York Hovest: Collaboration

"Stay Open" is a collaborative project between York Hovest and myself.I met York in 2013 during a photo production where I was doing the art direction and we decided to do keep in touch and eventually find a wayto do a free project together.

Fine Arts, Illustration, Photography

December, 2013

About:

Stay Open.

What you find below are the results of bringing together York's photography with my illustration work.

York wanted to see a concept that is atypical for fashion illustration, playful and experimental - to create an interesting and fresh tension between the images and the additional elements. The challenge here was to preserve the initial mood of the images, so the photos themselves were barely touched and illustrative
elements carefully applied to find just the right balance.

Photography by © York Hovest (www.yorkhovest.com)

Art by © Christoph Ruprecht

Lyrics by © Rhye

I’m a fool for that shake in your thighs

I’m a fool for that sound in your sighs

I’m a fool for your barely

I’m a fool for your

I want to make this play oh I know your faded

Hmmm but stay don’t close your hands

I want to make this play oh I know your faded

Hmmm but stay don’t close your hands

Caught in this pool held in your eyes

Caught like a fool without a line

We’re in a natural spring

With this gently sting between us

Plus

Outtakes
And early Stages

Below are some earlier stages of the experimental process. Nothing like the end result, but each one interesting in its´ own right.

© York Hovest & Christoph Ruprecht

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