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NAIVE HORNY JEWISH TEEN BOYS (JILF) by Elvis Di Fazio

In Arts, Editorial, Fashion, Magazine, Pop Culture, photography, viewpoints on February 6, 2010 at 10:12 pm
(UK) One of those lazy Saturday afternoons, just browsing my emails –fan mails (surprise, yes I have fans), work mails (photography-work related & novel-work related), emails from friends, spam mails, hate mails (yes I have haters), and some unexpected delights. I received a message from photographer Elvis Di Fazio.
“I shot this story while I was in London and I thought you might like it.

let me know what you think.

- E :-) “


And I definitely like it, “NAIVE, HORNY, JEWISH, TEEN, BOYS” are words that you rarely put into one sentence and sounds like an amateur porn flick. I think its sexy, and it turned me on!
Elvis Di Fazio joins forces with Elauan Lee to produce the story JILF. A purposely Naive, horny teenage view of the Jewish culture and the kitsch aesthetics that surround it. Gathering inspiration from the streets of Stanford hill (London) and its people, Elvis and Elauan create a fashion story to celebrate the spirit and nostalgia of the Jewish life, embracing the colorful humorous side. This is one fashion story that knows how to put the sin into synagogue. Check it out.

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Photography by Elvis Di Fazio

Styling and Art Direction by Elauan Lee


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info@navostudios.com

http://navostudios.com/

©2009 Dangerously Naive

©2009 Naiveboy.com

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MERT ALAS: A FASHION ICON INTERVIEW by Navo

In Arts, EXCLUSIVES, Fashion, INTERVIEW, Icons, Magazine, photography on January 15, 2010 at 2:55 pm


“A lot of great pictures happen spontaneously, no matter how much you plan ahead, In fact our favourite pictures are those done with almost no preparation at all…”

- Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Face of Fashion 2007


MERT & MARCUS


(UK) In an article I wrote just last month “THE TEN: GREATEST FILMS ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHERS”, my first sentence was “Why did I become a photographer?”, I attempted to honestly answer the hard question, and I forgot to remember one of my favorite memories growing up is actually browsing magazines, ARENA HOMME + was one of my favorite in the late 90′s and early 00′s. From the very start it was the magazines that serves as my connection to the two most influential and photographic geniuses of my time. In the 2007 book FACE OF FASHION (Hardcover), photography duo Mert and Marcus are two of the featured 5 photographers along with Corinne Day, Steven Klein, Paolo Roversi, and Mario Sorrenti and what an amazing book it is, for fashion photography enthusiast and photography in general. It’s one of those bookmarks in my life that reminds me how I wanted to be better, why I fell in love with photography and why I lust for it like little children do.

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When I think of Mert and Marcus, I think of powerful women… sexy, graceful and sophisticated, you can also see their strong influence in my male photography. The team’s works have graced magazines such as Vogue USA, Vogue Italia, W Magazine, Pop Magazine, Numero and Arena Homme Plus, fashion ad campaigns for blue chip clients such as Louis Vuitton, Missoni, Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Fendi, Kenzo and Miu Miu, captured images for perfume houses such as Gucci, Yves St Laurent, Givenchy and Lancôme and immortalized basically almost all the most unforgettable beauties of the past decades. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott’s work and style is influenced and shaped by the work of photographer Guy Bourdin. The dynamic duo are pioneers of contemporary fashion photography, influencing and shaping back the look of the fashion world in the most recent decades. In 1971, Mert was born in Turkey and Marcus was born in Wales, their lives collided in England in 1994 as classical musicians and graphic designers in different periods. Later Marcus became the assistant to Mert Alas and the rest (as they say) is pure world photography history.

THE INTERVIEWER

This is my first world-exclusive one-on-one interview as the interviewer and it almost felt like talking to a Bob Dylan or a Pedro Almadovar, people who have single-handedly shaped the future of their own industries, in their own time, and I’m starstrucked. One thing I discovered, the gods that influenced and inspired me to choose the photography route in some point in my life, at the end of the day are also people who enjoys sailing, travelling, watching movies and being inspired.

ATATURK, LIZ, MARQUESA, & MARILYN

LOPE NAVO: I would like to thank you for having time for Naiveboy.com readers, I know it’s almost impossible to catch you these days for a Q&A. The first thing I always wanted to know about photographers is the first photos they’ve taken and with what camera?
MERT ALAS: Your welcome Lope, thank you for having us in your blog. The first photos we’ve taken is with a second-hand Hasselblad we got from our friend Lula, we did a nude sitting in our flat.

