Top Photographers to follow in 2020

By
Alexander Papacosta
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Here is a list of my favourite photographers worldwide shooting fashion, beauty and lifestyle. Follow these photographers for daily inspiration.

Marie B is a photographer based in Germany and a profoto ambassador. Her photos are always stunning thanks to her top lighting and retouch which is usually done by her partner Alex at Digital Craft post production.

Ellen Von Unwerth

Ellen von Unwerth is a German photographer and director. She worked as a fashion model for ten years before becoming a photographer, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs. Check out her bio for her new book.

Mario Testino

Mario Testino is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer. His work has featured internationally in magazines such as Vogue, V Magazine, Vanity Fair and GQ. He lead several complete Vogue issue concepts for best selling issues and likes to photograph clothes with strong traditional patterns.

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The group paintings of classical Spanish or Flemish painters have always intrigued me. I try to figure out how they are composed, or how light moves through the image, stronger in one part and softer and darker in others. In my work, I like to find symmetry, but symmetry can be more than just the balance of subjects on both sides. You can also achieve it by creating movement that travels from one side to the other, just like in the classical paintings. I did this picture for @VogueSpain with the Editor-in-Chief Yolanda Sacristan, paying homage to the Spanish Tomatina festival. I wanted to recreate the festival feeling, with the girls in red as if they had been hit by too many tomatoes. We had to make sure that absolutely no tomatoes touched the dresses. Very difficult! We had to do it all in one single shot. The guys moving around, covered in tomatoes, and the girls standing perfectly still but keeping this amazing energy. You can see the image as part of the permanent collection @MuseoMATE. – Las pinturas grupales de pintores clásicos españoles o flamencos siempre me han intrigado. Trato de averiguar cómo están compuestas, o cómo la luz se mueve a través de la imagen, más fuerte en una parte, más suave y más oscura en otras. En mi trabajo, me gusta encontrar simetría, pero la simetría puede ser más que solo el equilibrio de sujetos en ambos lados. También puede lograrse creando un movimiento que viaje de un lado a otro, al igual que en las pinturas clásicas. Hice esta foto para Vogue España con Editor-in-Chief Yolanda Sacristán, rindiendo homenaje a la Tomatina, festividad española. Quería recrear la sensación del festival, con las chicas vestidas de rojo como si les hubieran tirado demasiados tomates. Teníamos que asegurarnos de que ningún tomate tocara los vestidos. ¡Fue muy dificil! Tuvimos que hacerlo todo de una sola vez. Los muchachos en plena lucha, cubiertos de tomates, y las chicas sin moverse, perfectamente quietas pero transmitiendo esa energía increíble. Esta foto es parte de la colección permanete de Museo MATE. – LA TOMATINA, 2012. – #NatashaPoly #EvaHerzigova #VogueSpain #MarioTestino

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Patrick Demarchelier

Patrick Demarchelier is a world-renowned French fashion photographer. Responsible for countless iconic images created for publications such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, he is best known for his intimate portraits of Princess Diana that helped establish her popularity and accessible public image.

Russel James

Russell James is a fashion, celebrity and beauty photographer most famous for photographing the Victorias Secret Angels. Russell was born in Western Australia but travels the world to photograph covers and editorials. He is currently based in New York

Stefan Imielski is a model turned fashion photographer from Munich who frequently works with top models from around the world. Imielski is one of our partner photographers at Moi Ostrov and has photographed more than 10 covers in Cyprus since 2012.

We would live to hear which photographers you are already following in 2020?