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As odd as it may seem to some, there are people who find Star Wars very arousing. Sure the lightsabers are phallic and there's a lot of heavy breathing, but canoodling with a Stormtrooper? “Dreaming of the Dark Side” is a photographic editorial of a young girl - dressed as a Twi'lek- lustfully dreaming about Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper, too.
Note: Today is the official Star Wars Day, so tweet this with #starwarsday!
Recently shot by Marie-Louise Cadosch of Marc & Louis photography (as a tribute to the photographer's Star Wars-loving sister Kathrin), the editorial stars the beautiful Maura Waller from OPTION Models dreamily cavorting with members of the Dark Side.
Swiss Garrison provided the photographers with Darth Vader and the stormtroopers and the makeup was done by Lilith Amrad.
Behind the Scenes video:
Credits:
Photographer: Marie-Louise Cadosch
Makeup Artist: Lilith Amrad
Model: Maura Waller @ OPTION Model Agency
Costumes: Swiss Garrison (Darth Vader and stormtrooper)
Kathrin Phan (tentacles), Marie-Louise Cadosch (twi'lek dress)
Star Wars, its characters, costumes, and all associated items are the intellectual property of Lucasfilm. ©2008 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM All rights reserved.
About Marc & Louis:
above: photographer Marie-Louise Cadosch and production manager, Gian Marc Cadosch
Marc & Louis Photography is a team of photographers who do far more than just conveying the ineffable. They are creators and ambassadors of art which fuels the imagination. Their images are coined by a wide range of influences that still manage to accumulate to form one harmonic overall picture. They tell stories one cannot grasp at just one quick glance. Their images are mystical, dreamful and emotional, almost as if they are drawn by eras, separated by a hundred years, yet they still harbor authenticity and harmony.
Marc & Louis follow a distinctive style that can be found in each and every picture. A style that never bores the eyes of the beholder. Their attention to detail and authentic scenery grants every image an individual ambiance, transforming it into one beautiful piece of art and the story behind it into an epos.
Marc & Louis find the inspiration behind their visual tales in movies and music. They prefer using reality as a setting since natural environments combined with extreme or atypical props allow for a much broader range of possibilities. Marc & Louis images are meticulously prepared works of art which capture moments, emotions, even dreams and coalesce them into one memorable story.
above: Inez and Vindooh in a self-portrait for Lanvin, 2010
Fashion photographers, artists and directors, husband and wife Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin met at The Art Academy in Amsterdam in the mid 1980s. Working formally together since the early 1990s, they have now been together personally and professionally for almost two decades.
Some of the busiest and hardest working talent in the industry, they've photographed ad campaigns for just about every prestigious fashion and fragrance brand including Balmain, Roberto Cavalli, Chanel, Isabel Marant, Gianfranco Ferre, Moschino, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Calvin Klein, Gaultier, Dior, Viktor & Rolf, Miu Miu, Guiseppe Zanotti, Gucci, YSL, Lanvin, Chloe, Jimmy Choo, Nina Ricci - even Pirelli- and countless others.
above: their photo of Sophia Loren in the 2007 Pirelli calendar
In addition to their commercial advertising work, they've shot magazine covers and editorials for Vogue (Paris, Japan, China and more), GQ, W, V and many other publications. And they are fabulous with celebrity portraits. Videos and short films for fashion brands YSL, Balmain, Gucci and more are also part of their impressive repetoire.
above: a still from Balmain's Everglade (video shown further down in the post)
From sexy to sophisticated, pop art to surreal, here's a look at some of their diverse work from 2010 and 2011.
Advertising photography
Gucci:
Jean-Paul Gaultier:
Lanvin:
Jimmy Choo:
Dior:
Narcisco Rodriguez and Viktor & Rolf:
Roberto Cavalli:
Chloe:
Louis Vuitton:
Miu Miu:
Recent editorial photography:
Celebrity portraits for W Magazine, 2011
Jennifer Lawrence:
Michael Douglas:
Mila Kunis:
Colin Firth:
And most recently, they shot the April covers for next month's issues of Vogue Paris (featuring Gisele Bundchen) and for Vogue Nippon (Japan):
above images courtesy of models.com, the collective shift
Fashion collection videos and short films:
Balmain Collection video (Everglade) with Kate Moss for 2011. Music by Antony & the Illustrations by Jo Ratcliffe:
YSL Manifesto Video for 2010 :
One of their earliest videos was the 2001 Bjork Hidden Place video:
INEZ VAN LAMSWEERDE
Born: September 25, 1963, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Education: One year residency at PS1, Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, 1992 -1993
Rietveld Academy of the Arts, 1985 - 1990, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
VINOODH MATADIN
Born: September 29, 1961, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Education: Fashion Academy, 1981 - 1985, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The pair is now represented by The Collective Shift.
