Cruz Valdez is a New York-based photographer who has an affinity for bringing fantasy to form. Her love for fashion developed in her formative years after studying the severity and glamour in the pages of publications like Vogue Italia, Self Service, and Vogue Paris, as well as being inspired by 1960’s cinema. 

She started photographing models in her apartment after she moved from California to New York in 2016. She also began shooting members of her community in an ongoing portrait series that still inspires much of her work today. As a trans woman, Valdez has further explored identity & representation which remains a pillar in her work. The intimacy, signature sharpness and tension between light & darkness she channeled in these early collaborations can now be seen today on the cover of magazines like GQ, Vogue Japan, Interview, Purple and Dazed, among others.

She has also shot for top global fashion brands including Marc Jacobs, Carolina Herrera, Dion Lee, Savage Fenty, as well as Bottega Veneta. Valdez’s distinctive style and exacting eye position her as one of the most recognizable new talents in photography today.

Alice Martinelli is a New York-based set designer. Born and raised in the north of Italy, Alice started her career in interior design studying at NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) and then going on to Domus Academy Milano where she earned her master's degree.

Her technical education and understanding of space, color, proportion, furniture, and design, help her to execute each of her still life and large-scale sets successfully. Alice enjoys creating playful, elegant, and colorfully curated sets and still life.

Alice contributes frequently to US Vogue, British Vogue, Vogue Italia, The New York Times, and Another Magazine. Alice's client list includes Burberry, Ferragamo, Vivienne Westwood, Zara, Estee Lauder, Bulgari, and Sotheby's.

Jackson Heller is a hair colorist in New York City.

Beginning his studies in art school, Heller became enamored by the transformative power of hair color. He then began his career in the salon, gaining invaluable expertise to perfect his technique and craft as well as an opportunity to work with top talent and designers. Now with having opened his own salon in the heart of New York City’s West Village, Jackson Heller has emerged as a top colorist.

His traditional knowledge, range and versatility in color technique have defined his polished yet effortlessly cool style. While Heller is undoubtedly credited for serving up colorful, elaborate looks, he is perhaps best known for his creamy platinum blondes and natural shades of red and rich balayage.

Heller's contributions can be seen in publications such as Vogue, Interview, V Magazine, Numero, and Office Magazine. He has also collaborated with fashion brands including Loewe, Mugler, Moschino, and Gabriella Hearst.

Raoúl Alejandre’s bold aesthetic and surreal vision for beauty has allowed him to gain recognition not only as a renowned international makeup artist, but as an interdisciplinary artist that strikes a perfect balance between his innovative beauty creations and artistic direction. His unique social media perspective and meticulous yet cutting-edge eye has also led him to beauty brand consultation. In 2020, Alejandre was appointed Valentino’s first ever Global Make-up artist, launching the brand as well as collaborating on both brand strategy and product development.

Alejandre’s editorial projects have appeared in major publications including American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Dazed, W Magazine, and V Magazine. His contributions can also be seen in both beauty and fashion campaigns for brands such as Bulgari, Dior, MAC, Mugler and Valentino.

Helga Burrill is the Senior Editor at POP and Arena Homme+. Born and raised in Sweden, she developed an early passion for fashion, pop culture, music and sports. After finishing a BA in Art History, she moved to London and has over the past seven years contributed to both publications. 

Helga’s aesthetic is often a mix between luxury fashion, streetwear and sportswear to approach trends whilst finding a connection to classic beauty.

Throughout her career she’s worked with some of the most sought-after photographers in the industry including Hanna Moon, Jeremy Everett, Anthony Seklaoui, Robbie Lawrence, Gabriel Moses, Paul Wetherell and Will Scarborough. As well as a range of talent including Tame Impala, Neneh Cherry, Cat Burns, Griff, Pa Salieu and Alewya.

Kk Obi is a Nigerian Stylist and Creative Director based between London and Lagos. Having started his career in media and publishing he quickly saw an opportunity to uplift and champion new talents while unpacking diverse realities and urgent discourses within society and culture. 

This led him to found his biannual print publication and digital platform Boy.Brother.Friend. A publication which seeks to examine fashion, contemporary art, and theory through the guise of the male experience. By examining diaspora identities from London to Lagos whilst reaching out an invitation to cross-examine intersectionality, male identities and transnational cultures in the world today. 

He contributes to Dazed, Fantastic Man, Beauty Papers and The Face amongst other publications whilst working with brands such as Burberry, Tommy Hilfiger, Jawara Alleyne and Kenneth Ize.

Yumiko is a Japanese hairstylist currently based in Paris. 

