My desktop is a mess and it’s time for another dump of images. Keep reading to check out all the random stuff I’ve saved over the past month or so.

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Desktop dump time… Lots of random stuff I’ve collected on the internet over the past month or so.

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Wild in the Wind is a new project I worked on with Chad Moore for Dazed and Confused. Chad shot the photos that are featured as an editorial in the October issue of Dazed and I shot a film to go along with the article.

Super happy with how the whole project turned out and it was great to work with Chad! We’ve been friends for ages (I actually met him at Woodward when he was a camper and I was working there almost 10 years ago). Keep reading to see the film and the rest of the photos and check out the whole thing on the Dazed site.

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One of my favorite photographers, Peter Lindberg, who I’ve posted about before shot the most recent campaign for the clothing brand J.Lindeberg. I’ve never really been into J.Lindeberg, but these images look great and I pretty much love everything Peter Lindberg does. It also looks like they are going to be creating a book from the campaign, which is very cool… You can check out some of the image on this site as well as possibly one of the all time shakiest behind the scenes videos from the shoot of all time. Not sure how you can make something that shaky, but it’s fun to see Peter Lindberg in action and you can catch a glimpse of him with a Panasonic GF1 around his neck.

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Erwin Blumenfeld. One of the greatest fashion photographers to hold a camera.

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I get a little OCD when it comes to organizing my inspiration folders and all the random images that end up on my desktop. I have all sorts of categorized folders that I file everything into and one of the folders that gets pretty crazy is my “photographers” folder. Rather than just keeping them on my computer, I thought I’d start uploading some of them. These posts won’t be much different than a standard post on a photographer, but the photographers who I have a lot of images from are usually the bigger, more established guys.

This post is a collection of images from one of my all time favorites, Peter Lindbergh. I’ve always been so drawn to his more photo-journalist perspective and I love how he shows elements of the set in his photos, like lights, stands, backdrops, etc. Not only am I drawn to the style of his photos, but the impact he has had on fashion, being credited as one of the photographers to really blow up the whole “supermodel” thing in the 90′s.

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted on a photographer, but I’m back at it, kicking it off with photographer Jeff Burton, who is known for his fashion work, along with his back-stage porn photos.

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Tampa born, New York based photographer, Chadwick Tyler has some great photos in the new issue of Dazed and Confused. While I was searching around to find a digital version of these photos, I came across a very captivating video Chadwick filmed with 16 year old singer Misty Miller. The video isn’t embedable, but you should check it out here. Anyway… I’m really digging the retouching and textures in these photos… Keep reading to check them out and you can see more of Chadwick Tylers work on his site.

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Check out some dark videos and short films from Jason Last. Credited as a Creative Consultant on Kanye’s film Runaway, Jason Last has a bunch of interesting fashion based shorts with great cinematography as well as post production.

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So… 6 days with out any posts. That could be a new record for Defgrip. I guess that’s what a week in Las Vegas will do to you… To kick things back off, check out some photography from Texas born photographer Hugh Lippe. Along with a well edited portfolio of fashion and lifestyle work, Hugh has a really fun sketchbook section of his site that you should definitely check out.

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Besides having a semi-frustrating flash site, I had a great time browsing through designer, Marc Atlan’s new website. Filled with a bunch of new work, as well as plenty of great archived content. I love the simplicity of Atlan’s work and I’m always inspired when I see his stuff… Especially what he’s done for Helmut Lang and Comme des Garcons.

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Pablo Franco is a photographer based out of Buenos Aires with a great fashion portfolio and a sweet blog filled with girls and bikes…

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Remember Now is a short film directed by Karl Lagerfeld to promote the new Chanel Cruise line. The story line – an old rich guy hanging out with a bunch of young models dancing around a partying all nigh… The substance of the film may be very light, but it’s beautifully shot and after watching this who wont want to be in Saint Tropez, living the ultimate luxury lifestyle with beautiful women wearing fabulous clothes… Well… I guess that scenario sounds appealing before you even watch the film. None the less, you should definitely check this out. Beautiful girls, great cinematography, and a cameo with Karl Lagerfeld dressed in an all white suit!

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Best thing I’ve seen all day. A very humorous breakdown of George Costanza’s clothing related to todays trends from Start to Finish. It’s funny because every time I watch Seinfeld I always marvel at how bad their clothes are… But this post made me realize I’m completely wrong. George Costanza is on point… HAHA.

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I was quickly swallowed into this nine part documentary about the amazing Richard Avedon. If you have some time to kill and are looking for an extremely inspiring way to kick off your week, have at it… Even if you don’t have a bunch of free time, watch one part for the next nine days, I guarantee you won’t regret it.

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Jeremy Hollister is a photographer from New York who is also the founder of the creative studio We Are Plus. I got to meet Jeremy when I was in New York through a few random events and since then, we have been working on a few projects together. One of the projects was a site for his personal work.  When I met Jeremy, I had no idea, but he is an amazing photographer and has been shooting a bunch of editorial work as well as some great film pieces for clients like Nike, Mac Cosmetics, and Virgin Mobile. I’m really excited about how Jeremy’s site turned out and it’s definitely one of my favorite sites that I’ve built and it’s hard to go wrong when you have great images to work with!

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Images from the 2010 Pirelli Calendar have graced the pages of probably every website in the world, but for some reason, they haven’t made their way here yet. Shot this year by Terry Richardson in Brazil and only distributed to top Pirelli customers and other select people, the calendar has been in existence since 1964, featuring a new “super” photographer each year. Previous photographers have included Annie Leibovitz, Nick Knight, Mario Testino, Peter Lindbergh, and Richard Avedon (to name a few). What sparked this post was a behind-the-scenes video documenting the whole shoot with interviews with the models and Terry Richardson. All the images and video are pretty NSFW, but keep reading to see some of the shots from the calendar as well as the behind-the-scenes video.

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Roxanne Lowit‘s photos make me want to be rich and famous… Not that I don’t want to be rich and famous every day, but her photos that give you a behind-the-scenes and intimate look into the celebrity and fashion world are amazing. Starting out as a textile/fashion designer she began taking photos in the 1970′s and was one of the pioneers of the behind-the-scene style that is extremely popular today.

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Check out some great photos from Maciek Kobielski.

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Check out some great photos from Milan based fashion photographer Bruno Barbazan.

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I stumbled across Valeria Lazareva‘s work through a maze of image blogs. I don’t remember where I found the photos, but thankfully they were properly credited with a link right back to the photographers website. With great colors, interesting subjects, and intriguing composition it was easy to spend a long time looking at each photo set on Lazareva’s website. Broken into four sections; editorial, personal, travel, and interior there’s no shortage of amazing work to waste your lunch hour drooling over.

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Check out some great photography from David Standish.

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This is how it breaks down; New York times has a magazine called T Magazine, T Magazine has a blog called The Moment, and The Moment has a column called “Photos of the Moment” and that is what the post is about. Photos of the Moment document all of the behind-the-scenes details at the major fashion shows around the world. The most recent show’s have been shot by photography duo Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello and I grabbed a collection of my favorite shots that you can check out after the jump. Although the photos are not that big in size, they are very captivating and they really give you an inside look into what’s going on and who’s in attendance at these big fashion shows.

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I was going through a bunch of the images I have saved on my computer and ended up putting together a collection of my favorite black and white stuff. Check out all the images after the jump.

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