March 11, 2010
Jim Wright and Bruce Willis got along like two boys from southern New Jersey for the March issue of Men’s Journal. Wright shot the cover as well as the accompanying story. Bruce Willis currently stars in the film “Cop Out” by Kevin Smith, a comedy about a veteran NYC cop who enlists his partner to help track down a stolen baseball card that will pay for his daughter’s wedding. The initial idea for the shoot was to take a light-hearted, humorous approach, however it gradually evolved into something more raw and intense.
Find out what Bruce Willis was like on set with Jim Wright
March 9, 2010
On the closing night of the international ANDY Awards, a charity art auction was held with all of the proceeds benefiting Brad Pitt’s Make it Right foundation. The foundation is dedicated to rebuilding lives and homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward with sustainable means. Bernstein & Andriulli artists generously donated many fine pieces of art for the auction.
Learn more about the foundation and where you can bid on the pieces
March 8, 2010
Bill Schwab states, “The American dream is a powerful force and it’s not just a dream – it is a reality for those of us who decide to participate in it.” Schwab is creative director/art director at The Gate Worldwide. He and David Bernstein, ECD/writer, created the latest campaign for State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation. Stephen Wilkes photographed the accompanying images of the campaign.
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March 4, 2010
What’s better than The Selby being in your place? Being in Selby’s place! Technically, The Selby is living in the window of Colette, but roles will be reversed as onlookers peer into a day in the life of Todd Selby. In the first week of March Todd Selby will be spending time in an installation that is decorated to look like an eclectic mix of all of the apartments that The Selby has documented. His debut book The Selby is in Your Place goes on sale April 1st.
Learn more The Selby’s time behind glass
March 3, 2010
A&E and BLT & Associates worked with Brian Doben on the print campaign and television spots for Kirstie Alley’s reality show “Kirstie Alley’s Big Life.” The 30 second spots show Kirstie enumerating her thoughts on life, love, men, and what else – food. The show follows Kirstie Alley as a single mother raising two teenagers in Hollywood, showcasing her humor and wit as she deals with weight loss and the pursuit of love.
Watch the TV spots and see the full print ad
March 2, 2010
For the March issue of British Vogue, Henry Bourne goes inside the home of design luminary Marc Newson and style maker Charlotte Stockdale. The married couple resides in Howick Place, a former Royal Mail sorting office. The flat boasts 120,000sq ft, 16ft ceilings, and windows nearing 10ft. The expansive space houses many of Marc Newson’s design objects. The grey marble Lathed Table lives in the kitchen, Marc’s chartreuse bottle for Dom Pérignon rests on top of the Low Voronoi shelf, and the couple and their children eat with the tableware that Marc designed for Qantas airways.
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March 1, 2010
Fresh on the newsstands is Tom Corbett’s fashion story in the March issue of Cosmo UK. Readers will appreciate the youthful styling and the vibrant punches of color of the shoot inspired by the hit television show Gossip Girl. Model Kathrin W at IMG would look right at home with Blair Waldorf and fellow Park Avenue Princesses on the upper east side.
View more looks from the Gossip Girl shoot
February 25, 2010
Uli Weber worked with emerging talent Derek Lawlor for a feature in Dazed & Confused. A graduate of Central Saint Martins, Lawlor recently showed his A/W 2010 collection during London Fashion Week. Lawlor is known for using unusual materials to create distinctive looks. Vogue writes, “Inspired by Japanese samurai body armour and traditional Irish weaving practises, Derek has developed a unique knitting technique. Using a plastic wax cord as thread, Derek weaves it through his lace patterns to form fantastic organic shapes on tight-fitting cashmere.”
View more from Uli Weber’s shoot with Derek Lawlor
February 24, 2010
“Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980″ is showing now at the Cincinnati Art Museum, featuring artists such as William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Mitch Epstein, and Joel Meyerowitz. Starburst takes viewers on a journey through the explosion and development of color photography in America. Once considered less of an art form than black and white photography, the color photography in Starburst addresses the initial controversy surrounding color film and how pioneering artists turned it into high art. In case one can’t make it to the midwest, the work of Stephen Shore, Joel Meyerowitz, and William Egglestone will also be on view at the Edwynn Houk Gallery starting Thursday, February 25th.
