Peter Kaaden photography: you need to be good and daring to shoot Flowers for Spring – even more, when you do this without irony
Womanity and the semantic field of sexuality according to Peter Kaaden for Lampoon digital – using some flowers on the floor
Title: Floor and Flowers
Let’s roll with the leftover flowers, the ones no one’s eyeing, the slightly worn-out buds. It’s not about snatching the prettiest and ignoring the rest. Instead, let’s get hands-on, immerse ourselves in the mix. We’re not just using them; we’re diving face-first into a playful world of blooms, even the less-than-perfect ones. It’s all about enjoying the process and giving the overlooked flowers a chance to shine.
The harsh realism that hides no detail from the camera in Peter Kaaden photography is balanced by the grace of the forms, viewed through a lyrical lens. The plasticity of the poses of the models clutching between the petals, helpless remnants of the holes, are a reminder of a play between life and death, between sexuality and the dignity of the feminine, of womanity.
A metaphorical transposition, where sensuality is not displayed, but only allowed to be sensed. Flowers become symbols, thickening in themselves the semantic field of sexuality. Everything is whispered and suggested. The explicit, shouted tones to which Peter Kaaden has accustomed us are diluted in the silent, dazzling dialogue that the flowers weave with human bodies, in a womanity that is sometimes unashamed and other times concealed.
Photographer Peter Kaaden, styling Charlotte Buchal
Photographer & Director: Peter Kaaden @peterkaaden
Photography Assistant: Isabel Spantzel @isabel_spantzel
First Assistant Camera: Emrah Celik @emrahcel1
Director of Photography: Johannes Häußler @johannes.haeussler
Floral Art direction & Design: Studio Linne / Misha Todirascu @studio.linne @mio.misha
Styling: Charlotte Buchal @ohcharlz
Styling Assistant: Emily Zanon @emilyznoon
Hair: Dennis Brandt using Oribe @dennis_brandt
Make Up: Paloma Brytscha @thisis_paloma
Editor: Anselm Konfeke @anselm.ko @sec.studio
Colorst: Florian Staerk @florian.staerk @sec.studio
Musik: Henry Watford @letsbefriendsinreallife
Casting Director: Pina Marlene @pinamarlene
Cast: LooLoo at Anti-Agency @looooooooolu @antiagencyldn
Models: Alith at M4-Models @m4models
Peter Kaaden, a photographer depicting womanity
In 2011, Peter Kaaden moved to New York City to work for Ryan McGinley and later became the Photodirector of Rolling Stone Magazine for almost two years. Peter is currently based in Paris. Among his themes we have a feminine and masculine exploration and a pursuit of humanity.
Editorial Team
