and colours together is something I wish to hopefully incorporate into my work. I also think his colour palette is one I would want to take on board with me as well because I like the way the colours mould together to create this blend of swirls. Also I love the design of the Ray Gun magazine, because even though the design is something I definitely want to take on board, it is also an alternative music magazine which means that I can use his original idea and hopefully create something just as good.

Neville Brody:

"Neville Brody is perhaps the best known graphic designer of his generation. He studied graphic design at the London College of Printing and first made his way into the public eye through his record cover designs and his involvement in the British independent music scene in the early 1980s."

I have been inspired aswell by Brody's work, he has been able to create works of graphic design that are innovative and quirky. Whilst still being modern and classic. I would say what inspires me the most would be The Guardian work that he did, even though this is by no means a music magazine I am still inspired by the design and the fonts also that were used. I would take none of these elements into my magazine however I have had numerous ideas just by seeing this work of what I would like to achieve in my own. The almost primary based colour palettes add something extra as well to Brody's work and this dedication to using the same colour palettes pretty much all throughout his work inspire me to really stay faithful to my colour palette and use that all throughout my magazine.