If you read this blog and especially this section, you surely have read many times that fashion photography is not my cup of tea. It's too polished, too perfect, too far from aesthetic. But recently I have come to reconsider my point of view. It all began with a picture by Alessandro Furchino, then I discovered Georgie and finally Boys by Girls. My attention got picked because as a model and a photography lover I have seen a lot of male photographers shoot female models and few female photographers shoot male models. So discovering Boys by Girls was definitely enticing because I was seeing women reinterpreting masculinity, fashion and youth through their lense. " There is something so magic about the teenager. They have it. We lost it. Capturing it in images is why I shoot." These are the words of the editor-in-chief, Cecilie Harris and they got stuck in my mind. Why ? Because when it comes to female models and fashion, I have the feeling that there is negativity about girls starting when teenagers on the catwalks. You will hear that they do drugs, they have eating disorders and that they work too much. Instead, Cecilie Harris and her team of girl photographers show us male models who are real professional. But, above all they are showing us young men, teenagers living a particular experience, which is modelling and how it influences their life. But Boys by Girls is not only about this, it's more : it's a celebration of youth and what makes it. It's during your youth that you develop passions and dreams and that's what these female photographers want us to see through their pictures.Boys by Girls is not only about fashion and beautiful boys but it also captures a moment in their life hence the different type of pictures. Cecilie also interviews the models and gives her impressions about them which in my opinion is great because it enables us, viewers and readers, to create a bond with these boys and see beyond their Adonis appearance (can't believe this shallow girl that I am actually wrote this..).
Now introducing you to two models that really caught my attention (needless to say that I picked my favorite pictures of them) :
Fionn CreberFionn is the perfect embodiement of youth, the one between childhood and adolescence, hence the reason why he is the perfect representation of Peter Pan. I immediately thought about this character as soon as I saw his face, and so did Cecilie. He isn't androgynous but he has the tender face of a child. You can definitely see he is a boy but he has such delicate complexion and lines with beautiful eyes that seen on certain angles he looks like a girlSebastian Sauve