Lyn Balzer & Tony Perkens Photographic duo, Lyn Balzer & Tony Perkins, rely on a 12 year collaboration. They are regularly featured in Australian and international fashion and photography publications as well as exhibitions around the world. Their true passion for the female form and the Australian landscape was explored in the exclusive shooting for Nico: “Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed”. www.lynandtony.com Catherine Callico Catherine Callico lives in Brussels where she has been working as a freelance journalist. Published in the European and Belgian press for a decade, she predominantly focuses on design, fashion and arts. For Nico she interviewed Diane Pernet and gave us “A glance at fashion”.
Anoush Abrar & AimEe Hoving Anoush from Iran and Aimée a Dutch national started working together as a team in 2004 after finishing art school. The Swiss residents’ work has been exposed in several museums and galleries, including: Musée de l’Elysée, in Switzerland, Harold’s Gallery, in LA and Maison Européenne de la Photographie, in Paris. Presented in several photo competitions such as: Festival des Arts de la Mode et de la Photographie, in Hyères, 2003, Art + Commerce 2004 Festival of Emerging Photographers and ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, 20052025, their photographs have also been featured in W magazine, French and Japanese Vogue, Vogue Hommes International, L’Officiel, Slash Magazine, New York Magazine, Tokion Magazine, Colors, Libération, Frame Magazine, Die Weltwoche, Das Magazin, Frog, and Bolero. For Nico the talented duo shared their beautiful photographic vision in “Cosmic”. www.anoush.ch ValErie Archeno A photographer based in Paris, Valérie, has worked with Mademoiselle, Dealer de luxe and Upstreet and has produced numerous CD covers. She likes to create special atmospheres for fashion or photo exhibitions. For Nico, Valérie shot Jean-Pierre Blanc’s portrait.
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GaEtan Caputo There are some photographers who are artists above all. Their work transcends time, fashion or trends, yet is an inherent part of it, Gaëtan Caputo is one of those photographers. In his shooting for Nico, “Sweet Dreams”, he reveals a dreamy atmosphere and a playful world for shoes. He is based in Brussels. www.gaetan-caputo.com docu:mentalKLINIK is a form of documentation seeking to explore, point out, and remind one of certain concepts and contexts pertaining to emotions and behaviours, form and content, culture and identity. docu: mentalKLINIK can locate itself in and can take its viewpoint on a journey in magazines, web sites, CDs, publications, newspapers, etc. For Nico, the Istanbul based creative team shaped a unique point of view on fashion in “Enjoy the Silence”. docu:mentalKLINIK and semi:mentalKLINIK are sub-headings of :mentalKLINIK. Its members are Yasemin Baydar, Birol Demir and Ayse Draz www.documentalklinik.com. Rie Edamitsu Rie started working as a freelance stylist in 2001 focusing mainly on advertising, fashion, and music. She also likes making custom made accessories and small props for photo shoots. Nico used her styling talents in “Belle de Jour”. Claudio Edinger Born in the great Rio de Janeiro in 1952, Claudio Edinger’s photographs have appeared in major magazines around the world, including Stern, The New York Times, London Sunday Times, Vanity Fair, Frankfurter Allgemeine, El País, Time, Paris Match, Newsweek and
many more. His work has been exhibited at the ICP New York, the Pompidou Center, France, Photographer’s Gallery, England, Perpignan Photo Fest, France, Higashikawa Photo Fest, Japan, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Museu de Imagem e do Som, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, among others. Twice he’s been awarded the Leica Medal of Excellence, The Ernst Hass Award, Pictures of the Year Award (1996) and the Higashikawa Award in 1999 for foreign photographer of the year, among other honors. His work is in the collection of the International Center of Photography, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Itau Cultural, Pirelli Collection, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Higashikawa Photo Fest, Metronom Barcelona, among many others. He lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Nico is very proud to present Claudio Edinger’s first fashion shoot which he produced exclusively for our magazine, “Girls of Ipanema”. www.claudioedinger.com Ahmet Elhan Ahmet is a graphic design graduate from the Istanbul Practical Fine Arts College. He has participated in many group and solo exhibitions and has won seven awards. He works in Istanbul as a multivision designer, photographer, and director of advertising films. For Nico he put his many talents to use to realize an unusual fashion shoot: “Enjoy the Silence”. Serkan Emiroglu Serkan Emiroglu is a Paris based photographer. His editorials have been published in Marie-Claire, Ikidebir, Harper’s Bazaar, Nico and Arena and he is an award winner of this year’s PDN 30. Serkan’s unique vision was brought into play in “Suicide Blond”, a shooting for Nico. www.serkan.co.uk SEbastien Goepfert Sébastien’s passion for fashion and decoration drew him to Paris a few years ago, where he started working in collaboration with various famous photographers in ads and magazines such as Lodown, Celeste, Harper’s Bazaar, Soon… A self-taught talent, Sébastien hides behind no defined style, but as in his work for Nico’s “Suicide Blond”, defines styles as being multiple. Joanna GRODECKI Freshly graduated in visual communication, Joanna is now working in the fields of editorial design and illustration in Luxembourg. For Nico she’s created the collage featuring our favourite items for spring/summer 07.
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