In 1981 Duran Duran used a Nikon FE to capture three femmes fatales on a fashion runway in their video for “Girls On Film”. The camera is seen with a Nikkor-s Auto 1:2.8 f=35mm–and possibly an MD-11 or MD-12 motor drive. Picture by Alfredo Hantsch The song begins with a recording of the rapid whirring [...]
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In 1985 Elton John used the Nikon FM2 with a MD-12 motordrive to capture the beautiful borderguard in the video for “Nikita”. Obviously he hadn’t done a lot of zooming prior to the video shoot. Picture by David Guimarães The FM2n (1983) was available in either black or chrome finish. The camera is fully mechanical; [...]
Tags: e-6, ektachrome, Elton John, FM2, Fuji, Fujifilm, Kodak, md-12, md12, music video, Nikita, Nikon, Velvia
Tags: Bruce Gilden, fashion, Magnum Photos
I just came across Daniele Tamagni in The New Yorker’s Photo Booth. Appearantly he’s touring with a series called “Gentlemen of Bacongo” plus a book to back it up. If you’re well into the languages of the world, you can check out this clip from his show in Amsterdam last year:
Tags: Africa, Brazzaville, Congo, Daniele Tamagni, fashion, Photography, SAPE, Sapeur, swag, swagger