Local inspiration: muses and lenses

Another round of local fashion muses and fashion photography via Facebook uploads and the blogroll - a little taste of local inspiration.

Christian Erickson snaps his wife, singer Janey Winterbauer, looking ethereal.

Photographer assistant Cayla Caul Field gets smoke in her eyes.

Wynona Grey shoots stylish duo Carlin and Madison Van Holmes in Uptown for street style photography blog Minneapolis Affair.

Brad Ogbonna shoots Emily Kapsner getting iced.

Vanessa Meade shoots her latest muse, Marjorie Braddock.

Vision model Ashlee Walker, as photographed by Jenn Cress.

Dirty Hair Halo blogger Shannon Licari makes the best of the chilly weather.

Geisha Pearl Vintage owner/blogger Kitty Cotten celebrates the New Year.

Lovepower booker Garrison Grouse captures his lady Cecily Groves in a state of swoon.

Hannah von der Hoff (also the stylist for the shoot) whips her hair. Photo by Filipe Marques.

Fairshadow Photography posted this masquerade-inspired image of Rin Schwartz.

Hollie Mae creative directed this promo shoot featuring Ignite model Jessica for the Crystal Ball: Masked Affair NYE party. Photo: Ellie Bryan.

CREEM magazine NYC launch party photos

[CREEM editor-in-chief Jenn Cress and local Vision model Greta Sundquist]

NickyDigital.com has party photos from the CREEM magazine launch in New York's Motor City on September 2. The new high-end print fashion magazine's got strong local connections - its editor-in-chief is local photog Jenn Cress, its marketing director is former Minneapolitan Dustin Helgeson, and many of its photo shoots use local talent. A local launch party is planned for September 24 in Minneapolis (location TBA). Jump the link to see more photos of notable locals who attended the party.

[CREEM cover model and local Vision model Diane Johnson]

[Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Steve Marsh, left, and former Vita.mn events director Gretchen Williams, far left]

[MNspeak founder Rex Sorgatz]

[Model Diane Johnson, far left; Jenn Cress, center; Dustin Helgeson, second from right]

See more photos here

CREEM Magazine preview

You heard about new NYC-based magazine CREEM - now here's your first preview of a spread from the brainchild of Minneapolis-based photographer Jenn Cress.


Local It Girl Ines Kovacevic posted this page from the spread on her facebook page in which she was model (Cress did photography and Amber Brenke did hair and makeup).

A lovely taste of what's to come, I'm sure...!

New NYC mag CREEM features some local talent

The newly-launched, NYC-based fashion quarterly CREEM has some local connections. Its marketing director is Dustin Helgeson, a retail/fashion veteran who recently relocated to New York, and its editor-in-chief is Jenn Cress, a Minnesota-based photographer. Cress also did the shoot for the lead-off image currently on the mag's website, which stars Vision model Diane Johnson, now based in New York, with makeup by Romeny Chan and hair by Adam Livermore.

[Image by Jenn Cress for CREEM]

The magazine launches in New York with a September 2 launch party. Stay tuned to the mag's facebook page as details emerge.

Vision model Greta heads to NYC

Minneapolis model Greta Sundquist has recently made the move to New York. The Vision model is sure to come out with some great work soon, such as the striking image below created by a local team of photographer Jenn Cress, hairstylist Adam Livermore and makeup artist Romeny Chan.


You can still catch the rising model August 6 at this year's Glamorama at the Orpheum Theatre before the show heads to Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.