VISIONAIRE PORTRAITS

The most prominent unifying force of the four-chapter architectural division of my BA fashion thesis is a creative project called VISIONAIRE PORTRAITS that manifests itself in eight handmade portraits depicting subjects selected from Visionaire’s iconography archive. This work aims to encapsulate the intensity of Visionaire’s images and at the same time to release a new visual energy. Black and white captures the psychology of facial expression and allows to focus attention on a few elements of the composition unlike color, conveying a sort of atemporal suspension.

1. Iman by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Visionaire 21 Deck of Cards/ The Diamond Issue (April 1997)

2. Devon Aoki by Nick Knight, Visionaire n.20 Comme des Garçons (February 1997).

3. Mariacarla Boscono by Hanna Liden, Visionaire n.60 Religion (September 2011).

4. Alexandra by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Visionaire n.15 Cinderella (July 1995).

5. Hannelore Knuts by Glen Luchford, Visionaire 49 Decades (September 2006).

6. Petra Lindblad by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Visionaire n.13 Seven Deadly Sins (December 1994).

7. Kirsten by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Visionaire n.19 Beauty (November 1996).

8. Colette Pechekhonova by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Visionaire n.25 Visionary (July 1998).