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Inez van Lamsweerde (born 25 September 1963) andVinoodh Matadin (born 29 September 1961) are a Dutch-Americanfashion photographer duo,[1] whose work has been featured in fashion magazines and advertising campaigns.[2] They also produce independent art work.
Working together since 1986, the partnership has staged exhibitions and collaborative projects and participated in international group shows. Inez and Vinoodh live in New York with their son, Charles Star Matadin.[3]
Lamsweerde and Matadin were born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[4]
Inez and Vinoodh met at the Fashion Academy Vogue in their hometown, Amsterdam, where they both initially studiedfashion design—Vinoodh from 1981 to 1985 and Inez from 1983 to 1985. Inez took a master's degree in photography at theGerrit Rietveld Academie (1985–1990) and Vinoodh founded the Lawina clothing line with his classmate Rick Bovendeert. A commission for Inez to photograph the 1986 Lawina collection led to Vinoodh beginning to work with her, first as a stylist and eventually in 1995 as co-author of the images they produce together. The Lawina label closed in 1990 when Inez graduated and the pair began practicing as artists.[5]
The duo have shot campaigns forChanel,Calvin Klein,Louis Vuitton[6] andMiu Miu, as well as Louis Vuitton under creative directorVirgil Abloh.[7] In 2023, they shotTaylor Swift forTime magazine’sPerson of the Year covers.[8]
In 2015, they shot the single cover for "Only One", a collaboration betweenKanye West andPaul McCartney, along with directing the video for "FourFiveSeconds", a song byRihanna, featuring West and McCartney.[9]
Since 1999, they have worked regularly with Icelandic polymathBjörk on several music videos and high profile magazine editorials. In February 2019, they released a jewelry collaboration with Mene, a brand co-founded by Pablo Picasso's granddaughter,Diana Widmaier Picasso.[10] They also released a line of jewelry[11] with New York brand Ten Thousand Things.[12]
Inez and Vinoodh returned to New York permanently in 1994. Their list of editorial contributions includes fashion titlesVogue,Paris Vogue,Vogue Italia,W,Visionaire,Vanity Fair,Harper's Bazaar,L'Uomo Vogue,Vogue Hommes International,Vogue Nippon andVogue China as well as style magazinesPurple Fashion,Interview,V,V Man,Self Service,Another,Pop,i-D,Fantastic Man, andThe Gentlewoman.[13]
The duo has shot supermodelKate Moss while dancing to Michael Jackson'sBillie Jean on film;[14] they also directedLady Gaga's 2013 music video for "Applause".[15] They shot the single cover for "Applause" and shot single covers for other songs from Gaga's albumArtpop.[16] They were featured in herArtRave and shotAn Artpop Film.[17]
In 2010,Pretty Much Everything: Photographs 1985–2010, a retrospective exhibition of 300 works from 25 years' work was staged atFOAM Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam.[18] The show began its international tour in summer 2011 at the Bienal Pavilion in São Paulo, Brazil.
In 2011, Inez and Vinoodh's monograph,Pretty Much Everything was released. Designed in collaboration with M/M (Paris), it was published byTaschen in two volumes, each containing 333 pages and a pocket book-sized reader featuring essays and fiction byMichael Bracewell,Antony Hegarty,Penny Martin,Glenn O'Brien,Bruce Sterling andOlivier Zahm, with lyrics by Björk andLady Gaga.[19]
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