“Haute Couture is a French phrase for high fashion. Couture means dressmaking, sewing, or needlework and haute means elegant or high, so the two combined imply excellent artistry with the fashioning of garments.” (http://fashion-era.com/haute_couture.htm) This style is out there, completely different but appealing. The designer, artist, model and photographer have to be in a different mind state than your typical photo shoot. Finding the art in the clothes and not the model is the key to the success of Haute Couture. The success is when you recognize a design pattern, a color pattern and look and feel that makes you not even recognize or remember the person that is wearing it. The ability to discover the art behind this fashion style is not easy. Thinking outside the box is just the beginning and it only gets better when you add even more oddities in to the mix. Haute Couture is an art form in itself. The most outrageous ideas are put together and worn and push the limits of extreme. The art behind the art of Couture is putting the pieces together. Each individual item can stand alone and evoke an emotion but when you put pieces together and allow for creativity to flow it snowballs into more fun and outlandish themes and ideas. As a photographer the elements of organic and inorganic shapes, the ability to play with light patterns and to create a mood unlike anything else ever seen, that is the fun. The moment of creation for a me as a photographer is when I look into my viewfinder and see what no one else has seen yet. I look to put small details into perspective and allow my viewer to create their own story and interpretation.
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