icon of the moment.

Sølve Sundsbø is a Norwegian fashion photographer. I am not a photographer, but it is easy to see how he so cleverly manipulates his subjects and surroundings, making his images quite distinctive. He is a strong experimentalist who disapproves of most digital photographers who take the easy route into altering their images in Photoshop. These images below have a strong sense of rhythm, while the shadows create an almost texture-like appeal. The model is Edita Vilkevicute. She has the most luscious lips.

One aspect I love about his images is that they may look as if they have been digitally altered, when in fact they have not. What Sundsbø has actually used are a lot of old-fashioned techniques, such as hand-painted retouching.