GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAFY

Beautiful shoots by Thomas Czarnecki, talented photographer based in Paris, France.

Born in Brussels, Michele Bloch-Stuckens has been involved with precious stones before changing her career to photography in 2000. After studying art in Geneva and graduating from the GIA in Los Angeles, she spent many years in the US, working, among others, with Cartier on Fifth Ave.
From diamonds to photography the transition was a natural one. Striked by the images of William Klein, Helmut Newton or Guy Bourdin, Michele decided to give up the rubies, returned to Geneva and took up photography as a Professional. She stayed there for a few years, rapidly working with fashion magazines, advertising agencies and young designers. She has now relocated to Paris collaborating with prestigious names such as Van cleef & Arpels, Leonard watches and the SIHH of the Richemont group.

Fleur van Dodewaard is less interested in the photographic representation of reality as such than in the way in which photography relates to the other media it exploits in its efforts to achieve autonomy. Fleur van Dodewaard’s playful work is about exactly this kind of "negative" visibility and although the pictures are themselves quite restrained, with their limited palette and staging, the effect in sum is unexpectedly critical.