Alexi Lubormirski Essay

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Name: Kamraia Moore Teacher: Mrs. Feldman Block: A3 Alexi Lubomirski My writing assignment is going to be based on Alexi Lubomirski. Not only because he shows a lot of emotion in his photographs but because he has a true talent. To start off, Alexi was born in England. But at the age of eight he moved to Botswana with his mom and step dad. At the age of eleven his step father gave him his first camera. But his interest in photography began when he was traveling to Peru when in college. Then this changed from social commentary to a narrative based/fashion photography while he was studying his degree at the University of Brighton located in the United Kingdom. When he was making his opportunities in London with his college portfolio, he got introduced to Mario Testino, then soon joined Testino in Paris as an his assistant. While traveling the globe with Testino for the 4 years he, Lubomirski, managed to get many test shots while got seen and immediately published in “The Face” by Katie Grand. After he got published Lubomirski left Testino then shot his first commissioned story and those after for the magazine that published this work with the editor Grace Cobb. By Katie he was introduced to Harper’s Bazaar. He has been shooting many fashion stories and many covers with celebrities for the magazine. He now lives in New York. I chose to do my subject on Lubomirski because I don’t think he is the average photographer. He shows a lot of emotion in his photographs he jus doesn’t take pictures of people or the models just standing there, he makes them interesting. Also I think some photographers tend to almost mimic one of their shoots and with Lubomirski he always starts fresh. I like more of his vibrant color photographs because they stand out more. But don’t get me wrong his black and white photographs are also amazing. In Lubomirski’s black and white

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