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NYFW diary: The dispatch from day one including Jason Wu’s updated Mao jacket, Rag & Bone’s granny mishmash, and Suno’s sweet, sweet garden print
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A woman of substance: Our exclusive Q&A with Carine Roitfeld

By Rani Sheen | September 29th, 2011 | 12:00 pm

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Photo spreads from Carine Roitfeld: Irreverent. Roitfeld in 2002.

Carine Roitfeld, the world’s most inimitably chic fashion editor, is back. She tells Rani Sheen what’s next for her.

When it was announced in December that Carine Roitfeld had stepped down as editor-in-chief of Paris Vogue, the fashion world erupted in speculation about what she’d do next. The answer, in part, lies in the book Carine Roitfeld: Irreverent ($110, Rizzoli New York), a mid-career retrospective of her most arresting shoots, notes from designers, and personal mementos. It’s a satisfying read because there is such a fascination with Roitfeld, the coolest woman in any front row. We asked her what else she’s been up to.

Make CONTACT: Our essential guide to the photography festival

By Sarah Nicole Prickett | May 6th, 2011 | 1:30 pm

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Left: Untitled, 1959, by Larry Fink (Courtesy of Neubacher Shor Contemporary). Right: Attack, 2010, by Jalani Morgan (photographer) & Shingo Shimizu (illustrator)

One month, one bajillion photo exhibits. What to see? Here, I’ve picked a handful of shows I think you should like. For so much more, go play around the official site, scotiabankcontactphoto.com.
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Five photographers take on the calla lily for the launch of Cavin Klein Beauty

By Jennifer Campbell | November 22nd, 2010 | 2:15 pm

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Photography by Natasha V.

One understands the loveliness of the calla lily, its austerity offset with swooping curves. Keep in mind Diane Kruger, sleek in stark white Calvin Klein, at the Met gala in May, and you have a picture of how the flower fits into the Calvin Klein brand and became the inspiration for Beauty, its latest scent, for which the actress is the face.

The fragrance launched in Toronto last week with a soirée at the Terrace Room at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art. To celebrate the launch, FASHION (sponsor of the event) commissioned five photographers–Caitlin Cronenberg, Karen Roze, Jody Rogac, Natasha V. and Davida Nemeroff–to interpret the calla lily in their own style. Read more »

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Culture pick: Flash Forward Festival highlights emerging photographers

By Siofan Davies | October 5th, 2010 | 3:47 pm

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Kevin Van Aelst One Heart Beat

This year, the Magenta Foundation has taken their popular Flash Forward competition, which highlights the talent of up-and-coming photographers from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K, and turned it into a festival. The gallery show has been expanded to six curated exhibits and they’ve added workshops, lectures and panel discussions on such pictorial topics as marketing oneself in the fine art market to the future of photobooks in the digital age. All of the venues, including the all-Canadian show Where is Here, and almost all of the external events are free to access, so even if you don’t have an image on display you can learn about the industry and what it takes to be the next Robert Mapplethorpe or Cindy Sherman. The photographs range in their context—dramatic shots of soldiers, snapshots of odd suburbanites and stills of decaying architecture—with photographers taking the role of silent observer or composer of a scene. The Flash Forward Festival runs October 6 to 10, with venues throughout Liberty Village in Toronto (a complete schedule and map can be found at flashforwardfestival.com).

Click the images below to see a gallery from the Flash Forward Festvial

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Photographer Caitlin Cronenberg captures the best undressed

By Elli Stuhler | July 9th, 2010 | 10:58 am

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Images from Caitlin Cronenberg's new book, Poser

Recently listed on the Toronto Star’s 30 best dressed in Toronto list, it’s almost a surprise that photographer Caitlin Cronenberg’s (yes, daughter of film auteur David) debut book is strictly limited to people wearing nothing (or almost nothing) at all. The 134 photographs of Poser ($45, caitlincronenberg.com/poser) explore the connection between the lens and the nude model–and don’t let the word “model” throw you off, the book boasts a menagerie of figures, from full-figured to mini, from transsexuals to women with C-section scars or fake breasts. Daddy must be proud.

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Powerhouse fashion photogs Inez and Vinoodh speak out on underage models (and Daria poses for YSL)

By Elli Stuhler | July 8th, 2010 | 11:19 am

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After an influx of underage models, it’s a refresher to see some older talent in campaigns and editorials. The Fall Louis Vuitton ads feature a trio of supermodels well out of their teens (Natalia Vodianova, 28, Karen Elson, 31, and Christy Turlington, 41), while the 39-year-old Kirsten Owen made a triumphant appearance on the Joe Fresh runway at LG Fashion Week in Toronto.

Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin recently photographed Mississauga’s own Daria Werbowy, who at 26 is hardly geriatric, but certainly not a kid, for Yves Saint Laurent’s fall campaign, which features her elegantly perched at the bottom of a lavish staircase. Looking at the adverts it’s no mystery why the pair now refuse to photograph anyone under the age of 18–a move they made about five years ago. Read more »

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The culture club: 6 expert tips for art-worthy vacation snaps

By Ashleigh Dempster & Amanda Blakley | June 10th, 2010 | 4:30 pm

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The Culturites are currently aboard the Silver Spirit, Silversea Cruises’ newest ship. First port of call was Venice, followed by Croatia and Greece. So far we can’t complain given we have a butler looking after our every whim, 24 hour room service, Frette linens, an in-room entertainment system featuring hundreds of complimentary movies on demand, champagne around the clock and 5-star cuisine. (You can follow our adventure at thesocietyglobal.tumblr.com.)

One thing we can’t leave home without when travelling are our Canon PowerShot cameras, but what we’ve learned from past experience is that snapshots are one thing, good documentary photos from your trip are another.

So before we set sail, we asked our dear friend and one of our city’s most talented young photographers (who just shot one Culturite’s wedding in Bahamas), Tory Zimmerman (toryzimmerman.com), to give us six tips to help us capture the best for our (and your) travel photography collection:

Don’t take photos—make photos! Play around with your camera’s manual settings and get to know its pre-programmed ones. Most digital cameras (even point and shoots) have exposure settings you can play with, have manual focus allocation points and settings that you can employ. Try the sepia toning, try underexposing, try longer exposures. Don’t let the camera be the brain–you can make your own decisions! Read more »

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Sneak peek: The Olivier Theyskens book

By Jennifer Campbell | January 7th, 2010 | 3:09 pm

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Lily Donaldson at Nina Ricci Fall 2008, Paris. Photography by Julien Claessens

As Belgian designer Olivier Theyskens is currently without a fashion house (rumours of a partnership with Tory Burch’s ex notwithstanding), we’re going to have to content ourselves with his luscious new book, Olivier Theyskens: The Other Side of the Picture (US$120, Assouline). Filled with 150 illustrations and images–shot by French photographer Julien Claessens–and written with Vogue‘s Sally Singer, the book is a behind-the-scenes look at Theyskens’ critically lauded career. Claessens’ photographs capture extraordinary moments of stillness in the not-very-slow-paced environment of a fashion show and further highlight the elegant and ethereal beauty of Theyskens’ garments.

Olivier Theyskens: The Other Side of the Picture is out next month and is available to pre-order at assouline.com

See more images from the book after the jump.