As Klinko & Indrani branch out, the creative duo continues to produce cutting-edge, iconic images.
Their nuanced images have appeared on six DPP covers over the years. They continue to impress not only with the stratospheric trajectories their careers have followed. Indrani, for instance, has recently helmed her very first video as director, a stylistic, high-fashion blend of Alexander McQueen fashion, MAC cosmetics and dystopian cinematic elements. Titled The Legend of Lady White Snake, Indrani says the seven-minute film is based on a classic Chinese tale that’s thousands of years old, an exploration on obsession and metamorphosis. Previews of the film are running through early January ate the Daphne Guinness Exhibition at the Museum at Fashion Institute of technology in New York, and you also can see a teaser on her You Tube channel, www.youtube.com/user/IndraniPC.
The image on the cover of this issue is a bit different for Klinko and Indrani. It strips their often surrealistic, high-gloss style to the bare minimum, instead concentrating on the essentials of composition, subject and mood. Thanks to the compositional playground of the mirror, the multi-layered image is a as seductive, elegant and mysterious as it is noir-like.
Taken in the bathroom of their old SoHo photo studio where they worked together for eight years, Klinko mentions that this was their final shoot there, a metaphor both humbling and optimistic, which in many ways reflects Klinko and Indrani, respectively. Anne Hathaway isn’t instantly recognizable in the shot, but not because they were unable to capture the superstar’s familiar face; rather, they wanted to explore a much softer, more sensual side to the star that’s seldom seen in the standard publicity shot.
“Mirrors are so suggestive in many ways,” Indrani explains about the motivation behind the image, “and for us, it’s really the idea of looking inside one’s self and reflecting on the different aspects of personality. With such a public figure, there’s always an outward presentation, and what we’re interested in is capturing the reflection of the softer side of her, as well as that crystallized outward appearance that she projects because she’s such a luminary public figure.”
“It was an intimate situation, especially under the circumstances,” says Klinko, “that it was in a stall in a private bathroom, and it was a farewell shoot for us from the studio. I think there’s a little bit of melancholy in the shot, definitely pensive and introspective, and I think maybe that also was the mood that day.” Indrani disagrees immediately, saying that she doesn’t see anything melancholic about it at all.
“Now you realize the strength of our duo, “laughs Klinko. “We don’t always fully share the same perspective. We have different points of view, and the reason we work together is because we find them complementary, or when Indrani and I don’t agree on things, that brings a certain tension to the images, which might, in a way, make them more alive because they are different intentions that come from the two of us.”
“Absolutely,” concludes Indrani. “We have completely opposite objectives most of the time with our images, and I think that’s part of what makes them intriguing.”
Markus Klinko & Indrani share on Not Just Fashion.net some of their outstanding pictures and a wonderful video below. Enjoy!!
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