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A person with bright purple hair leans forward, resting their head and one hand in a pool of purple paint. They wear a black outfit and red high-heeled shoes against a plain white background.

Herring & Herring's technicolour Kurv magazine shoot reflects their restless brilliance

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Date
6 August 2012

Here’s a recipe for aesthetic success – take a Russian (Dimitri Scheblanov) and a Dane (Jesper Carlsen) put them in New York City, sit back and set your mouth/eyes to wow. Going under the studio name Herring & Herring the pair create sublime scenes full of retina-indelible imagery and suggestive possibility. Broken down into Men, Women and Advertising, their portfolio of fashion photography and art direction is an endless cascade of excitement with an uncommon percentage of slamming hotties. They say their aim is to: “continuously oust the boundaries of storytelling through an ever-expanding visual vernacular” and we’d say they’re right on message, as exemplified in this Janine Antoni-style shoot for Kurv magazine. Extra marks too for the most wonderfully camp photo on their homepage.

A person with bright blue hair and makeup poses on a white floor. They wear a pink, white and orange outfit with matching blue high-heeled sandals.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

A person with long, wet-look pink hair looks directly at the camera. They wear bold blue lipstick and a blue and black top.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

A person with bright orange hair crouches on a white floor, leaning their head and one hand into a splash of yellow powder. They wear a blue crochet top and shiny purple trousers with blue heels.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

A person with long, purple hair and matching purple eyebrows looks off-camera. They wear a bright blue blazer over a magenta bandeau top.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

A close-up portrait of a person with bright pink hair and blue lipstick. They hold a blue, wedge-shaped object in their mouth and look off-camera.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

Two people look directly at the camera, their faces close together. One has long, wavy teal hair and the other has bright pink hair.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

A person with bright yellow, wet-look hair looks away from the camera. They wear a green collared shirt and a red and blue beaded necklace.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

A person with bright green hair and red lipstick crouches against a plain white background. They wear a strapless blue jumpsuit and red high-heeled shoes.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

A person with bright orange hair and matching lipstick looks slightly off-camera. They wear a neon yellow jacket over a blue top, paired with a chunky white necklace and pink bangles.
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Herring & Herring: Kurv magazine shoot

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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