Learn more about the shows
February 22, 2010
Cole Haan’s Spring/Summer 2010 “The Inspired Life” campaign features everyday people. Todd Selby captured stylish individuals Nicola Vassell, Maria Sharapova, Harley Viera-Newton, James Bond, Magda Wosinska, Johnny Knapp, and Moses Berkson throughout their daily routines. Visit Cole Haan’s “The Inspired Life” website for an inside look at their lives to see what inspires them, featuring interviews, videos, and more.
More from the campaign
February 19, 2010
Uli Weber shot the cover and fashion story that mixes contemporary design and art for luxury lifestyle title Quintessentially Magazine. Quintessentially is a members-only club that provides a wide-range of concierge services to its members. Club-members are privy to Quintessentially’s quarterly magazine, a publication that offers “a wide mix of features, up-to-the-minute news and views, and great reads on everything from travel to arts, health and beauty, shopping, and social trends.”
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February 11, 2010
Justin Hollar set up his studio to capture some simple portraits of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl and ended up with a whole photo-story. The rock star progeny and his band-mate/girlfriend make up a psych-pop music group called The Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger. The photo shoots appears in this month’s February issue of Nylon magazine.
Read the interview with Justin Hollar
February 8, 2010
From September 2008 to August 2009, Matthew Monteith was a fellow at the American Academy in Rome. The Academy awards one-year fellowships to four visual artists each year and recently, they created the Abigail Cohen Rome Prize in photography, specifically enabling one photographer to live at the academy while working on a project. Monteith was interested in investigating how different institutions shape the way people look at art. While in Rome, he chose to make a series of images dealing with the odd disconnect of viewing art in a hermetic environment.
With the question, “What does it mean to view art, to be educated, to be able to see the world?” in mind, Monteith followed art students, designers, scholars, tourists, and others around Rome. He visited gardens, museums, public spaces, and churches. “I was trying to describe a viewer’s paradise,” says Monteith. “This place of looking and spending time truly considering something, which is often lost in the rush of contemporary society.”
In Monteith’s photos, the viewer observes the beholder as they take in the actual object. “We study many things in abstraction. You can read forever about Bernini and how he sculpts marble, but until you actually sit there and spend a considerable amount of time with the work itself, you don’t really grasp it,” explains Monteith.
Learn more about Matthew Monteith’s time in Rome
February 1, 2010
Erwin Olaf’s “Hotel, Dawn & Dusk” opened last Thursday night at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler in New York to an energetic reception. Patrons eagerly filled the expansive gallery space to view new photographs and videos by the Dutch artist. Olaf’s solo show debut in New York was “Rain and Hope,” followed by a succesful sophomore show “Grief.” “Dawn & Dusk” marks the mature succession of Olaf’s vision.
Olaf describes “Dusk” as “a dark comic strip.” In response to Dusk, Olaf shot “Dawn,” images inspired by by an encounter in Russia with pale-skinned people in characterless rooms. Dawn and Dusk are inverted mirrors of each other, one dark and one light, both enigmatic in their own right.
Also on view is “Hotel,” a body of work dealing with Olaf’s travels and the accompanying feelings of transience and anomie, the unsettled sense of passing through, and the boredom of being on one’s own.
View photos from the show and learn more about Erwin Olaf’s work
January 27, 2010
Bernstein & Andriulli enthusiastically welcomes Tom Menneman to the agency. Menneman is widely recognized for his work in car and landscape photography and has worked with clients such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen.
Recently, Menneman shot windsurfing legend Bjorn Dunkerbeck for Volkswagen while on location on the northern coast of Spain. Menneman is currently finishing up another CGI catalog for Volkswagen and working on some editorial shoots in his free time.
B&A is very excited to be working with Tom Menneman, be sure to check back for more news!