NAVO: What does Marcus Piggott’s family and your family think about your craft and your profession?
ALAS: Our families loves our work and in constant watch. Most of the time we sit back and criticize our work with them, its fun!

NAVO: What’s your top 3 favorite cities in the world?
ALAS: 1. London   2. Istanbul   3. Barcelona

NAVO: What’s a regular ideal weekend for the very busy Mr. Alas?
ALAS: Working out, r & r, dancing and spending time with close friends.

NAVO: Do you surf? Is a Mert Alas an adrenaline junkie?
ALAS: Not surfing! But I love swimming, I love speed, and sailing! I just got my sailing license.

NAVO: Congratulations! Basing on some of your work I can read you love sailing, What’s the last book you’ve read lately and what is it about?
ALAS: Marquesa Casati, it is a biography of an early 20th century eccentric Luisa, the Marchesa Casati Stampa di Soncino in Italy.

NAVO: Speaking of the Marchesa Casati, if you’ll get a chance to photograph a dead icon, who will it be and why?
ALAS: Marilyn Monroe, mainly because I love the enigma that surrounds her amazingly beautiful body and unforgettable face.

NAVO: Who’s your favorite historical figure?

ALAS: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), a Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey as well as its first President.

NAVO: Favorite diva?
ALAS: Liz Taylor.

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Mert Alas with LOLA and KIKA.

A GUY ON THE STREET

NAVO: Why did you become a photographer? At what point did you know you want this career?
ALAS: In the early 90′s we had a great bunch of friends, we would go to clubs and on our way back we would dress-up and take silly pictures of each other in our studio, it all happened like this! One morning we just found ourselves shooting the Dazed and Confused Magazine Cover.

NAVO: What is your favorite part in being a photographer?
ALAS: It is great that as a photographer, we are given an opportunity to showcase our visions and desires in the form of the magazine pages.

NAVO: What do you think of the disappearance of a lot of magazines (367 magazines closed in 2009) for the past years?
ALAS: It is a shame for those who work in the magazines, but don’t you also think there are too many magazines out there? Less is more sometimes Lope!

NAVO: Your work has been influential to countless young photographers like myself, one of my fondest memories in college is collecting most of the Mert & Marcus’ magazine editorials and ad campaigns and even your photobooks, it gives me a certain visual rush. What inspire you guys?
ALAS: Life itself inspires us, our dreams, a guy on the street, a movie, a song, our antenna is wide open to receive.

NAVO: What’s your top 3 favorite films of all time?
ALAS: 1. Arizona Dream (1993) by Emir Kusturica     2. Cabaret (1972) by Bob Fosse      3. Kika (1993) by Pedro Almodovar

NAVO: I know this will sound cliché but I’ll ask it anyway. What advise can you give the young men and women all over the world reading Dangerously Naive and wants to make a living photographing the most beautiful and interesting people in the world?
ALAS: Be yourself and work for your dream. If you are good, you will be noticed!

NAVO: Boxers or Briefs?
ALAS: Briefs!



http://www.mertandmarcus.com/

http://www.artpartner.com/

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Related Entries: http://naiveboy.com/2009/12/06/the-ten-greatest-films-about-photographers-by-navo/

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info@navostudios.com

http://navostudios.com/

©2009 Dangerously Naive

©2009 Naiveboy.com

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SEX GOD: DOUG PORTER FOR SLURP MAGAZINE/ ITALY by Navo

In Editorial, Fashion, Magazine, photography on January 5, 2010 at 7:08 am

DISTILL MAGAZINE

(UK) In an era when print magazines are disappearing one by one, an Editorial Board composed of key professional creatives around the world (including, John Galliano, Donatella Versace, Stefano Gabbana, Manolo Blahnik, Matthew Williamson, Giles Deacon, Pat McGrath, Stephen Gan and many more) are selecting their favourite magazines and photo shoots from a shortlist of the world’s fashion and style press such as A Magazine, Acne Paper, Big Man, Dansk, Exit, Fashion Tale, Hercules, Huge, Interview, Lemon, Man About Town, Men’s File, Muse, Numero, Please, Ponytail, The Room, Rubbish, S Mag, Sang Bleu, Sleek, Slurp, Soon, Swallow, Tokion, V, Volt, Vice, WAD, Wound, Zink and many others. Their motto “Inspiration through innovation”, the name is Distill Magazine (http://distilldigital.com/), a bi-monthly focused on the best visual content from the world’s fashion and style magazines with the select key creative’s educated commentary.

