CULTURED MAGAZINE
CAREY MULLIGAN’S COVER STORY FOR CULTURED MAGAZINE IS SO SUFFICIENT AS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF HOW EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY MAY STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN CINEMATOGRAPHIC TELLING OF THE STORIES, FASHION, AND EMOTION. THE CURRENT ISSUE OF CULTURED MAGAZINE REVEALS THE BEAUTY OF CAREY MULLIGAN'S LATEST ROLE IN “BEEF” THROUGH A SET OF PHOTOS THAT ARE NEITHER TOO ART DIRECTED NOR TOO SIMPLE, BUT THAT HAVE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO COMBINE MODERN PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES WITH THE POWER OF NARRATIVE. CULTURED MAGAZINE IS FAMOUS FOR ITS CONCEPTUAL TREATMENT OF ART, MOVIES, AND CULTURAL ISSUES.
PHOTOGRAPHY-@KAHKSARIARASH
CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND STYLING-@STUDIOAND
HAIR-@ALEXBROWNSELL
MAKEUP-@CELIABURTONMAKEUP
NAILS-@ABENA_LOPEZ_NAILS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT-@CHLOE_KERINS
SET DESIGN-@THOMASBIRD
STUDIO MANAGEMENT-@MATHIJHUNFELD
POST PRODUCTION-@GRANODIGITAL
CAREY MULLIGAN HAS ALWAYS HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN CONTEMPORARY FILM MAKING. WHILE MOST MODERN CELEBRITIES CRAFT THEIR IMAGE THROUGH SELF-DISCLOSURE AND EXPOSURE, MULLIGAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE CHOICES IN REGARDS TO HER WORK. SHE CONTINUALLY SELECTS ROLES IN FILMS THAT FOCUS ON THEMES SUCH AS VULNERABILITY, POWER, MORALITY AND PERFORMANCE, WHICH YOU CAN REALLY SEE IN HER ROLES IN EDUCATION, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN AND MAESTRO. Mulligan makes sure to bring her focus of vulnerable yet powerful roles TO the latest season of beef when we get to see her character “lindsey crane-martain” navigate a tense, falling MARRIAGE while in a HIGH-STAKES FUEd with a younger couple at a prestigious california country club.
STUDIO 3 PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN ELEVATING THE SHOOT, PROVING HOW A BLANK CANVAS CAN OFTEN CREATE THE MOST IMPACTFUL EDITORIAL shoot. THE CREATION OF THE SET DESIGN MAKES THE WHOLE SHOOT FEEL SO CINEMATIC and ELECTROFYING, WHICH IS FITTING TO CarEY MULLIGAN’S CHARACTER IN BEEF. THE MINIMALISM OF THE STUDIO HELPS CREATE THE SENSE OF INTIMACY THAT MAKES EVERY IMAGE FEEL DELIBERATE AND DRAMATIC.
THE BEAUTY OF STUDIO 3’s FLEXIBILITY REALLY COMES THROUGH IN THIS SHOOT. WITH ITS OPEN CONTROLLED SPACE, THE TEAM WERE ABLE TO CREATE A MOOD PURELY with THE PRADA GARMENTS STYLED IN SUCH A THEATRICAL WAY, SET DESIGN AND LIGHTING TURNING the CLEAN STUDIO SPACE INTO SOMETHING EMOTIONALLY RICh, making Carey MULLIGAN’S PRESENCE EVEN MORE STRIKING AND MAKING HER EXPRESSIONS, MOVEMENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE GARMENTS EVEN MORE POWERFUL AND CAPTIVATING ON CAMERA.