Unveiled Emotions
This week's top picks from the Curator
JIMI HENDRIX BY MIKE BERKOFSKY
A magazine called Rave offered me a break on January 5th 1967 by asking me to shoot some pictures of a new American singer and guitarist who had also just got his break in London recording ‘Hey Joe’. His name was Jimi Hendrix.
ABOUT MIKE BERKOFSKY
Mike Berkofsky is a London born fashion and advertising photographer, TV Commercials Director & Director of Photography.
WAVES BY DAVID KING REUBEN
ABOUT DAVID KING REUBEN
David King Reuben was born in London and graduated from Hampstead School of Fine Art. He is a New York-based artist who works across painting and mixed media.
SHE’S IN THE MONEY BY DANIELA FEDERICI
Photographed by acclaimed fashion photographer Daniela Federici, Anna Nicole Smith posed for Playboy magazine in February 2001. This picture forms a part of the Playboy Legacy Collection, a unique collection of some of Playboy’s most iconic images from 1953-2003, and is limited to just 75 prints.
ABOUT DANIELA FEDERICI
Melbourne born but New York based for over a decade, Daniela Federici is one of the few female photographers who has made it on a truly global scale. Her work is regularly seen internationally in various Vogue’s, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, Elle, GQ, Esquire and many other magazines.
PIRELLIS HOT DATES BY BERT STERN
This photo forms part of the Playboy Legacy Collection and is limited to just 75 prints. In this photo, a nude lady lies covered in multi-coloured oil. The effect is surreal, futuristic and slightly disturbing. Lying on top a portrait of a nude, it is as though she has almost morphed out of the painting.
ABOUT BERT STERN
The great Bert Stern shot the famous Pirelli calendar in 1986, later published by Playboy magazine. One of the legendary figures in contemporary photography, Bert Stern personified the commercial photographer of the 1960s.
WALKIE TALKIE TOWER BY DIANA BUZOIANU
ABOUT DIANA BUZOIANU
Diana Buzoianu is a graphic designer based in London, UK. Also, she is an enthusiastic fine artist and photographer.
SELF PORTRAIT BY PAUL SLATER
In the style of the Pre-Raphaelites or the Euston Road School, this clever self-portrait is a portrait of a self-portrait. Paul is dressed and styled as if a young artist in inter-war Britain.
ABOUT PAUL SLATER
After graduating from the RCA, Paul’s work quickly became a staple of British newspapers and magazines before breaking into the broader spheres of advertising with clients such as Volkswagen, British Airways and Shell.
TRIVIAL EXPOSE 04 BY ALBERTO SEVESO
ABOUT ALBERTO SEVESO
Illustrator & Digital Photographer Alberto Seveso was born in Milan, he grew up in Sardinia but is now working and living in Bristol (UK) as a freelancer. His passion for graphic art started when he was at a young age and he was really fascinated by the graphic of skate decks and the cover of music CD of metal bands in the early ‘90s. From this passion he started to create his artworks.
3AM BY WHITE & BERGMAN
“We’re fascinated by life’s journey. What starts out as hope so often becomes overpowered by temptations and vices, power and corruption. We are driven to depict this poignant essence that is inherent in the human condition.” 3am captures the atmosphere of this message taken in New York in 2015.
ABOUT WHITE & BERGMAN
Dominic White and Nicole Bergman have been working together on a collaborative basis since 2014. Their work is a visual reflection of the world we live in.
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
A classic image of one of the most recognisable buildings in the world, New York’s Empire State. For over 40 years, it stood as the tallest building in the world before the World Trade Center was built. This photograph is a pensive tribute including a man staring up at the building. In many ways, its an image of the American Dream.