Pascal Rosello | Intimate Fine Art Photography

I drop here photos, exhibitions or artists clippings that excite my imagination and push me to learn more about photography. My personal artwork is the result of this path : Photo gallery

With his trademark black and white, Herb Ritts shows us perfect bodies, handsome and famous people, models… Under the California sun and through the photographer’s eye, everything is sculpted and perfectly posed. A contemporary of Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon and Robert Mapplethorpe, Ritts makes us worship the bodies he reveals, but can also show his humorous side when taking shots of cinema or pop stars. For example, his images of Madonna are perhaps the most famous even taken of her.

Obsession or Palms series are perfect illustrations of Daniel Jaems art. The large body of work focuses on the structural architecture of the male form. Daniel Jaems developed a signature tone to these series making them instantly recognisable. The way he uses shadows like printed on skin combined with a unique mix of soft & hard lights is pure masterpiece. Masculine beauty is the size of the prize.

Kai Z Feng is a Chinese-born photographer who has risen to become one of the most well-known fashion photographers from China at an international level. His work includes celebrity portraits and high fashion, shooting both commercial and editorial work for many international brands and publications. He has photographed many well-known names including Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Katy Perry and others.

Eroticism, sensuality, humor and ostentation were all themes of the spring exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, dedicated to none other than Bettina Rheims, a photographer who has been questioning, exposing and glorifying the female body for 40 years. One hundred and eighty images were showcased from her first photos to her most recent work, mixing iconic photos with confidential works never before seen in France, displayed neither thematically nor chronologically but instead, creating an emotional journey.

Late iconic photographer Ren Hang was honored with a dynamic solo presentation at The Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. The Beijing-based artist took his own life in 2017 after suffering from cyclical depression. The exhibition titled, “Love, Ren Hang,” showcased over 150 archival photographs by Hang. These images offered a raw view of the late photographer’s visually moving practice spanning portraits of his mother, provocative snapshots of his close friends and photographs of nightlife in China. His prolific works have served as a form of commentary, touching on topics of self-identity and sexual freedom.

Staged intimacy, theatrical flair, and psychological depth defined the retrospective devoted to Annie Leibovitz, held at the National Portrait Gallery. A visionary of staged portraiture, Leibovitz has spent decades immortalizing cultural icons with a signature blend of intimacy and grandeur. From early photojournalism at Rolling Stone to lavishly constructed celebrity portraits for Vanity Fair and Vogue, the exhibition traced her evolution through over two hundred photographs. Eschewing strict chronology, the curation revealed her obsession with character and narrative, merging the personal with the mythic in an exploration of fame, identity, and storytelling.

Over the past 20 years, the prominent fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø has created powerful imagery with personal and experimental techniques; influenced by everything from nature to cutting edge technology. The images resulting are iconic and equally belong on the walls of an art gallery.

One of fashion’s most illustrious creative directors, Fabien Baron (with his agency Baron & Baron, founded in 1990) is the genius behind many of fashion’s most iconic images : Calvin Klein, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Fendi or Guerlain. But I like even more when the photographer shifts his lens from the fashion world to nature. Perhaps because he studied design, sculpture and painting, he shoots landscapes, trees or icebergs like sculptures.