Photographer An Le & Designer Lauren Mayhew Create 'Hair'
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The Savannah College of Art & Design produces much of the creative talent behind photographer An Le’s fabulous editorial ‘Hair be An Le’, featured on the Ben Trovato Blog.
Le is fascinated by plastic and explained, apropos the imagery in his story, that he has long been intrigued by contradictions, and by the juxtaposition of images that are perhaps incoherent. He said of the weird and post-apocalyptic setting he and his team created in the woods… “I find balance in the opposition of things and I have always wanted to do something cool with plastic. I’m fascinated by the texture (or lack-of) of plastic and its thickness combined with its opacity. It also gives me a weird sensation when I touch it. By placing the plastic wrap in nature, I sought to contrast the natural and the unnatural. The clothes (by Lauren Mayhew & Adriana Osorio Lugo) are also strange and exotic. I think the environment goes well with the clothes; it is as if they are in their own barren and opaque world.”
Lauren Herasimtschuk, Paige Carpenter, Christina Beckum Alexandria Angel, and Zachary Taylor model hair-inspired fashion by Lauren Mayhew, a recent fashion design grad from SCAD. Currently working in the Target design department, Lauren showed some garments from her Hair collection in New York Fashion Week, as part of Elle magazine’s Fashion Next runway show.Makeup & Hair – Mabani Hernandez, Zachary Taylor.
Everything about this editorial shoot warrants the title ‘creatives’. Very cerebral, yet understandable, the images and garments are unique, representing the ripe promise of young talent.
