4/29/2009

FLORIAN PESSENTEINER IN ITS A SIN EDITORIAL BY ALEXEY SOROKIN

Photographer:
Alexey Sorokin @ Larapixie talent agency

Photographer assistants:
Vasiliy Yakushev
Maria Magdalena Downarowicz

Main models:
Anna Cariad @ Premier
Florian Pessenteiner @ Larapixie talent agency
Jenni Rhodes @ Close Models
Jedi Ali

Hair and Make-up Artist:
Svetlana Sorokina @ Larapixie talent agency

Stylist:
Maria Sheremeteva

Stylist assistant:
Dan Luo

Designer:
Anna Unger











FILEP MOTWARY*MARIA MASTORI FALL/WINTER 09/10

Who is Filep Motwary?

He was born in Cyprus in 1977, Mother Cypriot Nationality , Father Syria Nationality

His fist moments in fashion, after graduating for a fashion school in Athens (1999), was working as an assistant stylist for magazines such as L'Officiel Hellas.
About a year later he was hired by Couture designer Loukia as her first Studio assistant designer, a collaboration that lasted until 2004.
During the same year Filep represented Greece, in a project launched by Absolut Vodka, entitled Absolut Country, supported by Kesselskramer in Amsterdam. He moved to Paris where he spent a period of a year working as an intern for John Galliano, Dior and Chloe.
In 2005 he returned to Geece, launching his personal collection of womenswear, in a mutual collaboration with Jewellery designer, Maria Mastori. In the same year, Filep introduced his fashion blog,Un nouVeau iDEAL, perhaps the only real fashion page in Greece.
Since then Filep and Maria presented five collections during the Hellenic Fashion Week.
His interest in art, typography and history, soon found him involved in magazines again. Twice a year, he is the editor of the Fashion issue of Isterografo, a supplement that comes with Phileleftheros, the most respected newspaper on the island of Cyprus. He is also consulting young designers and participates in several projects around the world.

Who is Maria Mastori?

Maria Mastori was born in Athens in 1959 .As a teenager she took art and design courses and at the same time she started attending lessons on jewelery design and production. Since 1984 she started taking part in group exhibitions with her works. n 1988 she presents her first personal exhibition entitled "The Ships" using silver as her main material.

The period between 1994 and 2005 was extremely valuable for Mastori due to her participation in many other installations and exhibitions in Galleries such as Selini, Kivotos, Artquake, Benakis Museum, and Marianna Petridis... Her relation with fashion accessories originally started with her collaboration with the Couture designer Loukia in 1998. Her second collaboration in fashion started in the spring of 2005 with designer Yiorgos Eleftheriades and in 2006/07 with Angelos Bratis.

Since July 2005 Maria is collaborating with womenswear designer Filep Motwary presenting their collection together at the Hellenic Fashion Week. In February 2008, she was chosen through the web community of IQONS.COM by prints master and designer Zandra Rhodes as her favorite jewelery and accessories designer. Maria’s work is available in Paris and Athens, Thessaloniki and Myconos.







All Photos by Filep Motwary











4/27/2009

DIRECTOR MARTIN DE THURAH

Today,it is a privilege to feature one of the most amazing artists today, director Martin De Thurah.His work has captivate me from the minute i first laid my eyes on it.His poetry of images,movements,sounds go deep into our hearts, staying there...
Welcome to the world of Martin De Thurah!

Martin started out life as a painter. In 2002 he graduated from the National Film School of Denmark where he studied direction. Following film school he worked across various visual media, including film, documentary and print. Martin signed to Academy in 2005 directing several music videos. His video for Carpark North ‘Human’ won the audience award 2005 at RESFEST and went on to win a Grammy at the Danish Music Awards in 2006 and a Grand Prix in the Festival International des art du clip/ province 2006.
That same year Martin won ‘Best New Director’ at the CADS in London and was selected for the Res10.

In 2007 he directed the 25min short “We who stayed behind” and the 45min “Young man Falling” which was selected for the 2008 Critics Week in Cannes and won a Robert (Danish Oscar equivalent) for best long short.

In 2008 Martin’s commercial “Home” for IKEA won “best direction” at the Creative Circle awards in Copenhagen and a Golden Plague / Institutional / Corporate Identity at the Hugo Television Awards in Chicago.

He has since directed music videos for major artists like Will Young,Royksopp,Fever Ray,..
















4/25/2009

PHOTOGRAPHER VICTOR DE MELLO

Photographer Victor de Mello is the newest member of Larapixie Talent Agency.

Victor de Mello was born in the Cape Verde Islands,
growing up in Lisbon, Portugal, moving to Rio de
Janeiro at the age of 17 which sparked a life-long
passion for travel and a desire to experiences new
cultures and taking him to homes as diverse as
Edinburgh, Singapore, London, Cape Town,
Copenhagen and New York.

The melting pot of cultures combined with his former
careers as a Deep Sea Diver and professional model
are the main influences on his photographic world.

Simple lines and complex expressions
Victors early passion for large format Polaroid
photography remains in tact within his current work,
the large format serving to translate the modern
gloss of the contemporary photographic world into
images which retain the integrity of the classic
photographers studio while generating portraiture
with a level of intensity perfect for conveying the
complexity of human emotion.

Through a contemporary narrative laced with
sensuality his images walk a tightrope between
innocence and raw sexual power.

Fashion meets Fine Art
Victor is currently a contributor for a variety of
international Fashion and Art magazines including
Vogue (GR), Harper's Bazaar (UK), Wound (UK),
Amica (DE), Vision (CH), Nuke (FR), Noise (AUS) and
Madame Figaro (POR), as well as shooting
campaigns for fashion brands such as Vivienne Westwood,
Hannah Marshall, River Island, Qveen, Pilgrim.


In addition to his editorial adventures you can also
experience Victorís photographic collections at
galleries in Paris, Geneva, New York and London.





























































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