Thursday, August 13, 2009

MJ Memorial Shoot

Today I stumbled upon Mykromag's shoot by Dutch duo Petrovsky and Ramone on location outside the uniquely surreal Michael Jackson memorial service in Los Angeles last month.

While the shoot is not entirely impromptu, with the model's poses among the shrines, fans, police and general chaos of the day attracting seemingly little attention, no credit is given for the outfits or styling, making me think that the intention veers closer to photojournalism than to glossy style. The result is a series of striking images that are part fashion shoot, part documentary – a blurring of the line between reality and fiction that is particularly appropriate for its setting.

1 comment:

  1. I hadn't seen this before, it's awesome. In particular the 1st, 3rd and 6th images. It would be pretty cool to be asked to take part in some MJ-inspired shoot, a la Agyness Deyn... Blog post to come.

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