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The incredible flat, architectural, clean photographs, that are almost like screen prints or art deco posters, by Erik Madigan Heck accentuate the structural dynamism of  Junya Watanabe's designs for his AW 2015 collection. Headpieces by Tomi Kono are the perfect powerful complimentary structures for Junya's origami honeycombed shawls and jackets.

Erik Madigan Heck VI

A splash of colour with photographs by one of my favourite fashion photographers Erik Madigan Heck, with styling by Leith Clark, sets by Andrea Huelse for the V and A. 

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A golden yellow celebration of Spring, these are Erik Madigan Heck's illustrations for Comme des Garçons, NO PHOTOS PLEASE Volume One, released at colette Paris on February 20th.

Thom Brown by Erik Madigan Heck

Absolutely stunning colour saturation and classic compositions with 1950's beauty and elegance by photographer Erik Madigan Heck, for Thom Brown SS2015's 'NO PHOTOS PLEASE' styled by Rebecca Ramsey. This collection has lots of 1970 flare and power in its colour and form, whilst also including folk elements like the wool embroidery and tatting in the embellishment and accessories.

When I was in graduate school (Parsons School for Design MFA) I used to try and show my fashion work in group-critiques, and discuss it in the larger context of photography as a medium. The professors for the most part wanted nothing to do with fashion photography, and I find today this is still true in the academic world, and the gallery world- fashion photography is still kind of the ugly cousin of Art photography. On the one hand I understand that on a base level fashion photography is simply serving a function: to advertise the clothing that it portrays. But, on the other hand, I think fashion photography is kind of a nothing term, where it can encompass anything and everything. It can be analyzed in terms of how it portrays gender, how it comments on socio-economic illustration (oftentimes in the most crass way), and it’s also unburdened from being critiqued by academia- so in many ways it’s free to exist as a true barometer for our time. It also has the ability to merge fantasy and illustration into a medium that I feel has become very expected. I rarely see Art photography in a gallery setting that excites or inspires anymore. But, I would be lying if I said I set out to use fashion photography as a way to discuss all of that, for me I’ve always seen my work as an extension of my interest in beauty as an ideal. Beauty is really the only thing that interests me. I think it’s the only true thing we have to discuss in art. Erik Madigan Heck

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Mary Katrantzou's AW 2013 collaction photographed by Erik Madigan Heck, a wonderful ghostly, double exposed, creative collaboration creating great beauty.

Erik Madigan Heck II

I adore Erik Madigan Heck's work it is always so rich with colour and so powerfully beautiful. These are photographs that Erik took for Numéro's September edition this year of Alana Zimmer the last stunning hand embroidered layered voile dress is by Valentino. Styling was by Samuel Francois, hair by Laurent Philipoon, Makeup Karim Rahman.

Erik Madigan Heck Editorial

'Prints of the season' editorial by Erik Madigan Heck for Harpers Bazar a sumptuous

kaleidoscope  of colour and pattern.

Erik Madigan Heck

Sumptuous photographs for Etro AW 2013 collection by Erik Madigan Heck.
Veronica Etro's winter collection has an opulence that has blended and contrasted ultra modern print and shape with ideas and themes such as  Cathedral vaults, Renaissance alfresco paintings and Russian ceramics.
Combine this sumptuous collection with the photographic genius of Erik Madigan Heck and something magical happens, paintings come to life.