Thursday, September 9, 2010

The New Book Project

Everyone who has ever done a book, knows it takes a long time to get the work together.
You select your most important work and then you make another selection, shoot more interesting stuff, you have new ideas and projects you want to include and then you can't stop working and want to get the very best out of it ... I have taken thousands of images with so many models in the past years, and then at the end I cut everything down to the very best.
A view weeks ago I had another meeting with David Fahey who is the Curator of my next book. .. I was excited to see all my work spread out on the Gallery floor, the legendary magic of those rooms and all those famous people who went through those halls and are presented on those walls. I felt like I was standing in a church of photographic art... In between my work ... and there was no doubt, I needed to enjoy this rare and satisfying feeling for a little moment , before we started to do the sequencing of the book. We looked at the work, shifted right and left, back and forth and discussed for hours. I even had to sort out some very loved strong images ... and I can tell this hurts a lot, if you just can't find a spot in the flow to include an image without braking up the smooth and round finish of the order. Anyway I did let it go , as I was very sure David Fahey had the unique and genius eye he gave me that day to sequence my book. I was very happy about his excitement and passion and after a long session late at night I went home with my huge stack of images, that are now the beginning of something new...




Friday, September 3, 2010

Crazy Hair and Dirty Feet

The last week was a lot of fun...
My muses and dearest friends, Angela and Cynn came to visit me in L.A.
Nora (my assistant and art director ) and myself developed crazy and cool concepts. Together, with the girls and our "one and only" make up artist Jacqui, we realized several fashion and beauty concepts...
It was a creative week with endless fun, work, play and wine. We all went to the wild side of life ...
My studio was the playground where we just let go...yes, we went crazy crazy crazy...but the best part of it...the perfect results!
I posted some behind the scene pics...Enjoy!!!






Saturday, July 24, 2010

New Cover German VELVET Magazine


























They did it again. The German Fashion and Lifestyle Magazine VELVET used one of the "Big Cat" images I shot, for their Cover of the summer issue. It shows one of my favorite Models Ashley and a Cougar in the snow.

check out VELVET Magazine it's fun if you speak German ...










Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Sylvie Blum the Book M like Male Nudes
















If you haven't seen this book before, you should check it out. I published it in Germany in 2004. Now you can order this rare and exclusive sexy coffee table book online at amazon.com.

M like Male Nudes
males, men, simply M gives an intimate look, provocative view and highly erotic overview on the male gender. The contrast of sensitive studies to provacative theatrics make "M" to an event. An ode to men and a pure pleasure for the viewer.
128 pages, 80 images, Hardcover








The Book Sylvie Blum Nudes




Now it is time to talk about my second book, Nudes. It was published in 2002 in Germany by Edition Braus. It is a wonderful coffee table book.144 pages,80 images, Hardcover.


“Nudes” was born in photo sessions in Miami, Los Angeles, Mallorca and Berlin. The project is the vision of incomparable beautiful, self secure women that are being set by this exceptionally great photographer. American modelling icons are photographed against the black and white silhouettes of Hollywood. It’s Narcissism in it’s most beautiful. Through Sylvie Blum’s outdoor settings she is able to express timeless ecstatic. Endless deserts, monstrous cities, the deepest oceans, the cool architecture of Beverly Hills and Palm Beach, poorly packed industry hallways, the flair of Mediterranean property on through the graffiti filled backyards of Berlin are the base of this great inspiration. Through wise choices in shot and lighting Silvie Blum’s extraordinary style is being underlined. Naked Beauty.

You can order this rare and beautiful book now also in the USA.














Monday, March 15, 2010

New Cover Donna Feldman


our new Cover with Donna Feldman FHM Australia.....

Thursday, January 7, 2010

2010 starts with a Cover !!! German MAXIM


The beautiful and talented actress,
singer, writer and supermodel
Amy Weber is our new cover girl for the German Maxim 1/2010 issue.
We had a great day shooting Amy and again we are happy seeing our work published.
make up
by the very talented Jacqui Jordan.


Thursday, November 12, 2009

New Work at the Fahey Klein Gallery



Again I'm very happy. Four of my new big prints were delivered to the
Fahey Klein Gallery.
I saw them for the very first time in this giant size and got excited about their quality and beauty.
I signed them and had 3 charming guys helping to handle them.
All images Archival Pigment Prints,
dimensions 43x56inch
Edition 10





















Monday, October 19, 2009

New Cover and Editorial Maxim Germany


I'm very happy about our latest publication in Germany.
German Maxim published the cover and the editorial about the one and only Donna Feldman
in their November issue 2009.


