Examples of fashion photographers who use projections

Eva mueller

Eva Mueller is a fashion photographer who has a wide range of work that uses colour projections of images onto nude models. These images are striking because the sharpness of the images against the skin of the models sometimes looks as though they have been painted or digitally manipulated. The projected images vary widely- fruit, industrial patterns, flowers, money, pills. Often the model's pose corresponds with the projection, for example the flower images often have simple, delicate, quite vulnerable poses, as though the women in the images are flowers themselves. The money projection has a model holding lots of bags which gives the impression of power and wealth. Some of the projections are of industrial patterns, such as sides of buildings with bricks and windows- these are interesting as the quite masculine industrial images contrast with the female form.

These images are interesting because they have a surreal look, differing from most fashion images that have been made in a studio. They are eye catching and different. I hope to create something similar in my images. It is difficult to tell how Mueller achieves the look she has created in her projection images- my guess would be that she uses slide projectors within the studio, paired with a lit background.

Solve Sundsbo

Solve Sundsbo has used projections/shadows in some fashion/beauty shoots. The two images above are from a shoot for Numero magazine which used patterned shadows onto nude models to give an interesting, abstract look. The use of stripes/spots gives the impression of animal prints on first glance, and when combined with the contorted positions of the models in some of the images there is quite a surreal and unhuman look

This image above is an example of projections being used in fashion photography from less recent years. This image is by John French and was taken in London in the 1960's. The image is very typical of 60s fashion photography in the styling of the model, and the floral projection has been used as a replacement for clothing. Although i have not found a great number of examples of projection photography, it is interesting to see that it has been used for quite a while.

This is an image i found when researching shadows/projections used in photography. This photograph is by Hannah FitzGerald, an amateur photographer i discovered on flickr. Her images are interesting because unlike the other artists i have looked at, hers cut out the head of the model and focus mainly on the torso. This gives an anonymous element that changes the image from being of a person to just a female form. This gives it an abstract and unreal look, as the body looks more like a statue or sculpture than a living breathing woman.