Thursday, March 31, 2011

Opie x Rodarte


Image of a Rodarte gown by Catehrine Opie.

The photographer Catherine Opie is known for her portraits of gender. She takes photos of "men" and "women" in ways that show you the confusion of those terms, the identity they impose, and the ways they are expressed. She also photographs the body as a platform for thought and or pain. Self-portraits of the artist are disturbing and beautiful documents of self harm, or of love. It's this mix of the rough and soft, of the dark and the warm, that makes her pairing with Rodarte a natural fit. As a satellite to their MoCA show (which they call a case study of their still young work) Rodarte is releasing a book of photographs by Catherine Opie and Alec Soth. Californian landscapes of interest and inspiration to Kate and Laura have been photographed by Soth, while Opie has taken photographs of the Mulleavy sisters' clients and favorite models in their gorgeous American couture pieces.







The photos above are all included in the book which is available for pre-order on Amazon.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

love these photos! The detail on the white dress is amazing! I agree-often times the things I love the most are the most unwearable! But I still lust after them :)

love from San Francisco,

http://www.brittandwhit.com

Britt+Whit

FrenchVision said...

that top dress is amazing. all those crossings in all the other dresses makes me think bondage and ruff sex... #dontjudgeme lol @frenchvision