neo mode: Hans Feurer: Beautiful Creatures

Vogue Paris recently posted their top 10 favorite photos from the legendary fashion photographer Hans Feurer. I have always admired Feurer's signature aesthetic: the tribal amazonian. There is a sense of an other-worldliness and futurism to these Barbarellas and yet somehow they maintain a consistent natural quality. Feurer's girls are always shot outdoors - almost like National Geographic photographs of majestic creatures, only with Feurer the majesty is held on the gaze of his models. The women possess an animal like sensuality. In is work, Feurer acts as the voyeur; as if capturing these exotic, beautiful creatures in their own habitat.

In a 2012 interview with New York Magazine's The Cut, Feurer discussed the impact his travels through Africa in the late 1960's held on him: "I have memories from when I was young of seeing the light coming through curtains, things like that, but most of all... I had been in extraordinary situations and saw magical moments and I certainly realized how certain light conditions can put a certain spell on a landscape, or an object, or a person." This is truly the essence of Feurer's aesthetic.

Feurer became successful in the 70s as he shot the famous Pirelli Calendar and built a long partnership with Kenzo Takada, often shooting advertisements for the Kenzo brand. I feel it was this collaboration with Kenzo that ultimately guided Feurer's aesthetic; the globally eclectic fabrics and silhouettes combined with futuristic elements exemplified in Kenzo's designs echoes throughout Feurer's career.

Here are some of my favorite Hans Feurer photographs from throughout the years ...