‘Assistants’ Celebrates the Unsung Heroes of Trend Images

Behind almost each iconic studio style photograph is a stylist assistant. These unsung heroes typically go totally unnoticed to the skin world, however they’re important to the photographic course of and very important members of the staff. A brand new images ebook, Assistants, brings style stylists from the background and places them entrance and heart.

Assistants is a joint effort between Parisian stylist Virginie Benarroch and French style photographer and inventive director Lola Raban. The ebook consists of many stunning portraits of style images assistants and presents a visible assortment of the instruments of their commerce. In Assistants, style stylists are reworked from being a principally unseen power behind the right style portrait to portrait topics themselves.

“I find assistant stylists fascinating,” says Virginie Benarroch in a quote translated from her native French. “Their style, at once functional, versatile, yet aesthetically refined, is the result of real thought.”

As Benarroch continues, each style stylist has their very own workflow, their very own distinctive equipment, and habits particular to them and their experiences.

“They handle most of the logistics, without their contribution being recognized for its true value by the industry,” she continues.

It’s very uncommon, however a welcome change of tempo, to see a images ebook that celebrates a number of the many individuals who work diligently to assist create highly effective, profitable images. The highlight is sort of solely on the photographer, or, extra typically, the topic.

Benarroch and Raban are longtime buddies and collaborators, they usually wished to work collectively on a challenge that lastly, authentically celebrates stylists.

“I wanted to photograph on several scales. A face, one hand, a clip in a kit,” provides photographer Lola Raban. “The same assistant who adjusts a millimeter of fabric will, 10 minutes later, force 12 suitcases in an elevator.”

Assistants is revealed by Exhibition Magazine and is out there now. The ebook comes with three totally different cowl variants, as proven above.

Image credit: Photographs by Lola Raban. Styling by Virginie Benarroch. Creative route by Edwin Sberro. Book design and publishing by ‘Exhibition Magazine.’ Photos supplied courtesy of C.A.P. Communication.