Babette, aka Babette Pautier, is a young and talented emerging photographer born in France and based in London. A graduate of the Arts Deco school in Paris, she has already published her work in several magazines such as Double and Intersection.

While there are many photographers out there who position their work on the thin border between fashion and art, few do it with a talent that equals Babette’s.

Her style mixes elegantly the glamourous with the painterly, ranging from neon-pop flashiness to dreamlike shadowy portraits with a distinctive film still quality. Portraits aside, her pictures of urban sceneries and eerie landscapes all bear the mark of a vision steeped as much in gothic horror as in innocent daydreaming.

Oh, and did we mention, even her website is uber cool and she’s designed it herself with little outside help. Check it out for your selves.

www.mydearelisa.com

Beautiful story shot by Steven Meisel for Italian Vogue

Stylist: Edward EnninfulHair: GuidoMake up: Pat McGrath

www.hedislimane.com/diary/index.php

His last book was published in 1998 and chances to have another one are slim. Serge Lutens was a talented fashion photographer and later became a fragrances genius. He started to experiment with makeup and photography, using his friends to pose as models. In 1962 he moved to Paris. After seeing his work, Vogue hired him to create makeup, hair and jewelry. Throughout the sixties he collaborated with great photographers such as Richard Avedon, Bob Richardson and Irving Penn. In 1967, Christian Dior commissioned him to create a makeup line which Vogue USA called “ A revolution in makeup.” Serge Lutens has a influence of geisha traditions in his work as a make-up artist. His book is just beautiful.

Books: L’Esprit Serge Lutens: The Spirit of Beauty (Editions Assouline, Paris,1992)

Serge Lutens - (Editions Assouline, Paris, 1998)

The objective of the cultural department of 080 is to bring closer the culture of fashion to a wide range of public by means of programming different free-entrance activities related with the world of fashion.Crossing project propose to cover the different areas of the fashion world and addressed a general public, curious and interested in fashion, as well as national and international fashion professionals‚ press and buyers.

CROSSING PARTICIPANTS:

CATHLEEN NAUNDORF (Germany, 1968) - Photographer
AURELIE MATHIGOT (France, 1969) - Photographer.
COCO (UK) - Illustrator.DANIEL RIERA (Barcelona) - Photographer.
DAVID URBANO (Barcelona, 1973) - Photographer.
DODI LECHIQUE (Mexico City, 1985) -Illustrator.
GAUTHIER GALLET (France, 1971-2003) -Photographer.
GERARD UFERAS (France, 1954) -Photographer.
JD FERGUSON (New York, 1968) -Photographer.
JORK WEISMANN (Austria) - Photographer.
LEILA MENDEZ (Buenos Aires, 1972) - Photographer.
MIGUEL VILLALOBOS (Venezuela) - Photographer.
RAUL VAZQUEZ (Lleida, 1981) - Illustrator.
SILVIA PRADA (Ponferrada, 1969) - Illustrator.
TXEMA YESTE (Barcelona, 1972) - Photographer.
XEVI MUNTANVA (Barcelona, 1977) - Photographer.