Off the cuff. Maarten de Boer captures some impromptu moments with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt and Colin Hanks backstage at Acker & Blacker’s old-time radio production, The Thrilling Adventure Hour. This Saturday the show will be gracing the stage of the San Francisco SketchFest with guest stars Mr. Hanks, John Hodgman, Reggie Watts, Keegan-Michael Key and more improv talents.
“Focusing on what’s going on inside the person.” In a recent issue of Shutterbug, our own Donald Graham zooms in on the details of his experiences as a photographer, from getting his professional start to breaking down the elements of his favorite shots.
Daniele Forsythe Photographers is proud to announce that Maarten de Boer has now joined our team! The casually glamorous portraits shown above, of thespian heartthrobs Zooey, Ewan and Olivia, offer a glimpse of his unique vision.
We could go on, about our fondness for his iconic, expressionistic rendering of Tony “Buster Bluth” Hale, for instance. In fact, Maarten’s impressive client list includes everyone from Digitas, Paramount Studios and Samsung to publications such as Time, Entertainment Weekly and Shape. And, he’s got a cool Tumblr.
With so much to like, it’s no wonder that we jumped at the chance to represent this talented, LA-based (by way of Scotland and Holland) photographer.
1.31.13 has a nice triskaidekaphilia thing going on, yeah? In fact, it’s a date we indeed look forward to, as Connections by Le Book presents right in our own back yard. See you there!
Deep hue. We love the splendidly inky schematic in this photograph by Jason Loucas.
(Source: onthesideoftheegg)
“Change shapes just to hide in this place / but I’m still an animal” - Miike Snow
A recent trip to one of West Hollywood’s most delectable destinations, Animal Restaurant, inspired this Steve Anderson triptych.
(Source: steveandersonphotography)
Our kind of town. Later this month we’ll be setting up shop in Chicago for this fall’s big Connections event. If you’ll be in the Windy City ‘round then, drop us a line — or just drop by!
Props to DF Photographers’ newest stylist. Pictured above with fellow partners Rachael Hart and Carly Spooner is one of the latest talents to join our lineup, interiors stylist Glen Proebstel. Their new venture The Establishment Studios was recently the subject of a terrific feature in The Design Files Daily:
“While ‘The Establishment’ is one of Glen’s biggest projects to date, he isn’t one to sit still for long. Another opportunity beckoned this year, and again, Glen took a leap of faith – following his dream of working in New York. Now that’s what I call a busy year! He’ll continue to build on his impressive portfolio of editorial and freelance styling work both here and abroad, working between NYC, Melbourne and Sydney, and contributing to Australian and international publications such as Inside Out, Country Style, Gourmet Traveller, Elle Decoration UK, Living Etc UK and many more.”
Click here to read the full interview, here to see more of Glen’s work at DanieleForsythe.com.
Image via The Design Files
DF in Venice. Agent Reine Gonnet digs through the inbox at our brand new West Coast offices, in Venice Beach - just up the road from our old space. Stop by for a visit if you’re in the neighborhood!
Daniele Forsythe Photographers | 229 1/2 3rd Ave | Venice, CA 90291
Jonathan: (310) 450-1650 | Reine: (646) 401-3292
Curating cool. We love these photographs from Steve Anderson’s latest shoot: visually thirst-slaking, playfully reminiscent of childhood - even crisply in tune with Wimbledon’s (well done, Roger and Serena!) distinctive palette.
Hope you’re enjoying a great summer.
Mod style drenches a desert milieu in Gerard Harten’s latest shoot - yet another fantastic conceptual kids fashion campaign he’s produced for Collezioni. Check out the entire rock-themed spread in the new issue, out now.
VIDEO: Photographer Mark Arbeit On Mentor Helmut Newton
In an excerpt from the new short Three Boys from Pasadena, Mark Arbeit, George Holz and Just Loomis pay tribute to legendary fashion photographer Helmut Newton. Three Boys from Pasadena is at the Williamson Gallery of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, until 26 August. Via Nowness:
“Boldly approaching Newton in 1979 after getting a tip that he would be dropping into a Pasadena boutique, the three young art students and aspiring photographers were taken on as his assistants. It was the beginning a professional and personal relationship that would last up until Newton’s death in 2004.
Mixing archive footage with Arbeit, Holz and Loomis’s recollections of working with the provocative lensman, Three Boys from Pasadena accompanies an exhibition at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Originally hung at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin in 2009, the show features memorabilia and Polaroids documenting the trio’s years working with Newton alongside a retrospective of their subsequent photographic careers.”
Read additional interview excerpts from Arbeit, Holz and Loomis at Dossier Journal.
Top image: Helmut Newton by Mark Arbeit

