All posts tagged: Russia

La mesure de Pavel Lounguine au service de la démesure russe

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Au croisement des cultures françaises et russes, Pavel Lounguine demeure l’un des cinéastes les plus complets de notre époque. A la fois scénariste et réalisateur, Pavel Lounguine s’est tissé une filmographie tout en contrastes faite de thèmes puissants, d’humanisme doté d’un réalisme touchant. Union étroite entre la vie quotidienne et les disparités sociales qui font écho à la société russe actuelle, touches de burlesque débridées proches de son contemporain slave Emir Kusturica, célébration du folklore russe, spiritualité époustouflante : les films de Pavel Lounguine possèdent un style unique empreint d’insatisfaction et d’absolu, d’espérance et de désespérance, de lumière et de noirceur. Cette opposition des genres, cette variation des rythmes, donnent à Pavel Lounguine une identité russe propre. Son premier long métrage, Taxi Blues, est applaudi par la critique et remporte le prix de mise en scène au Festival de Cannes. Pavel lounguine y décrypte la société russe à l’heure de la Perestroïka initiée par Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, à travers l’amitié entremêlée de haine qui unit un chauffeur de taxi à un saxophoniste. Avec Luna Park, Pavel Lounguine relate le parcours initiatique d’un skinhead nationaliste …

The Anastasia of Winter by Emma Summerton

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Top-model Lindsey Wixson bundled up in luxe furs and ornate prints for a fashion spread featured in the December issue of Vogue Japan in 2013. The American model posed for Emma Summerton in a winter wardrobe of layered looks from the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, Duro Olowu and Louis Vuitton styled by fashion editor Giovanna Battagalia. Vogue Japan celebrated Russian culture via Lindsey Wixson’s exploration of winter-kissed landscapes and landmarks. The detailing of each look correlates with the complexity in architecture, and Lindsey herself is reminiscent of the most fashionable Matryoshka doll. Rouged cheeks courtesy of makeup artist Mathias van Hooff and teased hair by Neil Moodie gives Lindsey a doll-like look.

Sculptural beauty with Nikolay Biryukov

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Russian-born fashion photographer Nikolay Biryukov is currently based in London. He works between London, Moscow, Paris and Milan shooting mainly fashion stories for a range of international magazines. Recent work includes editorials for magazines such as Elle, Interview Russia, Glamour, Tatler, L’Officiel, SCMP, Stylist UK, SNC, and many others. Here a selection of pictures on the theme of sculpture. More info on www.nikolaybiryukov.com

Ulyana Sergeenko, the Tsar’s Bride

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Halfway between East and West, Yuliana Sergeenko symbolizes this russian generation proud to highlight their roots, the richness of their History, and this specific and subtle duet between the attachment to the slavonic values and an aspiration to the european codes. At the same time designer, photographer, blogger, and ocasionally model, Yuliana Sergeenko doll-like unique beauty just taken from a nineteen century russian novel endowed with a hollywood post-war touch of glamour is a perfect blend between a Tolstoï and a Mankiewicz heroin. After finishing her studies of Philology in Saint Petersburg, she started working as a photographer for several fashion magazines. Married to russian insurance billionaire Danil Khachaturov, mother of two children, she recently started her own fashion brand full with her spirit and love for fine fabrics and russian craftmanship. Move away from the perception of Russian women as eager consumers craving for luxury brands, she proves that tastes, aspirations and motivations have changed for moscow elite who wishes to put Russia on the fashion forefront. Yuliana Sergeenko puts forward russian women appeals for a classic, feminine and coquettish cups, shapes and patterns, …