Friday, February 20, 2015

Winter Images/ Ice Storm

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay

Photography: Anna Williams, Styling & Art Direction: Studio Marcus Hay


Many winter moons ago, I worked on a fantastic shoot with the very talented Photographer Anna Williams, It was again recently featured on Popist, Check it out!

Popist writes: In a striking editorial series of still lifes, acclaimed New York-based photographer Anna Williams captures natural elements—leaves, branches, and twigs—caught within blocks of ice.

The shoot, she explains, was commissioned by RealSimple to illustrate an article about skincare in frigid winter climates. She executed the project collaboration with Art Director Marcus Hay, who selected each element and chilled them in his own freezer, a surprisingly complex feat. The texture of ice, notes Williams, varies vastly based upon how it is frozen. To create transparent ice, the water must be filtered, heated, chilled, and heated once more. If one deviates from this process, the mass of ice will be colored by layers of mist and fog, caused by entrapped air and minerals; in this case, the nuanced areas of clouds and clarity served to heighten the perceived depth of each organic object.
No matter what the assignment, Williams constructs her photographs to tell stories. Here, with these shrouded petals and branches, she evokes sensations of wintertime and the mythos of arctic climates.

It seem so appropriate right now as the weather in NY hits an all time low in temperature. Hope you enjoy these images, We loved creating this Winter Wonderland. 



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