Dark Beauty Magazine - ISSUE 42

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ISSUE 42MARCH 2015


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A. TAMBOLY - ROYAL

DANI GEDDES - BOOK THIEF

DANI GEDDES -PERCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY

GILBERT FARDELLI - DANBO

GUILLAUME BRET - PARTICLES

LÉA BON

LILLIAN LIU - SINNER

YUJI WATANABE - TRANSPARENCY

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Cover Credits: Photographer A Tamboly

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Dearest Dark Beauties,

The most important part of this publication isn’t the art, or the

photos, but the creatives behind them. Being an artist in society

today is difficult to get your work out in a place that recognizes the

value of the creator. Our number one goal is to support the artist, to

celebrate their abilities and their skills. We do that by bringing you

info about them and find out the details we all want to know. Yes,

we focus on fashion, yes we focuses on the avant-garde, and yes

we do really want the best content out there that focused around

the Dark Beauty brand. Yet, it’s still my number one priority to

bring the artist to the forefront of what we are truly promoting here.

Our March 2015 issue is really beautiful, in this issue we are celebrating

international artists from around the globe. United Kingdom, France,

Germany, and South America. It feels so fantastic that our readership

has reached the lengths and borders it has. I am proud to present

this issue to you and hope you get the flavors and the feeling of what

quality craftsmanship is about while get a taste of what we feel is true

dark beauty artistry.

Editor-and-Chief

Topher Adam


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Photographer: A TambolyModel: ?

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A. Tamboly received his first camera when he was a child. He grew up experimenting with the mirac-ulous device, and learning to experience the world through its lens. Through these experiments and plays, he gradually developed his own artistic vision of the world, his sensitivity towards the ways in which it is portrayed.

Tamboly received his Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Advertising, publishing and printing in 2001, and YAT diploma in graphic design in 2003. After graduation he began working as an event photographer for festivals, art projects, and events in Zürich, Switzerland. Tamboly held his first solo exhibition, “Motion and Silence,” at the Photo Cairo Festival in 2003. Later that year he received the “Certificate of vocational Achievements” from Al Mamoun International University in Damascus, Syria, for his achievements in photography. Since 2002 Tamboly has been active in the art scene in Europe and worldwide, as he participated in different contests, solo and group exhibitions, salons and festivals. He enjoyed both working as a solo artist and cooperating with other art-ists in group projects. His recent solo exhibitions include one titled “Timeless” in Leipzig in 2009, “Egypt-Faces” at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and the House of the World Cultures in 2011, and “Par-allel Dimension” in Riogrande, Berlin in 2014. Tamboly has also been actively collaborating with artists from other fields, such as fashion designers and musicians like Papa Roach and Beatsteaks.

In challenging the sharp division between art and design, Tamboly is devoted to bridging the gap be-tween the two, especially, to exploring the potential

utility of an artwork. With his photography, Tamboly works to activate the utility and applicability as-pects of his artwork in a social context by linking it to a historical background, a social phenomenon, a cultural dilemma, or a political event, etc. In his present project, “Eve’s Glory,” Tamboly is working with female models from diverse backgrounds in visually exploring the incongruity of femininity and military uniforms, which are historical symbols of masculinity and wars. In his works, Tamboly often works with dramat-ic lights, intense colors, diverse palettes, which through the years of artistic practice become the signature of his photography, and his expertise in collaboration. Among the prizes and awards Tamboly received, there were the photography prize by the French Cultural Centre In Rencontré de l’image Festival in 2005, “200 Best Advertisement Photographers Worldwide” by Lürzer’s Archive in 2014/2015, and “Best of the Best Photographers 2014” by Oneeye Land in 2014 and in November 2014 he won the third price in the talents competition at the Bild-sprachen.Surprise me Plattform in Gelsenkirchen.


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Movie InspiredModel: Charlie Matthews, 11

Photography: Dani Geddes Photography?

