Posts featuring stylist Joanne Blades

Flanked in a Flurry of Florid Fashion

Daphne Groeneveld is flanked in a flurry of florid fashions by David Roemer for Zoo Magazine No. 50, S/S 2016. Each image projects a sense of enlightenment as it redefines avant-garde artistry. Stepping into another world, this story touches on what I call the sense instrument. To let the eyes peruse over each page is to let your mind be intoxicated with possibility. The enchantress of accou…

Lexi Boling is a Natural Beauty in 'Dawn Till Dusk'

Back-lit by the sun Lexi Boling is arresting in ‘Dawn Till Dusk’ by Guy Aroch for the Winter 13.14 issue of Muse Magazine. Taking his guerrilla style street photography to the great outdoors, Aroch creates a powerful piece of visual poetry. In a season that’s seen it’s share of augmented nature, it’s refreshing to view the awe-inspiring surroundings in all t…

Guy Aroch Turns Stuff of Fluff into Pure Fashion Art

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley stars in ‘Summer with Rosie’ by Guy Aroch for Muse Magazine #34 Summer 2013. The latest in a long line of artful editorials by this visionary photographer, his ability to turn what is the stuff of fluff for everyone else, into edgy works of fashion art is nothing less than remarkable. It’s what I’ve come to think of as The Aroch Way. Less an id…

Catherine McNeil's Real Reveal 'When Midnight Comes Around'

Fighting her way back to the future, Catherine McNeil finds herself stuck in a style-capsule ‘When Midnight Comes Around’ by Guy Aroch for Muse Magazine #33. Raw, real & artfully driven, Aroch delivers a cinematic story that might leave you asking, is this real or is it the Matrix? With remnants of retro-recovered pieces laying around like so much archaic architectu…

'AndtheEarthDiedScreamingWhileILayDreaming'

'And the Earth Died Screaming While I Lay Dreaming'

And the Earth Died Screaming While I Lay Dreaming.  Hugh Lippe’s inspired vision of modern androgyny takes a turn for the artistic in the Winter Issue of Exit Magazine.  Kasia Struss plays the handsome heroine in this revival of authentic androgyny.  A trend that has always been subject to the watered-down commercialism of the pop-culture machine, this powerful interp…