Yves de Contades shoots Fantasy Portaits of the leading creatives in the UK

Image above is Victoria Gallardo, Creative Director of Creativeo.

Yves de Contades of luxury brand magazine, International Life, approached forty leading Creative gurus from the UK's advertising and design industry with the question 'What is your ultimate Fantasy Portrait?' The results were an intoxicating mix of the quirky, the clever and the downright bizarre, from a digital robot, a spaceman bouncing through Piccadilly Circus to a dragon slaying ninja.

All images were shot exclusively on the new Leica S-System by the magazine's creative lead and fashion photographer Yves de Contades. After the shoot Yves commented “My vision was to bring to life the weird and wonderful imagination of some the UK's most creative minds. It was refreshing to collaborate on a project focused solely on creatives, who are generally preoccupied with their client's brands.”

Each person was asked to give a short summary on their solution. Leading psychologist Dr Cecilia d'Felice has evaluated every shot and offered her own thoughts. Both commentaries will accompany each portrait.

The portraits are now on exhibition at Lost Boys International, 146 Brick Lane. All are welcome to view between 9 am and 8.30 pm.

You can also see the images here
Yves de Contades Portraits
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Fantasy Portraits

Yves would like to thank Leica Camera, Ken and Miguel at Genesis Digital Imaging, The Worx Studios, Chivas Regal, luxury chocolatier Jeff de Bruges, Stanleys Post and Jenny Lam, the celebrated make up artist.