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