“The thing that gets frustrating about fashion,” Steven Klein told New York Magazine in 2004, “is that as a photographer you always want to grab on to something that reflects what’s happening in the world, what’s in the street. You don’t want to just fabricate these dream lives of these i

Dissonant, Fashion photography, Severe, Sexy, Sophisticated

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Abstract, Conceptual photography, Fashion photography, Feminine, Hallucinatory, Lush, Scientific/motion studies, Whimsical

20th-century music, Abstract, Absurd, Ballroom, Conceptual, Erotic, Fashion photography, Functional, Lesbian style, Open-ended, Witty

With German roots, this powerfully dynamic photographer has been on the fashion scene since the early 90's. What makes her a bit different than the rest of the artists on this list, (besides the erotic femininity her subjects exude) is that she directs music videos as well. The most well known one

Fashion photography