Inez and Vinoodh

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Inez van Lamsweerde (born 25 September 1963) and Vinoodh Matadin (born 29 September 1961) are a Dutch-American fashion photographer duo,{{citation | publisher = Air de Paris | url = http://www.airdeparis.com/lamsweerde_matadin.pdf | title = Lamsweerde, Matadin}}{{dead link|date=July 2009}} whose work has been featured in fashion magazines and advertising campaigns.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/fashion/fashion-photographers-Inez-van-Lamsweerde-Vinoodh-Matadin.html|title=Fashion Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin Polish Their Brand|last=Lipton|first=Lauren|date=2013-12-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-06-04|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/2493/10-inez-van-lansweerde-and-vinoodh-matadin-facts|title=10 Inez van Lansweerde and Vinoodh Matadin Facts|last=AnOther|date=2013-01-31|website=AnOther|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}}

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Lives and career

Lamsweerde and Matadin were born in Amsterdam, Netherlands.{{Cite web |last1=Director |first1=Harriet Lloyd-Smith published Contributions from Michael Reynolds- US |last2=Inez |last3=Photography |first3=Vinoodh- |date=2023-01-05 |title=Inez & Vinoodh on 35 years of radical photography, being 'two brains, one person', and judging our Design Awards |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/photography/inez-and-vinoodh-design-awards-2023-judges-profile |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=wallpaper.com |language=en}}

=Meeting=

Inez and Vinoodh met at the Fashion Academy Vogue in their hometown, Amsterdam, where they both initially studied fashion design—Vinoodh from 1981 to 1985 and Inez from 1983 to 1985. Inez took a master's degree in photography at the Gerrit 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/creative-class/the-creative-class-inez-and-vinoodh|title=The Creative Class {{!}} Inez and Vinoodh, Photographers|date=2012-05-14|website=The Business of Fashion|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-02-19}}

=Fashion and celebrity photography=

The duo have shot campaigns for Chanel, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton{{Cite web|last1=Staff|first1=jilliansollazzo, WWD|last2=jilliansollazzo|last3=Staff|first3=W. W. D.|date=2019-11-07|title=The Best Fashion Ad Campaigns of Fall 2019|url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/gallery/the-best-fashion-ad-campaigns-of-spring-1203152420/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=WWD|language=en-US}} and Miu Miu, as well as Louis Vuitton under creative director Virgil Abloh.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/42991/1/virgil-abloh-louis-vuitton-debut-ss19-campaign-inez-vinoodh-raimond-wouda|title=A group of kids front Virgil Abloh's debut Louis Vuitton campaign|last=Dazed|date=2019-01-21|website=Dazed|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} In 2023, they shot Taylor Swift for Time magazine’s Person of the Year covers.{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/6343115/taylor-swift-covers-inspiration-inez-vinoodh/|title=The Story Behind Taylor Swift’s Person of the Year Cover Shoot|date=December 6, 2023|website=TIME}}

= Collaborations =

Since 1999, they have worked regularly with Icelandic polymath Björk 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/mene-inez-vinoodh-gold-jewelry-fashion-week|title=A House Party, but Make It Fashion: Inez and Vinoodh Celebrate Their Mene Jewelry Collaboration|website=Vogue|date=12 February 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} They also released a line of jewelry{{Cite web|url=http://www.papermag.com/inez-vinoodh-take-their-relationship-to-the-next-level-1427301229.html|title=Inez & Vinoodh Take Their Relationship to the Next Level|date=2014-05-14|website=PAPER|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19|archive-date=2019-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220063238/http://www.papermag.com/inez-vinoodh-take-their-relationship-to-the-next-level-1427301229.html|url-status=dead}} with New York brand Ten Thousand Things.{{Cite web|url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/perfect-pairing-jewelry-forged-by-love-from-tenthousandthings-and-inez-van-lamsweerde-and-vinoodh-matadin/|title=Jewelry Forged by Love, From TenThousandThings and Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin|last=Gilchrist|first=Malina Joseph|date=2013-08-14|website=T Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-19}}

=Return to New York=

Inez and Vinoodh returned to New York permanently in 1994. Their list of editorial contributions includes fashion titles Vogue, Paris Vogue, Vogue Italia, W, Visionaire, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, L'Uomo Vogue, Vogue Hommes International, Vogue Nippon and Vogue China as well as style magazines Purple Fashion, Interview, V, V Man, Self Service, Another, Pop, i-D, Fantastic Man, and The Gentlewoman.{{Cite web |last=media-studies |date=2023-04-11 |title=The Gentlewoman Magazine {{!}} Study Guide |url=https://media-studies.com/the-gentlewoman-magazine/ |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=Media Studies |language=en-GB}}

= Film =

The duo has shot supermodel Kate Moss while dancing to Michael Jackson's Billie Jean on film;{{Cite web|url=http://showstudio.com/project/billie_jean|title=Billie Jean|website=showstudio.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} they also directed Lady Gaga's 2013 music video for "Applause".{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1712597/lady-gaga-applause-director-scenes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818191728/http://www.mtv.com/news/1712597/lady-gaga-applause-director-scenes/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2014|title=Lady Gaga's 'Applause': Director Cracks Open Five 'Hip' Scenes!|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|website=MTV News|language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} They shot the single cover for "Applause" and shot single covers for other songs from Gaga's album Artpop.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2013/07/lady-gaga-artpop-album-cover|title=Lady Gaga Leaks the Very First Artpop Photo, Gives Skeleton-Cake Party Favors|last=Miller|first=Julie|website=Vanities|date=12 July 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-02-19}} They were featured in her ArtRave and shot An Artpop Film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7494623/lady-gaga-artpop-film-inez-vinoodh|title=Lady Gaga Premieres 'An ARTPOP Film': Watch The Short Clip Directed By Inez & Vinoodh|date=2013-11-21|website=idolator|access-date=2019-02-19}}

=Retrospectives=

In 2010, Pretty Much Everything: Photographs 1985–2010, a retrospective exhibition of 300 works from 25 years' work was staged at FOAM Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2010/jul/13/lamsweerde-matadin-amsterdam-photography-everything|title=Dutch photographers show their lives in pictures with Amsterdam retrospective|last=Guillot|first=Claire|date=2010-07-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-02-19|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} The show began its international tour in summer 2011 at the Bienal Pavilion in São Paulo, Brazil.

= Books =

In 2011, Inez and Vinoodh's monograph, Pretty Much Everything was released. Designed in collaboration with M/M (Paris), it was published by Taschen in two volumes, each containing 333 pages and a pocket book-sized reader featuring essays and fiction by Michael Bracewell, Antony Hegarty, Penny Martin, Glenn O'Brien, Bruce Sterling and Olivier Zahm, with lyrics by Björk and Lady Gaga.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotografiska.com/sto/en/news/inez-vinoodh-pretty-much-everything-2015/|title=Inez & Vinoodh {{!}} Pretty Much Everything 2015|website=Fotografiska|access-date=2019-02-19}}