People in fashion, part 1: The Blogger

First in a series of portraits of people in and around the fashion industry in Milan.

For this episode I followed blogger Olga Rink of Haute-Pepper.com during Men's Fashion Week in Milan. She was very funny and interesting.

Filmed and edited by Brian George (www.brian-george.com).

Music: "Vox Vs. Uke" by unreal_dm. (2011 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0).
www.ccmixter.org/files/unreal_dm/33707

Filmed with a Panasonic GH2 with Flowmotion 2.02 hack (24L).
Color settings Standard, -1, -2, -1, -2.

Lenses used:
Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN
Panasonic LUMIX G 14mm F2.5 ASPH
Nikon AFD 85mm F1.8

 

Faces Of Milan Fashion Week

A compilation of some interesting faces found at the Fashion Week in Milan.

Filmed and edited by Brian George (www.brian-george.com).

All shot on a hacked Panasonic GH2. Cake 3.2
24p, standard color settings.

Lenses used:
Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN

Music: Blur, 'Girls and boys'

          

Street style outside the Iceberg show at Milan Moda Uomo

Street style fashion from outside the Iceberg show at the Milano Moda Uomo, men's Fashion week Milan.

Shot with my Panasonic DMC-GF2 with the 14mm f2.5 lens.

Fight Night

Some serious butt-kicking at the Milano In The Cage at the Palasesto near Milan. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and some thai-boxing. High testosterone levels made for lots of action instead of words. I imagine the ring can be a very lonely place at times. Some think fighting sports are a bit primitive but I really respect the courage of these boys and men.

 Both ready to go

 Ring entrance

Glove check

Carnival in Milan part 2

In Milan people like to dress up and show off. So carnival is a great time to do exactly that..
Some street style photography of some interesting outfits and people.

 Charlie Chaplin

 Happy together

 Cat woman

Halloween night in Milan part 3

Halloween night at Alcatraz in Milan part 3. Lots of great outfits and drunk people. Recipe for interesting images.

 Devilish

White face
 

 Bloody marriage

Rapper's delight part 2

Really great concert at Leoncavallo in Milan. B-Real and Psycho Realm to be exact. The crowd was amazing. Some individuals from this crowd..

 LA

 Made in Switzerland

 Sleepy

Halloween night in Milan part 2

Halloween night at Alcatraz in Milan part 2. Lots of great outfits and drunk people. A recipe for interesting images.

 Pale faces

 Witch

 Damaged eye

Rapper's delight part 1

Really great concert at Leoncavallo in Milan. B-Real and Psycho Realm to be exact. The crowd was amazing. Some individuals from this crowd..

 Reds

 Dreads

 Nose job

Halloween night In Milan part 1

Halloween night in Alcatraz in Milan. Lots of great outfits and drunk people. A recipe for interesting images.

Holy

 

Adolf-style

 

Cut-throat

 

Scary eyes

 

Dark

 

The Joker

 

Humble

 

Claws

 

Clockwork

 

Batman forever

 

Zombie-style

 

Pale face

 

Bloody mess

 

The monster

 

Berlusconi-busters!!

All images © Brian George

Carnaval in Milan part 1

In Milan people like to dress up and show off. So carnival is a great time to do exactly that..
Some street style photography of some interesting outfits and people.

 Black-silver

 Haircut

Kiss

A night on the town (fetish style) part 2. Parental advisory, explicit content!

Many ways to spend your Friday night. One of them is going to a Fetish party. I didn't dress up for the occasion so I was getting some suspicious looks here and there. But in the end I was still able to get an intimate look into this subculture. Unfortunately I can't publish some great images because of privacy reasons but I think the images are strong without knowing who is there.

Tech info: Nikon D700, AF Nikkor 35mm F2, AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4, ISO 800-1000, aperture f2.8/f4, shutterspeeds 1/30s-1/250s.

 

 Wrapped up

 Male table

 Dominatrix

A night on the town (fetish style) part 1. Parental advisory, explicit content!

Many ways to spend your Friday night. One of them is going to a Fetish party. I didn't dress up for the occasion so I was getting some suspicious looks here and there. But in the end I was still able to get an intimate look into this subculture. Unfortunately I can't publish some great images because of privacy reasons but I think the images are strong without knowing who is there.

Tech info: Nikon D700, AF Nikkor 35mm F2, AF Nikkor 50mm F1.4, ISO 800-1000, aperture f2.8/f4, shutterspeeds 1/30s-1/250s.

 The chain

the bra

 

the mask

The Germans are coming! A 'what the fuck?!?!'-moment.

Walking into this place was definitely a 'what the fuck?!?!'-moment.

I went to a military fair in Milan. People dressed up as Nazis all over the place. I'd better not show these images to my grandmother. She might freak out. Still receives a pension cause my grandaddio was in the Resistance against the German occupation of The Netherlands. Hence the possibility of her freaking out.
Also not sure of something like this being legal where I come from.

Anyway as a photographer I have to be objective and shoot what I see whether I agree or disagree. It's a reality that is out there somewhere. 
People were very willing to pose by the way which was completely the opposite of what I had expected..

Tech info; Nikon D700, AFD Nikkor 50mm f1.4, ISO 200, shutter speeds between 1/90s and 1/250s. All with available light.

Striking similarities

Sneak preview of a portrait story I'm working on

Here's a sneak preview of a portrait story that I am working on at the moment. Shooting boys that like to cross-dress.
My first subjects were Andrea Superstyle and La Bragaa Regina. It was nice to work with them since they were very easy going and very co-operative. So the results are very nice indeed. They can be seen when the whole project is finished in some time.
A few 'backstage' images from when the boys were making themselves up and getting ready.


Tech info; Nikon D700 with AF Nikkor 50mm f1.4 lens. ISO 400. Aperture f2.8 at different shutter speeds.

All images © Brian George