Beauty in the Burg – You’ve met guest photographer Carlotta Bertelli when I spotted her here — and she’s also featured in my temporary header above. Fashion photography is her forte and I was impressed with her stylized body of work, so when I discovered she had a barrage of her Williamsburg street portraits available, I jumped. She’s currently back home in Italy and I’m hoping she’s back here soon. Carlotta’s inspiration behind these portraits is detailed below.

“Living there – and in Williamsburg in particular – made me see fashion literally walking down its streets – and all those guys I’ve met incarnate the aspects of fashion which fascinate me most: the freedom to play and to re-invent yourself, the courage to be different, the power of making a difference.”

Carlotta had such a fun collection of people that was hard to narrow down, so I chose to focus primarily on her range of women. The two at the top I’m especially obsessed with ever since I also shot them outside Marc by Marc Jacobs’ show at New York Fashion Week (that I’ll post in a future feature). Something about them…

Speaking of Fashion Week, I’ve been busy as a producer on an upcoming Style Network TV series about a fashion icon, so yesterday was my first day to tackle the event full force. I came away with some inspired personalities and I’ll be starting with a very familiar face that’s up next…