I have been asked frequently to share some of my archives and here is a shoot that I did with Karen Mulder and Kirsten Owen, (who is still modeling) for L’Officiel Magazine back in 1989.

The Team

Photography by Benjamin Kanarek
Fashion Editor: If I remember correctly, the Fashion Editor on the shoot was Anne de Brey De Vertamy
Models: Karen Mulder & Kirsten Owen

Make Up by Steve Marino
Hair by Peter Genevois

Since I posted “Recalling Pierre Cardin”, there have been several requests to post some of my earlier work from my archives.

I have always had the greatest respect for French Designer Guy Laroche’s work and found a couple of advertorials I did for him that appeared in VOGUE Paris and L’ Officiel magazines from the late 80′s. Again all of the lighting was a mix of diffused and mixed sources and all shot with Fujichrome 50 iso Slide Film. No Photoshop… As usual. So there you have it, another blast from the past. Being that the 80′s are coming back with a vengeance, these Guy Laroche images might inspire those of you wishing to get “That” look, to get “That Look…”

I was just going through some of my archives and I fell on these images that I shot for “Votre Beauté” Magazine around 20 years ago. It is part of a series that I shot  exclusively highlighting the designer Pierre Cardin. Marie-Elizabeth David-Boyer was the Fashion Stylist at the time. It was a rather successful shoot, as Pierre Cardin himself sent a letter of congratulation to us in appreciation of our endeavours.

What I also find interesting, is that there was no Photoshop or retouching employed, other than some subtle brush work to touch up tiny imperfections in the skin. The rest was up to me and the great printing of Fred Jourda at Picto Labs in Paris. I used a tilt shift lens on my EOS 1 Canon, cut a hole in the backdrop, stuck some gels on the back light and used an Opalite for the model.

There it is…