SLURP MAGAZINE/ ITALY

I already have the first 2 issues of Distill and Distill 3 is out, SLURP Magazine /Italy (http://www.slurpmagazine.com/) is one of the featured print mag on Distill 2. “Italian quarterly Slurp was conceived as an antidote to conventional glossies and the photographs found within its pages are characterized by a mood of sombre self-reflection.”- Susanna Brown (Photography Curator/ Distill Editorial Board). SLURP 7 is now available worldwide and its $52.00 at the magazine shops. I already have my copy with Lars Burmeister by Saverio Cardia on the cover. I am also fortunate to photograph the sexy Doug Porter for a 16 page story with beauty editor Federica Tattoli. Anyone who appreciates male beauty should get a copy.

SLURP MAGAZINE/ ITALY (Issue 7)

http://www.slurpmagazine.com/

Photography and Styling by Lope Navo

http://navostudios.com/

Beauty Editing by Federica Tattoli

Model Doug Porter


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©2009 Dangerously Naive

©2009 Naiveboy.com

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QUENTIN LÎNW’S TEN VISIONARIES by Navo

In Arts, Icons, Top Ten, photography on December 11, 2009 at 8:06 pm

(FR) “You are what you eat”, the basic idea behind my exclusive “TOP TENS” here in Dangerously Naive, and you’ll be seeing a lot of them, it’s is my take on the one-on-one interview that you usually see on different blogs and articles, I just thought you’ll get to know more of the artist the moment you discover the things that inspires them. Today we are featuring some of the works and inspiration of my good friend, French visual artist Quentin LÎnw, born in 1983 in South-West of France where he is based at the moment. LÎnw devoted his photographic work mixing numerical technologies with the more traditional special effects since 2005. Mixing surrealism, humour and darkness here are some of LÎnw’s latest work and his TOP TEN VISIONARIES that inspires him.

Recent prints are made in Diasec Process Large of ~100cm

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LÎNW’S 10 VISIONARIES (in random order)


1. 小林 正樹 Masaki Kobayashi
(February 14, 1916–October 4, 1996)
Japanese director
Kwaidan (1965)
Harakiri (1962)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaki_Kobayashi

2. René Barjavel
(January 24, 1911 – November 24, 1985)
French author
Journalist
Critic
Ravage (1943)
Le Grand Secret (1973)
La Nuit des temps (1968)
Une Rose au Paradis (1981)
Le Voyageur imprudent (1943)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Barjavel

3. Clinton “Clint” Eastwood, Jr.
(born May 31, 1930)
American actor
Film director
Film producer
Composer
Five Academy Awards
Five Golden Globe Awards
Unforgiven (1992)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Mystic River (2003)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2007)
In the Line of Fire (1993)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Gran Torino (2008)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood

4. Sir Ridley Scott
(born 30 November 1937)
English film director
Producer
The Duellists (1977)
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Gladiator (2000)
Black Hawk Down(2007)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott

5. Steven Allan Spielberg
(born December 18, 1946)
American film director
Screenwriter
Film producer
Academy Award for Best Director for 1993′s Schindler’s List
Academy Award for Best Director for 1998′s Saving Private Ryan
Jaws (1975)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Forbes magazine places Spielberg’s personal net worth at $3.0 billion
Time Magazine’s 100 Most Important People of the Century
Life Magazine’s Most Influential Person of his Generation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg

6. 宮崎 駿 Hayao Miyazaki
(born January 5, 1941)
Japanese filmmaker
Co-founder of Studio Ghibli
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Spirited Away (2001)
Time Magazine Most Influential Asians of the past 60 years
Time 100 Most Influential People 2005

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki


7. Philip Kindred Dick
(December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982)
American novelist
Short story writer
Essayist
A Scanner Darkly (1977)
VALIS (1981)
The Man in the High Castle (1962)
Hugo Award for Best Novel (1963)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick

8. George Walton Lucas, Jr.
(born May 14, 1944)
American film producer
Screenwriter
Director
Chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd.
Star Wars (1977)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Estimated net worth of $3.0 billion as of 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas

9. 押井守 Mamoru Oshii
(born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo)
Japanese filmmaker
Writer

Ghost in the Shell (1981)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoru_Oshii

10. Quentin Jerome Tarantino
(born March 27, 1963)
American film director
Screenwriter
Producer
Cinematographer
Actor
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Kill Bill (Vol. 1, 2003; Vol. 2, 2004)
Death Proof (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Academy Awards Nomination

Golden Globe Nomination

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino


http://www.lenw.org/

Slick 2009

http://www.104.fr/

http://www.slick-paris.com/

Related Entry: http://naiveboy.com/2009/10/08/the-ten-male-beauties-of-all-time-by-photographer-navo/

