THE MAKING OF NATURAL BEAUTY
Inspired by exploding pollen trees, James Houston’s photoshoot with Coco Rocha covers the high-profile model, and the entire studio, in an intense array of colorful powders commonly used during the Hindu Holi festival in India to celebrate the colors of Spring.
CREDITS – EPISODE 10
Video
Director – James Houston
Producer – Pete Maiden
Cinematography – Evan Jake Cohen, Simon Liu
Music – Human
Title Sequence – Box Communications
Coco Rocha Shoot Credits:
Milk Penthouse, NYC
BTS Daniel Schloss
Personnel Coco Rocha – Model, Wilhelmina
Fredrik Stambro -Makeup
Kayla Michele – Hair
Zanna Roberts Rassi – Stylist
Natalie Scicolone – Stylist Assistant
Chad Tenorio – Photo Assistant, Photo Producer
Greg Byers – Photo Assistant
‘THE MAKING OF NATURAL BEAUTY’ WEB SERIES
‘The Making of Natural Beauty’ is a 12-part web series leading up to the launch of the Natural Beauty exhibition (at Milk Gallery NYC) and photography book by photographer James Houston. In this 12-episode ‘The Making of Natural Beauty’ Web Series, we will take you behind the scenes; not only in to the world of photography and how James creates these photographs, but also into his HEADSPACE, and what it takes to make a dream in to a reality.
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ABOUT NATURAL BEAUTY
Renowned New York based photographer and activist James Houston has launched his latest project, NATURAL BEAUTY, a stunning photographic book and event series featuring some of the world’s most prominent celebrities and top models. In collaboration with MILK Studios, the NATURAL BEAUTY project will raise awareness for the environment and sustainable living with proceeds from book sales and supporting initiatives benefitting Global Green USA.
The NATURAL BEAUTY book of portraits will be released in late spring of 2013 and will follow with an exhibition in New York City in April. The book includes 120 stunning images of some of the world’s leading models and celebrities advocating with Houston for environmental awareness, including Emma Watson, Christy Turlington, Adrian Grenier, Brooke Shields, Arizona Muse, Elle Macpherson and many more. Houston looks towards the beauty of nature as the inspiration for this body of work, incorporating natural elements into many of the images.
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