Homage to Bladerunner

This editorial in VOGUE ITALIA in march 1998 by Steven Meisel is a homage to Ridley Scotts Bladerunner. "I have seen things you people would not believe"

Bauhaus Design

This editorial by the Photographer Steven Meisel with the model Sasha Pivovarova appeared in Vogue Italia in March 2007. It’s another homage to the great Bauhaus designers of the 1920s.

Baroque Shoes

The French footwear designer Christian Louboutin likes art and traditions. So it he worked with photographer Peter Lippmann to create a series of art inspired ads for his fall 2011 campaign.

This photo is a quotation of the famous baroque painting "Magdalene and the Flame” (1640) by the French artist Georges de La Tour.

Retro Pin Up

The American actress Carla Gugino is posing here for Vanity Fair Vanities in 2008. The photo was shot by Matthew Rolston and is a clear homage to Gil Elvgren and his famous pin-up painting "Your move" from 1964.

Cool Birds

The Brasilian supermodel Isabeli Fontana is posing here for her homeland edition of L'Officiel Brazil. The photos were shot by the photographer Jacques Dequeker.

It’s not only the birds that reminds me of "The Birds" (1963) by Alfred Hitchcock, it’s also the pose reminding me a lot of the cool actress and fashion model Tippi Hedren.

Hopper as Backdrop

These photos by Max Abadian were published in FLARE magazine in September 2009. Called "East Coast Escape" I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they remind so much of some paintings by Edward Hopper.

Hopper: Lighthouse Hill (1927)

Hopper: Ryder's House (1933)

The Amazing 50 Foot Woman

This ad for Absolut Vodka was done with Kate Beckinsale in 2010. It’s a clear quote of the good old B-movie "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" (1958).

Looks like Space Babe

The top model Toni Garrn in the German Vogue in march 2009. There it was presented as a new "Cowboy-Look". But to it looks much more than the good old space babes like for example Caroline Munro inStarcrash (1979).

Ecstatic Madonnas

With these Madonnas the British photographer Miles Aldridge goes even a little furhter like some of the already extreme originals.

Old M.C.Escher as Designer

The lastest collection of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen is a clear reference to the famous Dutch artist M.C.Escher.