Sexuality in Fashion
Inez Van Lamsweerede & Vanoodh Matadin

“It is typical of the photographic art of van Lamsweerde and Matadin that they urge their image making to de-stabilise the pristine surfaces expected of consumer culture; to this end they make use, in turn, of the Gothic, inscrutability, androgyny, comedy, eroticism, surrealism, fantasy, montage, cinema, replication, image manipulation, Pop art, fetishism and art historical nuance.”

—Michael Bracewell, from the introduction

These Beautiful, thought provoking photographs were created by Dutch fashion photography duo Lamsweerde & Matadin. Whilst moving between art and fashion in their photography, they explore both gender and sexuality. Known for there work for fashion magazines, advertising campaigns and for their independent art work Lamsweerede & Matadin's images can be interpreted as both critical and slightly disturbing. At an early stage they introduced digitally manipulated photographs allowing them to explore questions about gender and sexuality, reality, superficiality and identity.  

Later on in their Career, the digital manipulations of their work became more subtle as they developed a personal artistic language. The manipulations made now are just regular re-touches.