“Joy is contagious. When you spread your happiness to others, it doesn’t deplete your supply. Quite the opposite. The pleasure you feel increases when you pass it on to others. Joy replenishes itself as it is shared. To be joyful then is to both give and receive those sweet moments. We can keep them as a balm against our workaday world. We can always choose Joy.” says BLANC magazine about the latest issue. British with Nigerian roots, Little Simz, aka Simbiatu Ajikawo, is a rapper, singer, producer and actress – and the cheerful cover star of BLANC magazine, photographed by Daniel BENSON c/o MAKING PICTURES.
European luxury brand BYREDO was founded in 2006 by Ben Gorham in Stockholm with the aim of translating memories and emotions into products and experiences. In 2013, Ben Gorham sold a majority share of his company to the London-based investment firm Manzanita Capital, which previously invested in Diptyque and Malin + Goetz and is the owner of Space NK.
“Byredo turned to Tais and set designer Lucy Webster to capture their latest range of eyeshadows, color-sticks and fragrances.” says MAKING PICTURES. We have the result for you on GoSee.NEWS.
GoSee : byredo.com & making-pictures.com
“What is fashion for? Most basically, fashion is a vehicle for entertainment and self-expression, and the past eighteen months have taught us just how important these things can be.” KATIE GRAND, MURRAY HEALY & BRYAN YAMBAO
“Commissioned by Katie Grand, Bex Day photographed the ‘Romance 1600’ covers for Perfect magazine. Alongside stylist Oliver Volquardsen, the duo created images which were all about inclusivity and diversity – ranging from shooting street cast models to supermodels such as Lara Stone.” says MAKING PICTURES.
“The images were meant to feel ethereal and dream-like, nodding to surrealism,” photographer Bex Day tells us about #PerfectsJoy shoot ‘Romance 1600’.
GoSee : theperfectmagazine.com & making-pictures.com
And the winner is … Maggie SHANNON c/o MAKING PICTURES spoke with buzzfeednews.com about her wonderfully bizarre road trip – fourteen days of pie eating contests ! What else puts “travel, baking and fairs” on the same page?
“So many people asked why me, why this tiny town? And I was like, that’s exactly why! It was difficult to find festivals that have pie eating contests,” says Maggie. “A lot of the fairs are very small local events, so tracking them down involved a lot of phone calls, researching different competitive food eating websites, fruit-focused festivals (peach, blueberry, cherry festivals, etc.), and county fairs in the West. I talked to so many lovely people, and a few invited me out to photograph their contest.”
We have the photos and the link to the article about the extremely entertaining road trip for you on GoSee.NEWS.
GoSee : buzzfeednews.com///pie-eating-contests-in-america & making-pictures.com
“When real meets virtual, … I photographed this series of dancers in New York. Then I worked in CGI to create particles around them.” Jean-Yves LEMOIGNE c/o MAKING PICTURES tells us about his beautiful project. Dancers Taquirah Thompson, Adrien Picault, Alexandra Peter and Nicole von Arx were styled by Lori Messerchmitt.
