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Often
times in this business, the photographer chooses or has a say in
the models chosen for a shoot. For WWD jobs that did not happen,
in fact the fashion designers would hire their own models, to present
their clothes and it certainly made sense. Some of the top
designers would hire top runway girls, some would hire top print
fashion girls to model their clothes for our advances. Calvin
Klein always understood the value of image, and would always have
top recognizable models hired when his clothes were featured in
WWD.
Here
we see Chris Royer and Lisa Ryall, shot in Calvin's New York showroom.
They were both top, top girls; wonderful models, and made life easy
for me. Calvin was there of course and famous hairdresser
Christiaan, did the hair from a wheelchair. According to a
reliable source, the Dutch hair artist had broken his leg sliding
down a banister while in Rome on a Arthur Elgort shoot. Yours
truly, at times being a bit of a wiseacre myself, told Christiaan
"don't get up, I'll get it." when some hair was out of
place.
Christiaan
is a master of using his hands to shape hair into a beautiful look.
He is one of the best.
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When
shooting for WWD, appointments were made without consideration to
time of day. I would be told what time to show up. Sometimes
that made things a real challenge in regards to lighting.
The shot (above right,) had to be shot around high noon. Not
the most desirable time of day to do an outdoor photo. Someone
(I think it was David Bailey,) once said, "Only mad dogs and
Helmut Newton shoot at noon."
These
clothes, from the resort Rive Gauche collection by Yves Saint Laurant,
are worn here by three of the top international runway models of
the era; Pat Cleveland, Beverly Lee and Alva Chin. Shot
near Olympic Tower off of Fifth Avenue in New York.
More
WWD covers, from Paris.
About
the photographer . .
Steve Landis has travelled through many parts of the world during a career in professional photography incorporating the areas of photojournalism, fashion, beauty, and celebrity portrait photography for major publications for over 25 years. Steve has turned his life over to Yeshua the Messiah, (Jesus the Christ) and now primarily photographs weddings, family, actor, and executive portraits.
"I have been greatly blessed during my life and give the glory and thanks to Yeshua for a renewed life of peace and joy," states Landis.
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