I would like to use this, my twelfth post, to focus on the photography of Hedi Slimane. Slimane has my admiration for the way he can infuse much with an aesthetic quality of his concern; it takes a certain prolificacy for the evidence of this to really shine through and impress, and Slimane maintains a photographic diary on the web, which has overflowed into subdivisions, fashion, rock etc.; viewing these images contributes greatly to a sense of a Slimane image. All but a very few are black and white, that is to say, colourless; the spectrum of tones he achieves is total and these are magnificently distributed within an image. He goes in tight on details and centres these within the frame. There is a directness to his photographs that leaves you in no doubt as to his area of interest; he is a communicator with real clarity, which I believe is necessary to build a sure rapport with a viewer – one that doesn’t run the risk of being undermined by an image that triggers re-evaluation. He takes this trust and covers varied but particular subjects with it; his shots of Yves Saint Laurent’s personal decor were particularly memorable for me; you see that place with Slimane’s eye, unmistakably.

Reading & Viewing:

HEDI SLIMANE FASHION DIARY
http://www.hedislimane.com/fashiondiary/index.php?id=57

http://www.style.com/stylefile/2011/04/hedi-slimane-speaks-the-dior-designer-turned-photographer-on-one-of-the-most-personal-and-intimate-projects-i-have-done-in-ten-years/

Hedi Slimane 'Maybe I have to start designing again' Life and style The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/21/hedi-slimane-designer-photographer

Art Talks - Hedi Slimane AnOther
http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/935/Hedi_Slimane

Dazed Digital Hedi Slimane's American Dream
http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/9495/1/hedi-slimanes-american-dream