Visionary, Daring and Artistic, three words chosen to de-scribe me by onlookers. I began an interest in visionary art in Graphics design from the age of 13, simple exploring of software made available to my curious mind. In the past two years I have taken an interest in photography and took my first shots in May 2013, since then Ive developed a style almost a brand known locally and now slowly ven-turing out for the world to see, I would call my imagination a bizarre place to be it struggles to switch off the simplest of things can inspire my mind to develop a project full of layers. Im a children’s photographer and I love to work with young people to showcase their power of innocence and determination for a future mind. I also enjoy working with Dance movement as the skills and jumps help me ex-press pure emotion in vision. Storytelling is key from the dark shades of character inspired projects to exploring the powerful meanings of beauty, mystery and fantasy. I see the world through many layers of color, light and develop many tales from a fraction of emotion launched from imagination.

Im passionate about giving young people a voice and from a very young age I have worked with people up and com-ing in this industry. Working locally with young talent has enabled me to offer something that is more than a hobby I have watched children grow from a shy personality into a ray of confidence. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing passion grow in front of my eyes. I have always been creative with graphics and by taking the image I now have the power to tell a story from the beginning, my main platform of sharing is simply social media and It makes me so happy to see the appreciation from friends, family and even associates located around the world. In the last year I have been extremely lucky to travel to a number of states to meet new people interested in working with me and working with fantastic media teams across America, I

have visited Paris and plan to explore the beautiful archi-tecture of Rome this year with some inspiring projects to match its history. Exploring the boundaries of creatures from mermaids to distorted imagery of emotional meaning and placing them in the environment I see fitting is great creative freedom, at 22 I can have many meanings for one idea and one single frame but the aim is to have an under-lying message to the audience watching something that appears deeper than its first appearance and every time you view something new is discovered. Blessed to live in the history of England and its heritage sites to view and be inspired with along mythological tales, located on the South Coast and keen to explore the world, my name is Dani Geddes and I am a photographer, thank you for tak-ing an insight into my story.

www.photosbydani.orgwww.facebook.com/danigeddesphotography

DANI GEDDESAGE 22PORTSMOUTH, UK Questions for artists

What is your style? Describe it.

I would describe my style as expressive and enchanting, I like to work with the idea of manipulating reality and al-most portraying a dream like vision.

What is your process? Describe your treatments.

Usually when preparing for a shoot it takes a step from the inspiration to mind developing, by this I mean honestly


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Model: Grace Laverton, 10Fashion: Janay DeAnn Designs?

Photography: Dani Geddes Photography?


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Photographer: Gilbert FardelliWhy Danbo?I chose this little character card for my photos, because it helps to imagine the interior of the box, live crazy adventures, with the only limit our imagination. I find it fantastic !!

Pourquoi Danbo ?J’ai choisis ce petit personnage en carton pour mes photos, car celui-ci permet de s’imaginer ‡ l’intÈrieure de la boite, vivre des aventures folles, avec pour seule limite, notre imagination.Je trouve cela fantastique !!!!


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Gilbert FARDELLI in a nutshell:

I was born December 30, 1976 in a small town of the city of the La Garde near Marseille in southern France, where I will spend the majority of my childhood. At the age of 14, dismisses the school system, I was part of the small neighborhood offenders without a future, always ready to fight, steal and break all to try to exist. I took refuge in this marginal life until my 22 years.

A year later, while I was doing the developer Photo etched my camera in a small photography shop, the boss asked me to stay with him the time that he developed. Once finished development, it turned to me and said, “You al-ready thought of making your job?” Surprised, I told him no. He then handed me a EOS 5, and said “In 10 min-utes I have a photo shoot with a client, it is you who will make the pictures if you successful, you win the camera ... and one job. “I thought he was joking, but in spite of everything I have raised its challenge. An one hour later, I had just landed a contract of work, my way out of this life marginally.

Since the years passed, I changed jobs several times af-ter the close of the photography store to become the ulti-mate guardian university residence in a neighborhood of my city. A business using and tiring but extremely exciting social the side. Photography remained for me a very great passion, a refuge, a means of expression and freedom that I cherish more than anything in the world.

My purpose today is to put me to account one day as photograph and finally 100% live my passion.

Questions for artists


E-I do not really have a style, I improvise depending on the subject and would result.

F-Je n’ai pas vraiment de style, j’improvise en fonction du sujet et du resultat voulut.


E-I work all my photos in Lightroom and sometimes for artistic dimension, in photoshop. But I prefer to avoid it to preserve the natural dimension of my photos.

F-Je travail toutes mes photos sur lightroom, et parfois, pour le coter artistique, sous photoshop. Mais je prÈfËre Èviter ce dernier pour conserver le coter naturel de mes photos.

