This you have to see!

I'm sure all my Art Director friends will yawn at this post and say... "Oh him, he's been around forever." But I just came across the work of this Japanese fashion photographer, Izima Kaoru, who shoots these amazing fashion shots using DEAD models. Well, I'm sure they're only pretending to be dead, but based on nearly every fashion model I ever worked with, most are fucking brain dead (Oooo, lots of hate mail on that fucker!) Anyway, go to his site and check him out, very interesting. Pity you can't work with dead Art Directors. That would certainly make life a lot easier.

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This is for Yves Saint Laurent. Notice the bood under the head!

Check out the bullet hole!

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Freaky!

Comments

[marinobean]

there's a lot to be said for dead copywriters as well...although, at the rate they usually move to change "to include" to "also with", you'd have a hard time finding a pulse.

[marinobean]

oddly enough, i didn't think the photography moved past "hmmm, that's interesting"...after the first few shots, it all got rather formulaic, seen one dead, overly skinny japanese girl in an expensive frock lying in garbage (that's real neat & clean), you've seen 'em all.

[HighJive]

it's unlikely you'll get hate mail for the "brain dead" models comment. they're too dumb to read and write.

[Bob]

Isn't "dead art directors" redundant?(Kidding. Sort of. :))

[marinobean]

wow... do your partners, the dead AD's read this?

[George Parker]

Marino...
Of course they read this... That's why I post it... They are all Art Directors. So, like the dead models, they wont get it... Ooops, just remembered, you're an Art Director also. So you won't get it... So, I'm wasting my fucking time here when I could be having another G&T.
Cheers/George

[marinobean]

great idea...too many many brain cells still firing...i was actually responding to "bob"...when in NY, please give a call and let's get the count out of his hidey hole at JWT and hit the White Horse, for shits and giggles?