Looking back to ’70s performance art, from the Viennese Actionists to French and American Body Art, the fashion photographer MARIO SORRENTI flooded his studio with an explosion of paint, creating a backdrop in which he and model ATAUI DENG were nearly swallowed whole.
photography by MARIO SORRENTI
Bob Recine @ THE WALL GROUP, hair — Yadim @ TIM HOWARD MANAGEMENT, make-up — Yuna Park @ STREETERS, manicure — Lars Beaulieu, lighting technician — Xanny Handfield, digital technician — Philipp Haemmerle @ NEX9, set designer — Katie Fash, producer
Steve Sutton, onsite producer — Caterina Alfieri, production coordinator — David Shechter and Johnny Vicari, photographer’s assistants — Mel Page, hair assistant — Kanako, make-up assistant — Gaz Leah, set designer’s assistant
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night pictures
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