How do you make a living off your work, or do you? Is there someone who supports you?

E-I do not life thanks to photography, I’m a worker, mak-ing enormously time for a living. I can get one with the moral support of some relatives.

F-Je ne vie pas gr‚ce a la photographie, je suis un ou-vrier, faisant enormement d’heure pour gagner sa vie. Je me dÈbrouille seul, avec le soutient moral de quelques proches.

What inspires you for a shoot? Why?

E-Everything inspires me, I full of imagination!

F-Tout m’inspire, je dÈborde d’imagination!

Do you plan the entire shoot concept, or have help?

E-I prefer to improvise, it’s so much more creative.

F-Je prÈfËre improviser, c’est tellement plus crÈatif.

Who do you look up to in the industry? Why?

E-I do not really have a model in the industry, I like inspirer me all photographers, whether amateur or professional. This will keep an open mind.

F-Je n’ai pas vraiment de model dans l’industrie, j’aime bien m’insiprer de tous les photographes, qu’ils soient amateurs ou professionels. Cela permet de garder l’esprit ouvert.

How do you take criticism? DO you take it well? How do you manage criticism? Why does it effect you good/negative?

E-All criticism is up for grabs, it’s a great engine that al-lows to move in the right direction. So I always take good because it just be beneficial for me.

F-Toutes critiques est bonne ‡ prendre, c’est un formi-dable moteur qui permet d’avancer dans le bon sens. Donc je la prend toujours bien, car elle ne peu Ítre que bÈnÈfique pour moi.

Are you self taught, educate? College, online class-es, tutorials, Self Taught? What steps did you take to learn your craft?

E-I am a self-taught photographer, who in enormously learned from its mistakes over the years. I learned to per-severe, and I never let go of anything to reach the result wanted!

F-Je suis un photographe autodidacte, qui ‡ ÈnormÈment appris de ses erreurs au fil des annÈes. J’ai su perseverer, et je n’ai jamais rien lacher pour arriver au resultat voulut!

What caused you to become a photographer/fashion photographer/artist/Designer? Why?

E-As far back as I can remember, I always had a camera in the hands (a Polaroid 1000). I was fascinated by it be-cause I could immortalize what my eyes were seeing.

F-Aussi loin que remonte mes souvenirs, j’ai toujours


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Art director / Photographer : Guillaume BretFashion designer : Romain TheveninModel : Manon Sikkink, Mademoiselle AgencyMakeup Artist : Delphine PremoliHairstylist : Benjamin TandreAssistant stylist : Alison Boulay

Guillaume Bret, a French art director and photographer, studied photography at ESAG Penninghen (Paris), a fact which helps to explain why my photographic style is mixed with graphic design and illustration. Also, he is highly inter-ested in the fashion industry.

Guillaume manages to create immaterial universes, usu-ally very dark, by playing with perspective and bursting his subjects into pieces. Then tries to associate some ac-cessories, different protagonists, for each shot to make it unique and unexpected. Each snapshot is thought through and designed in advance, even if the result is sometimes different from what was previously planned. “Sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t,” in which case he needs to come up with something else altogether. The stylisation and my models are the two most important things to me as a photographer in any given project, inspiring the artistic direction of the whole photo series.

Guillaume works with photos as he works with illustrations: with a particular attention to colors and perspectives- try-ing to guide the eye through focal points. Every shot tells a story which can be interpreted in different ways and with different outcomes.

After Guillaume chooses his model and stylist with whom he wants to work with, he starts his work with mood boards. Accessories and posing serve the purpose of transmitting a message and an atmosphere. A very sharp and cutting outfit will fit well with an ambush position (relative to a pred-

ator/prey dynamic ), giving his models sickles not unlike like those of a praying mantis. A shiny and black outfit with radiographs goes well with a car engine disintegrating for a fashion shot, technological and unexpected. In the end, all associations of ideas come naturally and while anyone could be substituted for another, these words reflect best the way in which he see these stories.

