Bela Borsodi

Last updated

Bela Borsodi (1966) is an Austrian still life photographer based in New York City.

Contents

Biography

Bela Borsodi was born in Vienna in 1966 [1] and has lived and worked in New York City since the early 1990s. He studied fine art and graphic design with a great interest in psychology but often incorporated photography in his projects. When his friends started working at magazines and asked him to take photographs for them, Borsodi became more interested in photography. This led to an early career as a photographer where he shot portraits, reportage, and some fashion for editorials in Austria and Germany. [2]

Style

Through combining aspects of fine art, graphic design, craft, and psychology, [3] his work offers a surreal imagery that makes clothing and accessories 3-dimensional.

Borsodi says of his work “I love making things and putting things in an unusual context incorporating various visual languages coming from art and graphic design–eroticism is also a fascination of me that I love exploring". [4]

Commercial work

Bela Borsodi’s work has appeared in publications such as V Magazine, Vogue, Wallpaper Magazine, and Another Magazine. He has worked with fashion brands such as Uniqlo, Baume et Mercier Watches, Hermès, and Selfridges. [5]

Controversy

His “Foot Fetish” story for V Magazine received much publicity, both negative and positive. He was attacked by feminist groups while his photos sparked new discussions on how the female body is sexualized and objectified in fashion and in art. [6]

Collections

Two of his collaborative works with Stefan Sagmeister are included in the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum at the Smithsonian. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</span> Design museum in Manhattan, New York

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile. It is one of 19 Smithsonian Institution museums and one of three Smithsonian facilities located in New York City, along with the National Museum of the American Indian's George Gustav Heye Center in Bowling Green and the Archives of American Art New York Research Center in the Flatiron District. Unlike other Smithsonian museums, Cooper Hewitt charges an admissions fee. It is the only museum in the United States devoted to historical and contemporary design. Its collections and exhibitions explore design aesthetic and creativity from throughout the United States' history.

Irving Penn was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seymour Chwast</span> American graphic designer

Seymour Chwast is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alexey Brodovitch</span> Russian artist

Alexey Vyacheslavovich Brodovitch was a Russian-American photographer, designer and instructor who is most famous for his art direction of fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar from 1934 to 1958.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Bierut</span> American graphic designer (born 1957)

Michael Bierut is a graphic designer, design critic and educator, who has been a partner at design firm Pentagram since 1990. He designed the logo for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefan Sagmeister</span> Austrian artist

Stefan Sagmeister is an Austrian graphic designer, storyteller, and typographer based in New York City. In 1993, Sagmeister founded his company, Sagmeister Inc., to create designs for the music industry. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Jay Z, Aerosmith, Talking Heads, Brian Eno and Pat Metheny. From 2011 until 2019 he partnered with Jessica Walsh under the name Sagmeister & Walsh Inc.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ellen Lupton</span> American graphic designer

Ellen Lupton is a graphic designer, curator, writer, critic, and educator. Known for her love of typography, Lupton is the Betty Cooke and William O. Steinmetz Design Chair at Maryland Institute College of Art. Previously she was the Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City and was named Curator Emerita after 30 years of service. She is the founding director of the Graphic Design M.F.A. degree program at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), where she also serves as director of the Center for Design Thinking. She has written numerous books on graphic design for a variety of audiences. She has contributed to several publications, including Print, Eye, I.D., Metropolis, and The New York Times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marian Bantjes</span> Canadian graphic designer

Marian Bantjes is a Canadian designer, artist, illustrator, typographer and writer. Describing her work as graphic art, Marian Bantjes is known for her custom lettering, intricate patterning and decorative style. Inspired by illuminated manuscripts, Islamic calligraphy, Baroque ornamentation, Marian Bantjes creates detailed work, often combining the forms of her disparate influences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Wolf</span> American graphic designer

Henry Wolf was an Austrian-born, American graphic designer, photographer and art director. He influenced and energized magazine design during the 1950s and 1960s with his bold layouts, elegant typography, and whimsical cover photographs while serving as art director at Esquire, Bazaar, and Show magazines. Wolf opened his own photography studio, Henry Wolf Productions, in 1971, while also teaching magazine design and photography classes. In 1976, he was awarded the American Institute of Graphic Arts Medal for Lifetime Achievement and, in 1980, was inducted into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame.

Jennifer Morla is an American graphic designer and professor based in San Francisco. She received the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Award in Communication Design in 2017.

Jayme Odgers was an artist, photographer and graphic designer. He was best known for his new wave design and experimental collage photography of the 1980s.

Stefan Eins is an Austrian-American artist whose artwork has been exhibited since 1970. His belief that art and scientific experimentation are one and the same significantly impacted art and society. He is most known for founding the art gallery Fashion Moda that is located in South Bronx, New York.

Anthony Barboza is a photographer, historian, artist and writer. With roots originating from Cape Verde, and work that began in commercial art more than forty years ago, Barboza's artistic talents and successful career helped him to cross over and pursue his passions in the fine arts where he continues to contribute to the American art scene.

Stefan Kokovic is a Serbian artist, fashion photographer and media personality, who is based in Austria, specifically Vienna, and works with well known Austrian fashion celebrities.

Karel Martens is a Dutch freelance graphic designer, specialized in typography

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pierre Kleykamp</span>

Pierre Armand Kleykamp was a Modern furniture, interior, graphic, textile, product designer and teacher. Born in Belgium of Dutch nationality, he became a U.S. citizen in 1954. His clients included KLM, Holland-American Lines, Aetna Life Insurance, the United Nations. He supplied furniture to the Goed Wonen Groep and crafted several pieces for the interior of Schiphol Airport's International Departure Hall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christina Malman</span>

Christina Malman was an artist and illustrator, best known for her work for The New Yorker magazine.

<i>Design Matters</i> Interview podcast

Design Matters is a podcast founded and hosted by American writer, educator, artist, and designer Debbie Millman. Founded in 2005, Design Matters is considered "the first and longest running podcast about design". It is now hosted on Design Observer, which is published in partnership with AIGA. Debbie Millman has interviewed over 250 guests including Amanda Palmer, Chris Ware, Malcolm Gladwell, Massimo Vignelli, Steven Heller, Marian Bantjes, Tina Roth Eisenberg, Alain de Botton, Alison Bechdel, and Stefan Sagmeister.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matuschka</span> American artist & author

Matuschka, is an American–Ukrainian photographer, artist, author, activist, and model. Her self-portrait on the Sunday cover of New York Times magazine in 1993 was chosen by LIFE for a special edition entitled 100 Photographs that Changed the World published in 2003 and again in 2011. The artist has been nominated for many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, and has received dozens of citations, honors, and distinctions for her photographic works, and activism since the early 1990s. In 2012 Matuschka appeared in Rose Hartman's book Incomparable Women of Style, and in 2011 John Loengard included her in his monograph: The Age of Silver: Encounters with Great Photographers.

Rick Valicenti is an American graphic designer based in Chicago.

References

  1. 1 2 "Collaborations with Bela Borsodi - Stefan Sagmeister - Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum". collection.cooperhewitt.org.
  2. "Best Food Forward," Digital Photographer, Pg. 58-9
  3. Verena "Bela Borsodi's still life personas," Ping Magazine, November 16, 2007
  4. "Featured Artist Interview - Bela Borsodi," Archived July 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Taxi Design Network, May 12, 2008
  5. "The Interview with Bela Borsodi" Archived May 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Varoom Magazine
  6. Mary Talato "Bela Borsodi Interview" , Pg. 42-7