This is Jessica Stam posing for Bvlgari in 2007. I don't know who shot it. When I saw this in Vogue for the first time I stopped turning pages and just looked at it and tried to take it all in. For me, this photo is magic and has to be the best sunglasses ad I've ever seen.
Let's look at the superficial things first. Jessica Stam is a beautiful girl, without a doubt, with a face perfectly suited for these sunglasses. I love how they did her hair. Her makeup is neutral and calculated to match the jewelry, I think. She's posed exquisitely with her neck just so and her hands & arms making an interesting shape in the frame while still looking feminine. The sunglasses are simply great, definitely evoking the seamless style that was popular in 2007. I believe that the Bvlgari model number for these sunglasses is 6009.
I'm having a difficult time trying to understand how they lit her. Could this really just be a single light partially flagged off to create the shadow on her face? Or, looking at the reflections on the sunglasses, maybe there's a grid light illuminating her body and a strip softbox for her face and shoulder?
I need to find a model and try this out!
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