Local inspiration: muses and lenses

The best in local portrait, street style and fashion photography from local muses and lenses, gathered via Twitter, Facebook and blog uploads from the past week.

Photographer Benjamin Fredrickson captures his pooch Monsieur Loïc Fredrickson in Polaroid form.

Style blogger Kitty Cotten plays with her kitty.

Vision model Ashlee Walker goes to the Renaissance Festival. (Photo: Corey Tenold)

Actress Hina Khan wears a dress by Kerry Riley of local line Needle & Black in her L.A. adventures. (Click here for more photos by Cara Recine.)

MPLSTYLE.com does a style spotlight on local men's style blogger Corey Tenold of Trnds.com.

Naures Sager gets focused. (Photo: Marissa Wetzel)

Secrets Fashion Agency PR director Davee Ek tries out her new camera and new summer-into-fall style.

Ignite model John-Mark gets moody for New York photographer Carolyn Griffin.

Photographer Claire Molepske cuddles up.

The Minneapoline's Ellen Dahl Lawson snaps some folks at the last Walker Music & Movies in the Park screening for Vita.mn, including hairstylist Emily Angelo.

Dirty Hair Halo style blogger Shannon Licari cuts a mean figure in a pencil skirt and wedges.

Ignite Model Whitney Fransway walks the rainy streets of Seoul with a friend.

New local men's style blog mplstyle.com launches

Minneapolis is always in dire need of more men's fashion sources - and spotlights on the guys in town who are showing the coasts that the Midwest does have a few stylish good men.

[Jonathan Rabb photographed for mplstyle.com]

Alleviating some of this is John-Mark, a Minneapolis model with Ignite, who has just launched a new men's style blog with Minneapolis-based photographer Drew Krason. Though John-Mark is now working out of New York City trying to get a leg up in the modeling industry, he will be collaborating with Krason. Krason will be photographing Minneapolis men while John-Mark will be doing industry interviews, writing, and creating videos in New York. John-Mark tells me the site, www.mplstyle.com, is dedicating to hosting 100% original content that will feature Minneapolis style with a global perspective.

Preview: Crooked Teeth Magazine, issue 3

Locally-published magazine Crooked Teeth is releasing its third issue next week, and they're previewing the cover image by editor-in-chief Caitlin Angelica, with Ignite models John-Mark and Alexandria, clothing from Rewind Vintage styled by Caitlin Angelica and Shannon Licari of local style blog Dirty Hair Halo, and hair and makeup by Kristin Olson and Julie Lam from Faces, Inc.



Here are some behind-the-scenes shots taken by Shannon Licari:




Click here for more behind-the-scenes images by Shannon Licari.