666 photography /anglais - Tapa dura

666 Photography is an Austin, Texas based company that specializes in retro/vintage photography. Their props are handmade, their backdrops are handpainted, and if they can't find the perfect costume, they make it! The awe-inspiring staged playful pop creations collected here feature such fantasy elements as modern women recast as High-Baroque Madonnas; amazing 1940s hair styles, dried-flower corsets, pin-up girls riding carousels, circus glamour, and ironicrecreations of Weimar Germany cabaret and decadent 1920s Berlin. The visual invention is stunning. Often inspired by icons of female beauty and power ranging from mermaids to Mucha, these unique photographic visions have attracted such fans as Courtney Love. Collected here, they become a riot of astounding creativity and color.

A Texan native, with a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin, Gayla Partridge s initial creative focus was working with stained glass. Then, in 2002, she picked up her camera, started shooting and her studio, 666 Photography, was born. Focusing initially on exploring the traditions of pin-up photography, Gayla s art developed into a high-concept genre, where she creates intensely detailed and complex sets and vignettes for her models, which she then photographs to remarkable effect. The astonishing results constitute a unique aesthetic, which today is in huge demand throughout the USA, from both commercial and private clients.