State of Emergency

These photographs are from a fashion editorial in Italian Vogue 2006, and were taken by Steven Meisel. Steven has been shooting for Italian vogue for decades, and continues to push the limits of what acceptable in fashion photography, and what isn't. His photographs are usually narratives, and for the most part extremely cinematic. this particular editorial seems (on the surface) to be a social commentary about the abuse of power and authority. there is also an underlying s&m theme resonating throughout the whole editorial.
P.S
Steven recently had an editorial banned from Italian Vogue for being to racy (it's not that bad).
It is called dogging, and it explores the underground public sex scene in Britain. The photographs are very similar to the Kohei Yoshiyuki series we looked at last week. Luckily for us it was picked up by V Magazine and can be scene here at V Magazine.
N.Ramsey