Effortless portraits of the world's A-listers by Boris Kralj

Date
30 September 2014

It takes a very discerning eye to photograph the famous faces who’ve already graced posters, ad campaigns and magazine covers in a new light, but somehow Boris Kralj has made this fine-tuned art his bread and butter. His subjects range from some of the most famous figures in contemporary culture – Susan Sarandon, Vivienne Westwood, Brian Ferry and Karl Lagerfeld – to models in fashion shoots and commercial work, but all faces receive his attentive treatment. It feels as though he’s spent hours with each subject observing their characteristics and flaws in able to mild this knowledge into a uniquely insightful portrait, and thought I’m sure this can’t be the case it certainly is an impressive thing to master.

The Berlin-based photographer has also just finished work on a project called My Belgrade which is now a satisfyingly chunky publication of work which has developed over a period of years. The book shows an alternative perspective on Serbia’s capital. Which just goes to show that his nifty tricks work on places just as well as people.

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Boris Kralj: Vivienne Westwood

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Boris Kralj: Alina

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Boris Kralj: Brian Ferry

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Boris Kralj: Gloria Princess of Thurn and Taxis

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Boris Kralj: Karl Lagerfeld

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Boris Kralj: Hedi Slimane

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Boris Kralj: Jonathan Meese

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Boris Kralj: Julian Hennig

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Boris Kralj: Susan Sarandon

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Maisie Skidmore

Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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