Stefan Gesell

His creations are unsettling, sometimes violent, he draws from imaginations of the masters of comics who so often found a life much more real via the cinema. Stefan, transforms his model, whether it is a man or a woman: at the time of the shooting we were really in another universe, on another planet. He pushes the models so that they have to be expressive in their glances, in the distorsions of their bodies. The movement has importance, and it is also the force of his photography. His photo studio has several immense prints which are truly impressive to see. His inspiration is not only related to comic strips, as he says to us during his interview, impassioned by photography, he loves photographers like Saudek, Helnwein or the grand master Herb Ritts.

In his futuristic universe fragrance blends with a refined erotism with an assumed graphic touch. His first book is a mix of all of his first attempts of photography through multiple universes. Dark, industrial, extravagant, the images are graphically powerful and the creation can take a very long time. The sense of detail is strong, it multiplies the wide shots as well as the tighter shots, he plays with the light, his work has links with movies.

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