here I want to talk about the most Important 25 Fashion Photographers to Follow on Instagram. like and I’m following them on Instagram.
The list of Best 25 Fashion Photographers to Follow on Instagram
1. MARIO TESTINO
2. MERT ALAS
3. KRISTIAN SCHULLER
4. NIMA BENATI
5. MARIO SORRENTI
6. PATRICK DEMARCHELIER
7.MIKAEL JANSSON
8. DARYNA BARYKINA
9.LINDSAY ADLER
10. TXEMA YESTE
11.DSIREE MATTSSON
12. JUSTIN DINGWALL
13. SARAH BROWN
14. LUIGI AND IANGO
15. TAMAR WILLIAMS
16. NICK KNIGHT
17. ELLEN VON UNWERTH
18. BURCE WEBER
19. STEVEN KLEIN
20. PETER LINDBERGH
21. TERRY RICHARDSON
22. MARIANO VIVANCO
23. Petra Collins
24. TOMMY TON
25. DAVID LACHAPELLE
1. MARIO TESTINO
Mario Testino OBE is widely regarded as one of the most influential fashion and portrait photographers of our times. His photographs have been published internationally in magazines such as Vogue, V Magazine and Vanity Fair. He has contributed to the success of leading fashion and beauty houses, creating emblematic images for brands from Gucci, Burberry, Versace, and Michael Kors to CHANEL, Estée Lauder and Dolce & Gabbana.
Alongside his 40-year practice as a photographer, Testino has realized a body of work as a creative director, guest editor, museum founder, art collector/collaborator, and entrepreneur. In 2007, at the request of his clients to provide full creative direction services, he formed MARIOTESTINO+ which today is a growing team of individuals who support Testino to realize the breadth of his creative output.
2. MERT ALAS
Mert and Marcus is the working name of two fashion photographers who work together on a collaborative basis. Their work and style are influenced by the photographer Guy Bourdin and, together, they have pioneered the use of digital manipulation within their field. They were both born in 1971.
Mert Alaş, born in Turkey and Marcus Piggott, born in Wales, met in England in 1994 after having worked for a brief period in different areas, Alaş in classical music and Piggott in graphic design.
Piggott was an assistant photographer and Alas was a fashion photo modeler. After working together in the photography business, they decided to create a team. When they showed their first photos to Dazed and Confused, the London fashion magazine, they immediately made the cover. more..
3. KRISTIAN SCHULLER
Born in Romania, Kristian emigrated with his family at an early age to Germany. He studied fashion design with Vivienne Westwood and photography with F.C. Gundlach at the University of Fine Arts Berlin. After his initial introduction by Isabella Blow to Condé Nast Publications in London, Kristian has continued working internationally with various fashion magazines and commercial clients.
4. NIMA BENATI
Born 1992, Nima is an emerging photographer who has worked in the fashion industry since 2010. Always attracted by glossy magazines, only four years ago Nima discovered how to capture everything of that fantasy world and make it her own.
Young 23 years old photographer, her images are a dreamlike journey through colors: thanks to the camera she gives life to her dreams and her perfect world.
So far she has already taken campaigns for a well-known brand and achieved important covers of some magazines.
Precise in choosing every detail, she likes to combine her job with her passion for travels, “my mind combines everything I see or do with a feasible shooting so I am inspired by everything: there is no limit to the imagination and never will be “
Her secret is to never stop to think photographically.
5. MARIO SORRENTI
Mario Sorrenti is a photographer and director best known for his spreads of nude models in the pages of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.
6. PATRICK DEMARCHELIER
Patrick Demarchelier is a French fashion photographer.
7. MIKAEL JANSSON
Mikael Jansson is a leading fashion photographer/director currently living in London and working worldwide. During the mid-nineties gained notoriety creating epic features for some of the leading avant-garde publications of the era.
He is renowned for his technical prowess and emotionally charged images, spanning across all genres. Among his influences, he credits legendary master photographer Richard Avedon who has worked within the late eighties.
Mikael Jansson’s spirit of adventure and travel has taken him to spectacular locations around the world on assignment for publications such as W Magazine, Vogue, Vogue Paris, and Vogue Nippon.
