Stephane Coutelle: Shoebox Studio

Shoebox Studio records a moment in a fashion model’s career that is rarely seen by a wider public: the model’s first “getting-acquainted” photoshoot, in which no attempt is made to beautify or exaggerate her face, pose or expression. Having produced photo campaigns for some of the world’s premier beauty clients (Lancôme, L’Oréal, Revlon), French photographer and painter Stéphane Coutelle is ideally placed to make these portraits of vulnerability and aspiration: his Shoebox Studio sees an un...