Studying cinema and literature at university, Yumiko’s creative interests developed to focus her career in the world of photography, art and beauty. Originally working in a hair salon in Tokyo. Yumiko quickly became an assistant for renowned session hairstylists within the industry before carving her own path.

Taking references and inspiration from expressionist and surrealist art along with sculpture, Yumiko creates distinctive and graphic styles in her work as an artist. Yumiko is a talented wig maker and well versed in creating styles with shape, texture and colour. 

Yumiko has contributed to titles such a Buffalo Zine, Document Journal, Interview, Luncheon, Revue, SSAW and Vogues. Additionally, she has worked with clients such as Louis Vuitton, Kenzo and Lanvin. 

She also holds the position as a brand ambassador for Hair Rituel by Sisley. Her unique head spa concept, which is based on Japanese Shiatsu massage is now developed within Sisley’s treatments internationally.

The second monograph by New York– and Paris-based photographer Matthew Brookes, Into the Wild is a vibrant celebration of surf life. For this project, Brookes followed a group of young surfers from Venice Beach on their adventures up and down the coast. The result is a story of van culture along the California coast—a story of youth choosing to follow their dreams, living out of vans, existing for surf and travel and freedom, and always chasing the best waves.

Rizzoli Bookstore, 1133 Broadway, New York, 10010

Thursday June 2, 2022 6pm

Adrien Dubost is a French Still Life photographer and film maker based in London.

He composes his work with graphic shapes, colour, texture and line to create dynamic compositions by toying with the negative space around these elements.

He is fascinated by a photographers ability to reinterpret his subject and his spare graphic work injected with pops of colour, elevates luxury products and everyday objects alike.

 He was been working with various magazines including Lampoon, Times Luxx, Wallpaper*, The Sunday Times Style and Port Magazine and has worked with luxury brands such as Chanel, Ormaie, Paul Smith and Vyrao.

The second monograph by New York– and Paris-based photographer Matthew Brookes, Into the Wild is a vibrant celebration of surf life. For this project, Brookes followed a group of young surfers from Venice Beach on their adventures up and down the coast. The result is a story of van culture along the California coast—a story of youth choosing to follow their dreams, living out of vans, existing for surf and travel and freedom, and always chasing the best waves.

3537 PARIS, 35-37 RUE DES FRANCS-BOURGEOIS, 75004 PARIS

WEDNESDAY MARCH 23RD 2022 6PM - 10PM

Raised in London, Australian-born Blake Henderson was inspired by his father’s fascination with art and design; attending exhibitions and shows confirmed Blake’s love for creativity.

Blake works alongside photographers Anton Gottlob, Mark Lebon, Nigel Shafran, and Marili Andre and collaborates with stylists Alice Lefons, Ellie Grace Cumming, and Tom Guinness. 

Makeup artist Chiao-Li, born in China and raised in the Netherlands describes herself as a ‘designer, dreamer and face painter’ and has cemented these creative pillars throughout her practise within the beauty industry. 

Her talent took her around the world from a young age, finding her feet as an apprentice under a renowned make-up artist, which created the building blocks of her journey as a celebrated artist in her own right. 

She has grown a firm following in the industry for her talent, creativity and innovation.  Creating elegant, tasteful, and inspiring make-up looks. Her work not only reflects the natural beauty of the subject, but also creates inspiring and unique looks with painterly and artistic like techniques taken from elements of fantasy after reading fairy tale stories as a child.

Through her meticulous and accomplished application, Chiao-Li uses her direction with make-up artistry as storytelling by creating characters, using the face as a canvas to create extraordinary and unique looks that are influenced by surrealist artists such as Picasso and Dali. 

Chiao-Li works alongside Photographers Campbell Addy, Nadine Ijewere, Rafael Pavarotti, Tim Walker and for publications such as Vogues, Dazed, i-D and W.

Miguel Bento is a London based set designer. His curiosity lies among different subjects, from traditional craftsmanship to sci-fi, architecture and cinema as well as different materials. In recent years he has started working more on Spatial Design projects, from retail spaces to exhibitions and installations where he implements an eclectic approach.

London based hairstylist Kota Suizu was born in Tokyo but grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He moved back to Tokyo in his mid-teens where his interest for hair, art and fashion really developed. He amassed a vast collection of magazines which inspired him to experiment and play with creating abstract hair structures. This in turn led him to decide to study hairdressing. 

Upon graduation, he began an apprenticeship at a salon in Tokyo where he worked for a number of years. In 2008, he moved to London to pursue his ambitions as a freelance hair stylist.