Guillaume finds it hard to only represent static photographs or to even abstain from modifying the universe, in which his subjects are living. When he was young Guillaume was offered a digital radio that he promptly dismantled bit by bit in order to align every piece, to provide himself with a clear-er understanding of what he held in his hands. “I can not help but to dissect everything I see, especially with fashion photography. I am ever in a process of extracting materi-als in order to reconstruct some levitating elements that bring some element of “weird” to my sense of aesthetic.” he says. Though Guillaume has no real justification for any one element of aesthetic over another, when it comes time to review his work, he elected only to keep those shots that truly work by bringing something new to the project.

Recently, he worked with the talented designer Romain Thevenin and model Manon Sikkink to present this series of fashion photos in a very dark, cold, and technological uni-verse. After quite a bit of teamwork from all three of them, they are presently proud of the result and how perfectly it fits in with his own work style.


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Photographer and Art Director: Léa BonStyle & Production: Lu GencaModel: Jenny Martinez For ARMODELS

Hair: Lucas BarrientosMake Up: Julieta Paladea

PH Asist: Emiliano ArgañarazProduction Asist: Jessica Toledo


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Dress: Sanctus (by Lucinda Sinclair)- Apnea Gown

Photographer: Lillian Liu Model: Bryony Robertson, Lilu Khaos

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Lillian Liu is 22 year old natural light photographer and classical pianist located in both Vancouver and London (UK). Her work focuses on storytelling and atmosphere, and is influenced by world religions, mythology, occult imagery, heavy metal, and fantasy.

Starting her journey initially as a photomanipulator and macro photographer experimenting out of curiosity, she soon took artistic and thematic influences from her musical education into a visual scale. Since then, Lillian has aimed to release images that convey symbolism, emotion, and romance. Her process always begins first through finding a visual or internal concept that roots deep into her personal interests- and then such an idea is then brought to life through an intimate shoot setting that is small-scale and catered specifically for models to emote their own interpretations and renderings of said theme. The formula in which her work is done is first approached through this internal reflection, which then leads to the organization of subject numbers, then color palette, and then finally the location.

Post-processing is always exaggerated and used in Lillian’s work, which is a testament to her interest in painterly influences and scenes that are greater than life. She prefers to work outdoors, and believes immensely in improvisation on the spot to let the shoot breathe and come to life on its own. Her holy trinity of resources in her visual work are the Nikon D90, Photoshop, and Lightroom- and those have been her tools of the trade since the beginning. Most of her photography can be considered partially mixed media as well, due to the use of digital painting in her pieces.

Currently, Lillian is getting her Master’s degree in clas-sical piano performance at the Royal College of Mu-sic, while being a classical violinist and metal session musician on the side. She is also working on building her modeling portfolio, which in turn helps to develop her own skill as a photographer.

Questions for artists


I would say that my style is painterly upon first impres-sion. It is a visual composition of elements with a focus on colour as a blanket metaphor, while preferring to showcase the subject (model) in an expressive light and environment that reinforces the themes and emotional content of the ideas portrayed.


My process is initially grabbing hold of what methods would be manageable and effectively portrayed on a visual scale, from an inspiration that roots deep into my personal interests, and emotional headspace. This then

translates into planning the shoot and bringing the pic-ture to life through communication with the team, which then leads to post-processing in PS. What inspires you for a shoot? Why? Do you plan the entire shoot concept, or have help?If I’m approached with an idea that interests me, I will usually run with it- otherwise, I enjoy creating and cu-rating my own shoot concepts. Once that is ingrained, it is usually a joint effort in some regard when it comes to putting together items and materials for said concept due to budget and convenience.

Who do you look up to in the industry? Why?

In terms of photographers, I look up immensely to Alison Scarpulla and Krist Mort…although I guess they are not truly in the “same scene” when it comes to editorials and what not. Both of these women have some of the most transcendental work that I’ve witnessed to date, and their usage of conceptualism and raw dreamscapes forever strikes a chord. As for models, I greatly admire the work of Casstronaut, who is a walking embodiment of every fashion aesthetic that I like shooting/would like to shoot. She is an abso-lute vision.

Are you self taught, educate? College, online class-es, tutorials, Self Taught? What steps did you take to learn your craft?


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Photography : Yuji WatanabeStyling : Marie RevelutFlower : Aya FujiharaHair : Tomomi Fukuda

Make-Up : Takako Noborio (Sybille Kleber Agency)Model : Gabrielle Dubois (Oui Management)

Location @ Ten Feet Under Studio


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