Mikael regularly contributes to Interview Magazine, shooting celebrity cover features as well as influential actors, musicians, and designers. He also contributes to Love and iD and has created memorable campaigns for Calvin Klein, Armani Cosmetics, Hugo Boss, H&M, Salvatore Ferragamo and Christian Dior. He has published several books, exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide and won numerous prestigious awards
8. DARYNA BARYKINA
About Daryna Barykina
Daryna Barykina is a Jacksonville FL-based beauty and self-portraiture photographer, who specializes in stylized conceptual vivid imagery.
Daryna was born in Kyiv Ukraine at the start of the digital age in the early 1990s. She graduated from the Kyiv School of Photography in 2010. While preparing herself academically for a career in Photography, she concurrently successfully completed a Masters Degree in Business Administration at Ukrainian – American Liberal Arts Institute Wisconsin International University (USA) Ukraine.
She has always been captivated by the power of Advertising and it’s a ubiquitous visual impact. As a teenager, she secretly tore out advertising pages in fashion magazines in the waiting room of a beauty salon, where her mother was getting hair treatments. In a few years, she gathered an impressive collection of inspiration, which will always remind her of an early passion and desire to create.
In 2011 Daryna and her family relocated to Florida, where she began her career as a beauty and self-portraiture photographer. Her well-crafted lighting combined with vibrant color palette creates memorable images.
Daryna’s work can be seen in major professional beauty magazines worldwide: Estetica (Italia), American Salon (USA), Salon Today (USA), Modern Salon (USA), Behind the Chair.com on paper (USA), Salon Opinion (Australia), Creative Head (UK), Hair’s How (Russia), Salon News Asia (Taiwan).
more About DARYNA BARYKINA
Being widely recognized across the web, Daryna’s work has been featured on Glamour.com, Seventeen.com, Elle.pl, Elle.ru, etc. Her personal project “Bruised Behind the Mask” got a lot of attention from the beauty industry brands participating in the program “CUT IT OUT ®: Salons Against Domestic Abuse” ran by the Professional Beauty Association.
- In 2015 Neutral Density Magazine titled Daryna an Advertising Photographer of the Year.
- In 2018 exploring her passion for other mediums Daryna became a NAHA Makeup Artist of the Year finalist.
- In 2018 Daryna received FGI North Florida Rising Star Award in Photography.
- In June 2019 Daryna directed makeup for Licensed to Create Awards Show, Cosmoprof Artistic Team presentation.
9. LINDSAY ADLER
About Lindsay Adler
Fashion photographer Lindsay Adler has risen to the top of her industry as both a photographer and educator. Based in New York City, her fashion editorials have appeared in numerous fashion and photography publications including Marie Claire, Elle Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, L’Officiel, and dozens more. As a photographic educator, she is one of the most sought after speakers internationally, teaching on the industry’s largest platforms and most prestigious events, having been named one of the top 10 best fashion photographers in the world. Lindsay has worked with some of the top brands in the photographic and related industries such as Canon, Adobe, Grey, Edelman, A&E, NBC, and Microsoft.
A clean, bold, and graphic style has become the hallmark of her work, whether shooting advertising campaigns, designer look books, jewelry, hair campaigns, fashion editorials, or professional athletes. Lindsay is renowned for her creativity and collaborating with designers and stylists in order to create fresh looks.
An author of five books, she is always working on new ways to share her passions and knowledge with others. Each year she teaches to tens of thousands of photographers world-wide through prestigious platforms such as creativeLIVE, KelbyOne, and the industry’s biggest conferences. more About LINDSAY ADLER
10. TXEMA YESTE
About TXEMA YESTE
Txema Yeste was born in Spain and lives in Barcelona. His inspiration comes from music, film, art, and the world around him. He has photographed the advertising campaigns for Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Lancôme, and Yves Saint Laurent and his work appears in American and international editions of VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Numéro, among other publications.
The first solo exhibition of Yeste’s work opened at Staley-Wise Gallery in September 2019. more
11. DESIREE MATTSSON
About DESIREE MATTSSON
Fashion, beauty and portrait photographer. Desiree is working with prestigious clients such as Pat McGrath and British Vogue. Her work have been published in several magazines, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Numéro, Vanity Fair. more
12. JUSTIN DINGWALL
About Justin Dingwall
Justin Dingwall (b. 1983) is a successful Johannesburg-based artistic photographer. He achieved a Baccalaureus Technologies in Photography Cum Laude from the Tshwane University of Technology in 2004.