Kota collaborates with photographers Harley Weir, Johnny Dufort, Mark Kean and stylists Danny Reed, Anders Sølvsten Thomsen and Julia Sarr-Jamois. Kota regularly works with publications such as British Vogue, Perfect, POP, Re-Edition, Self Service and The Face. 

Born and raised in Somerset, Saffron studied Fashion at university. She started her career assisting stylists. Whilst on set, she developed an interest for the role of the manicurist and saw an opportunity to combine her love of nails with her pursuit of fashion. After completing her training and assisting established manicurists, she quickly began working solo on her own shoots.

Edward Lampley is a hairstylist based in New York.

His career started in a small salon in Nashville TN while still in his teens. His creative ambitions pushed him to NYC where he trained to further hone his skills,  soon collaborating with Bumble and Bumble on product development and fashion week shows.

In 2015 he moved to London where he was able to advance his editorial relationships and vision.

His work is frequently featured in titles including  Allure, Dazed, Interview, V, Vogue, WSJ and W Magazine with photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Campbell Addy, Eddie Wrey, Hugo Comte, Nadine Ijewere, Richard Burbridge and Theo Wenner.

0fr. Paris 20 RUE DUPETIT-THOUARS, PARIS 3E

Friday 15th October 6-8pm

“This book is an insight to my journey thus far, it is a book about women. My work has always had underlying themes of identity and diversity, celebrating our differences, reframing what beauty has stereotypically been and creating a space to elevate women of colour.” - Nadine Ijewere   

La Caserne, 12 Rue Philippe de Girard 10e Paris - Friday October 1st 2021 7pm

French set designer, Justine Ponthieux, followed a double course in fine arts between France, beaux-arts de Paris and ACCD in Los Angeles. During that time she experimented in multiple fields from sculpture techniques, modeling carving and casting, to drawing and paintings. The multiplicity of skills and the love of decorative art brought her to set design. Justines flair for set design is developed through her iconographic research and studio time enabling her to be continuously innovative. Aside from her set design practice, Justine Ponthieux continues to develop a body of work in drawings, sculpture and paintings. She exhibits her work in multiple galleries, most recently at Galerie Mansart (2021) and High art in Paris (2020). She works alongside photographers such as; Julien Martinez Leclerc, Luis Alberto Rodriguez and Johnny Dufort.

Dan Martensen’s fashion and portrait photographs have an aesthetic of natural beauty. Often photographing on location and in rural environments, Martensen’s relaxed and collaborative approach creates images of genuine ease and spontaneity.Martensen studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design and brings the qualities of an observational photographer- finding meaning within the scenarios that unfold in front of his camera- to his work.

29th August - 4th September 2021

Jupiter Gallery, 3 Chywoone Hill, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall

Thursday 19th August, 2021 // 6pm-10pm

Venice Art Crawl - James' Beach - 60 N Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Working with a multidisciplinary practice and a foundation in textile design, the New Zealand born, New York based artist’s approach to image making balances raw sensibility with editorially inspired composition. Themes explore aspects of identity, youth culture and performance while simultaneously orchestrating a seamless connection between allure and ease.

“I find beauty in all its facets. My work is about showcasing different forms of beauty that I believe our society could do a better job of representing. We are so different, and I think it is especially important to show this in the world of fashion. I follow this principle when I cast models and also by exploring my own origins and identity.” – Nadine Ijewere

Opening 29.05.21 at C/O Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 22–24, 10623 Berlin

Italian-born Julia Noni, found her passion for photography while studying visual arts in Düsseldorf. The graphic elegance, and attention to the subtleties of human gesture that have been manifest in her fashion imagery since are grounded in her multidisciplinary understanding of visual culture. 

With her talent for choreographing of her subjects’ movement, and refined visual understanding of architectural and pictorial space, she constructs distinctive characters, narratives and a sense of place within her imagery.

Mila grew up between London, Oslo, and Connecticut.

Her narrative-based approach relies on meticulous research with a wide range of influences and imagery such as mundane daily happenstances, building sites, b movies, and paintings. 

Simplicity, grace, strength and movement are recurring themes that show themselves in Jessica Willis’ work. Her experience in costume design and years working behind the scenes in the music industry inform an understanding of the body in 360 degrees.

The fluctuation of time and reappearance of themes, materials and shapes are a creative preoccupation in her practice. These ideas paired with consistent technical precision make her work both singular, extremely relevant and timeless in the cultural and visual landscape of the present moment.

Markn is a London based photographer and director. His images explore themes surrounding intimacy, loneliness, progression and celebrate inclusivity and diversity.