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QUITTE A T’AIMER by Errikos Andreou

In Fashion, photography on December 5, 2009 at 8:27 am

QUITTE A T’AIMER

(shot exclusively for NAIVEBOY.COM)

Photographer: Errikos Andreou @ http://www.errikosandreou.com/

Model: George Nikolaidis

Related Entry: http://naiveboy.com/2009/11/25/sweet-child-of-mine-by-errikos-andreou/



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SWEET CHILD OF MINE by Errikos Andreou

In Editorial, Fashion on November 25, 2009 at 5:48 am

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 



SWEET CHILD OF MINE

(shot exclusively for NAIVEBOY.COM)

Photographer: Errikos Andreou @ http://www.errikosandreou.com/

Model: George Pantelakis

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MAKUMBA by Didio

In Editorial, Fashion on November 21, 2009 at 4:54 am

MAKUMBA

(shot exclusively for NAIVEBOY.COM)

Photographer: Didio @ http://www.didiophoto.com/

Models: Bernardo Dornbusch, Roni Andrade, Jayme Siciliano @ Ello Models/ Brazil & Ms. Evelyn (Candomblé )

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THERAPY FOR MENTAL ILLNESS by Navo

In my novel on November 11, 2009 at 10:36 pm

3000 lope navo“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”

-Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 –1963).

My photo-blog had more than 3,000 views yesterday. For all the blogs that linked mine to them and all those who read one or more of my entries and for all the emails, thank you.

I love reading, whether its books, novels, magazines, movie posters, mustard bottle label, blogs, facebook status, craigslist ads, poems, (or other people’s minds), it breaks the monotony of my work and books keep me grounded. In fashion/commercial photography, your clients don’t pay for your opinion on other people’s work, they hire you to deliver great images that speaks for itself. Writing is most of the time the opposite of photography in terms of opinions, another reason to love it. Being surrounded by writers excites and engage me in a contrasting way than fashion. A good friend of mine (who is my best critic) just told me “Lope just stick with photography, politics will get the best of you, the fashion machine hates smart-mouth people”, she’s absolutely right. The very first screenplay I’ve been working on is about Saudi Arabia in 2001, my thoughts and memories while living there during 9/11 and the Invasion of Iraq, and the novel is about the two oldest profession in the history -prostitution and  politics coexisting in the world of fashion modelling. This blog will update you on the progress of all those good stuff and more.

Writing is sort of my therapy to all my mental illness. People ask me, how in the world can I have time to read books, even more maintain a blog? Juggling your work as a photographer, working on your screenplay, novel, retouching your own images, life? Believe me or not I asked that question myself before I decided to start typing my first entry “Thank you Mr. Irving Penn” last October 8, 2009, the day after the iconic photographer died, Dangerously Naïve was born. This blog will serve as the cohesive bridge to all the things that I am passionate about, my travels, people, friends, frenemies, books I read and want to read, movies I’ve seen and want to see, people I’ve worked with, people I want to work with, fan mails, hate mails, heroes, villains, talented people and the not-so talented, science, religion, celebrities, fame-whores, vocabularies, sex, history, desserts, deserts, photography, latest works, other blogs and even world peace.

Below are the first 12 entries to sample your palate.

Thank you Mr. Irving Penn by Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/thank-you-mr-penn/)

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A Big Fat Elephant In The Runway by Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/a-big-fat-elephant-in-the-runway/)

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THE TEN: Male Beauties of all Time by Photographer Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-ten-male-beauties-of-all-time-by-photographer-navo/)

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Filipino Newsmakers in World Fashion History by Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/filipino-newsmakers-in-world-fashion-history/)

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The Earth in 2010 is so Dangerously Naive.
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/earth-in-2010-is-so-dangerously-naive/)

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Kill the Celebrities, Save the World?
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/fame-whore-generation/)

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Armed with Saliva: Films, Books and TV shows about the Fashion Machine by Navo

(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/armed-with-saliva-by-navo/)

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Green Zone (2010)
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/green-zone-2010/)

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Pork, Jews and Porn: Censorship in Saudi Arabia by Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/pork-jews-and-porn-censorship-in-saudi-arabia-by-navo/)

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American History XXX: The Censored works of Mr. Steven Klein by Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/american-history-xxx-the-censored-works-of-mr-steven-klein-by-navo/)

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CINERAMA by Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/cinerama-by-navo/)

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Erect Phallic Symbols of Dubai دبيّ‎ by Navo
(http://lopenavostudios.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/erect-phallic-symbols-of-dubai-by-navo/)

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