Dingwall has exhibited extensively both locally in South Africa and Internationally. He has been selected for various awards including, SA Taxi Foundation Art Award 2015, Sasol New Signatures 2014, and IPA – int’l photography awards 2013.
The artist creates images that resonate with emotion and challenges traditional notions of beauty. His works leans towards the unusual, and avenues less travelled with cultural undertones.
SERIES:
His famous “ALBUS” series has been exhibited both locally and internationally. It is a series of beautifully composed portraits of Thando Hopa, a legal prosecutor who is using her visibility to address the negative perceptions surrounding Albinism. With Albus, Dingwall seeks to inspire a public debate on the taboo subject of albinism, as albinos are frequently discriminated and subject to superstition and violence throughout Africa.
In many areas of the continent, magical powers are attributed to them; some are even killed, their body parts much sought after. He portrays albinism in a striking manner, in sharp contrast with conventional notions of beauty. more
13. SARAH BROWN
High End Fashion & Beauty Photographer Based in London, UK.
14. LUIGI AND IANGO
Luigi Murenu and Iango Henzi also known as Luigi & Iango are a fashion photography duo. They started working together in 2013. Murenu began as a hairstylist in 1983, and worked with celebrities such as Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Charlize Theron.
15. TAMAR WILLIAMS
16. NICK KNIGHT
About Nick Knight
Knight was born in Hammersmith, London. He studied photography at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design and published his first book of photographs ‘Skinhead’ in 1982 when he was still a student at the school. He was then commissioned by i-D editor Terry Jones to create a series of portraits for magazine’s fifth-anniversary issue.
His work caught the attention of art director Marc Ascoli, who commissioned Knight to shoot the 1986 catalog of Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto in collaboration with Peter Saville.
In 1992 Knight took a year long break from fashion photography to work on an exhibition at Natural History Museum, London with the British architect David Chipperfield. The exhibition was called Plant Power and was on the theme of the relationship between humans and plants. The exhibition lasted for fifteen years.
In November 2000, Knight launched SHOWstudio.com.
Nicholas David Gordon “Nick” Knight OBE is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same university.
17. ELLEN VON UNWERTH
Ellen von Unwerth is a German photographer and director, specializing in erotic femininity. She worked as a fashion model for ten years before becoming a photographer, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs.
18. BURCE WEBER
Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone magazines.
19. STEVEN KLEIN
Steven Klein is an American photographer. He is based in New York City.
After studying painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, he moved into the field of photography.
Klein shot high-profile advertising campaigns for various clients including Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Nike and is a regular contributor to magazines including American and Paris Vogue, i-D, Numéro, W and Arena.
His work has featured in numerous exhibitions, most recently at the Gagosian Gallery, California and the Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery in Florence. Klein is well known for his Interview, and W Magazine editorials with various celebrities, including Madonna, Tom Ford, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Rihanna .
Steven often works with lighting director David Devlin. He shot the promotional pictures -including the album cover- of Britney Spears‘ third studio album, Britney. He also worked with Lady Gaga on numerous occasions including a music video for “Alejandro“, the album cover for Gaga and Tony Bennett‘s album “Cheek to Cheek”, as well as two fragrance campaigns. more…
20. PETER LINDBERGH
Peter Lindbergh is a German photographer and film director. Lindbergh is known for his cinematic images.
21. TERRY RICHARDSON
Terrence Richardson is an American fashion and portrait photographer. He has shot advertising campaigns for Marc Jacobs, Aldo, Supreme, Sisley, Tom Ford, and Yves Saint Laurent among others, and also done work for magazines such as Rolling Stone, GQ, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar ……
22. MARIANO VIVANCO
Mariano Vivanco is a Peruvian fashion and portrait photographer. He traveled the world with his family, who eventually settled down in New Zealand, where his passion for photography took flight.
23. Petra Collins
Petra Collins is a Canadian artist, photographer, fashion model, and director who rose to prominence in the early 2010s.
24. TOMMY TON
Tommy Ton is a Canadian photographer known for his fashion blog Jak & Jil, and his street style coverage of fashion weeks on Style.com and GQ.com. His favorite subjects are fashion editors, the likes of Carine Roitfeld, and Anna Dello Russo.
25. DAVID LACHAPELLE
David LaChapelle is an American commercial photographer, fine-art photographer, music video director, and film director. He is best known for his photography, which often references art history and sometimes conveys social messages.