THE UNTAMED EYE
Evocative photographs capturing sweeping, cinematic fashion stories and intimate portraits of celebrities, all tinged with the photographer's gritty realism. Big closeups, grainy film, deep dark-lined eyes, creased foreheads and dusty landscapes seem sensual and erotic. From a very young, unknown Kate Moss to rock legend Keith Richards, "my important pictures happen when I get into a 'dance' with the subject, this is the part that is untamed, and for me the most interesting." French Vogue, "intense and poetic", Spanish Vogue, "iconic imagery, capturing what is hidden behind the character."
Published MW Editions, Printed in Italy, 2018
Spoken to Kenneth Dickerman at The Washington Post: On working as a photographer during the ’90s, Pfriender Stylander wrote: “We were all on the road, there was a fantastic restlessness, we were young and in need of expression. The great fashion and creative directors let you roam, they gave you twenty pages to express your vision — it was a complete creative playground where we could be rebellious, and the word compromise was not spoken, not even thought about.”
PRESS
i-D ‘These photos will transport you to the atmosphere of the Nouvelle Vogue. Photographer Stephanie Pfriender Stylander shot in New York, Paris and Milan thought the 1990’s. Her shots return the most radical essence of a decade that has taken the rules of fashion, overturned them and then wrote completely new ones. Her photographic archive of the period is an exemplary collection of the iconic celebrities of the times and of those who were crossing the threshold of fame at that time, wisely intercepted with foresight. In 2018, Stephanie collected these and other photos of hers in the monograph, The Untamed Eye, giving us back a dip in the middle of the last years of twentieth century fashion.’
Musee ‘Showcasing a photographer who could see through the thin veneer of immortality promised by celebrity and instead, showed us character.’
L’Oeil de la Photographie ‘A very nice success of sensuality and eroticism.’
French Vogue ‘Intense and poetic photos take visual inspiration from 1940s Italian neo-realism, the French 1960s New Wave movement and films by John Cassavetes.’
Wallpaper ‘Her aesthetic is thus one of ‘gritty realism’, with big close-ups, grainy film, deep dark-lined eyes, creased foreheads and dusty landscapes.’
Elle Italia ‘Her black and white visions do not stop at the surface and are closer to the French New Wave than to Hollywood, the intriguing style aims to extract glimpses of naturalness from the world of fashion and celebrities, the fragility hidden by the dazzling light.’
French Grazia ‘They bear her indelible mark.’
Schon ‘Innate emotion, grit and passion translate through her photography, earning her the status of visual storyteller.’
The Washington Post ‘These atmospheric and cinematic fashion photos embody the spirit of the 1990s.’
i-D ‘Important pictures happen when I get into a stream of consciousness, a ‘dance’ with the subject: this is the part that is untamed, and for me the most interesting.’
Vogue Spain ‘A series of images already iconic that speak of a lifetime dedicated to capturing what is hidden behind the character.’
‘Photographing is a drive, an act of aggression and curiosity all rolled up into one.’
To order the book THE UNTAMED EYE please contact the studio. studio@spscollective.com
(The book is sold out on the marketplace.)