Photographer Antoine Verglas was born in Paris.  He began his career on the other side of the camera, working as the host on a popular French television show after graduating from France's prestigious E.S.C. school of Business. Verglas then had the idea that would be his entree to the fast paced world of fashion photography.

It was then, in 1990 when Verglas moved to New York with his camera and his vision.  Pluck and persistence paid off, with a documentary style photo series for French Elle which featured some of the top names in modeling.  Shooting Stephanie Seymore, Linda Evangelista, Naomi, Claudia Shiffer and Cindy Crawford at home in very personal portraits just as they were reaching celebrity status was his big break, and indicative of the style which has become the Verglas signature.

This intimate style of capturing the person behind the camera has led to the rapid pace of work Verglas now has shooting for the world's top fashion magazines.  His photographs have appeared in Elle, Esquire, GQ, Maxim, Sports Illustrated and Vogue.

Dean Isidro’s proximity to the “project” of helping people encompass physical beauty - a product of his time watching his mother work at her beauty salon - molded the purposeful and idealized vision of both men and women that shine through in his photographs. His fluid pictures of women highlight the distinctly feminine beauty of his subjects, and the more angular and mechanical nature of his photographs of men in turn serve to highlight their masculine beauty. All of his editorial photos embody an energetic, dreamlike haze created by the colorfully warm tones he shoots in. The contrast between this warmth and the edge of the clothing and models he photographs creates a sense of tension, one that leaves a viewer with a feeling of anticipation and interest.

One creative subject that has been present within Isidro’s mind and photographic oeuvre since his start as a photographer is the ocean, a relic of his childhood spent in a languid Northern California beach town. His fascination with the color indigo and the motif of the sea are rooted in his memories of the water reflecting the sunlight unique to a town defined by its bodies of water. He stayed close to the water during college where he attended Pepperdine University in Malibu before moving to the opposite coast in the 1990’s, entering the completely different sphere of New York City to pursue photography. This contrast, evident in Isidro’s ability to infuse his photographs with both a languid dreaminess and confrontational edginess, falls in line with his bicoastal personal history and encompasses the energy of his work.

In contemplation of his photographs at the beach specifically, Isidro’s photos achieve a sense of democratization in connection with nature. The brevity of his photos of water, the facelessness of his models enmeshed in waves, and the dedication to depicting the energy of the water allow viewers to imagine themselves in the image and revisit a past experience laying amongst sand and sun. He continues to stay true to his dynamic worldview by photographing on both the beaches of Sag Harbor and the streets of New York City, allowing him to capture both the natural beauty of the physical world and the curated beauty of humanity.

Antoine Verglas: The Sensual Celebration of Natural Beauty