Make Up Bebe Both
Hair Simon J. Miller
Wardrobe Stylist Sabrina Phillip
Wardrobe Designer Cassandra Kellog.
We all had such a great day at the studio shooting the most beautiful lady on earth our Donna Feldman.






Wednesday, September 2, 2009

New Cover German VELVET Magazine


I'm very happy the German lifestyle and fashion Magazine VELVET published one of my Big Cat pictures on their cover of the Summer 2009 issue.
As for the first time they show 5 naked girls and a lion on the front site.
Thank you VELVET I love you ...

Monday, August 10, 2009

Ariane Sommer Naked for Peta and Me...


This time I'm very happy that my German friend, the very talented, writer, columnist, part time model and super beauty Ariane Sommer took the time to write a blog for me.
We worked together on the Peta Campaign, Nude Against Fur and the latest published Vegetarian Campaign.
Ariane posed nude for me and the Germans went crazy....




My name is Ariane Sommer and I am a published author.
My most recent work "Foreign Affairs", a collection of 34 ironic/laconic contemporary short stories narrated from a female perspective, has just been released on the German markets two weeks ago.
I am currently working on a novel, a twisted love story, set in Rome.

Strength and grace are the two words that come to mind when I think about my first encounter with Sylvie Blum.
We met 2008 at the W Hotel in Los Angeles to get to know each other and discuss possible projects together.
When I first saw Sylvie, she struck me as an awe inspiring kind of a woman, not only because she is tall and beautiful, having been a model herself, but because of the ease with which she owned the room when she walked in and because of her feline, observant eyes which seemed to miss nothing. At the same time she was very engaging andexuded the kind of natural grace that made me feel comfortable quite instantly.
Strength and grace are also the first words I have to think of describing her work.
Sylvie's photography not only of the female body but of the female essence is timeless and genuine to a deep and mystical truth yet completely modern in its vision.

In the meantime I had the privilege to work with Sylvie on several occasions. The last photo shoot probably constituted the biggest challenge yet for me in my modeling career, as we created the images for the PETA campaigns "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" and "I'm a vegetarian". The shoot required me to be completely naked and although I have already posed for magazines such as GQ and Maxim and consider myself far from being a prude, to prance around in my birthday suit in front of a bunch of strangers seemed rather daunting. The first half hour of the shoot I would cover up with a towel in between poses but after a while this seemed silly and since Sylvie had brought together a wonderful, relaxed team of professionals, I quickly felt comfortable in the nude.
Sylvie is a generous artist who welcomes the sort of creativity that emerges out of the synergies of spirits. As her model you never feel as if you merely have to "shut up and look pretty". Sylvie invites you to share your own ideas and if they suit the project she will integrate them.
I completely trusted Sylvie's direction during the shoot and I am so happy I did, as the resulting pictures turned out to be some of the most beautiful ever taken of me.

Sylvie is not only an artist I deeply admire and I feel honored to be part of her work, but she has also become a friend and I can't wait to get creative with her again.


Monday, May 18, 2009

IN GOOD COMPANY

The Fahey Klein Gallery opened in 1986 and is devoted to the enhancement of the public's appreciation of the medium of photography. Through the exhibition and sale of 19th and 20th century rare vintage and contemporary fine art photography by some of the most notable figures including Edward Weston, Alfred Stieglitz, Tina Modotti, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Frantisek Drtikol, Man Ray, Irvin Penn, Horst, Herb Ritts among many others ...

Since May 2009 the Gallery represents my work.















In collaboration with Bowhaus Lab we printed a series of Archival Pigment Prints in the sizes 46x56 inch, Edition of 10.
Right now there are 3 Archival Pigment Prints at the Gallery.












"Erdbeermund 2008" Edition 10, Size 46x56 inch, Archival Pigment Print

















"Lauras Arms, 2009" Edition 10, Size 46x56 inch, Archival Pigment Print


















"Ilona Torso I, 2009" Edition 10, Size 46x56 inch, Archival Pigment Print


Also a series of 16x20 inch silver prints, Edition 25 is available for showing at the Gallery.


























signing the big print "Lauras Arms, 2009"












checking the big print ...