Steven Meisel, a downright genius

Fashion photography is my favorite photographic genre; I never get bored looking at great fashion photographer’s work because there’s always a story to discover in the photo-shoot, the shoots are shot at beautiful locations and of course the extravagant clothes. Today we’ll look at an amazing fashion photographer who is a staple for Vogue magazine – US Vogue to be more – Steven Meisel.


As one of the most powerful photographers in the fashion industry, Meisel is credited with "discovering" or promoting the careers of many successful models, including top models Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Kristen McMenamy, Amber Valletta, Snejana Onopka, Viktoriya Sasonkina, Iris Strubegger, Lara Stone, Coco Rocha, Caroline Trentini, Liya Kebede, Karen Elson, Doutzen Kroes, and Raquel Zimmerman, propelling them to fame by regularly featuring them in Vogue and various campaigns, notably Prada, considered one of the most desired campaigns in the business. Meisel's influence and training seems to also extend past models. He used his influence among the fashion elite to create an issue of Vogue that would show only black models. The issue was released in July 2008 with the purpose of addressing the racism seen lately in fashion magazines, runways, and advertising campaigns. He also launched the career of Ross Van Der Heide, a young fashion designer, by showing Ross's artwork to Anna Sui.


Hel is also deemed by most as the “The Godfather” in the fashion world because of the great influence he carries, from having shot for every major fashion brand, to being able pluck a new model from obscurity into massive popularity from just one photo-shoot. He doesn’t have a distinct style of shooting like his other compatriots, allowing him to be more versatile, but he does have a long history of excellent work. What I mostly enjoy in his projects is his empowerment of bodies’ structure, the intense of story-telling, and the wonderful tension in his picture composition.


Let’s take an unforgettable adventure of him pictures: http://steven-meisel.tumblr.com/