TERHI SUANTO’s Lookbook Photography

Terhi Suanto is a dear friend of mine and a brilliant fashion and textile designer, from Finnland. We studied together at Instituto de Design Barcelona. For her final process book and lookbook, she hired me to help art direct and photograph her final two dresses.

It was quite an adventure finding the location for the shoot. We hiked up a mountain in Spain with two white dresses to find this beautiful terracotta cave. This location was a beautiful contrast to her white designs. She writes:

“Wave after wave women collection is inspired by Alvar Aalto’s design aesthetic. All the wave-like shapes in his designs inspired me to explore different wavy structures, object repetition, and striped textures.”

From her explanation of the collection, I researched Alvar Aalto’s designs and his inspirations.  Many of his architectural projects introduce waves and curves, especially to the walls and ceilings. These curves arch around the rooms, mimicking a cave, seen in the Church of Riola, Italy. I purposed we find a cave, and Terhi agreed. Here dresses and the model interacted with the cave’s natural forms, beautifully.

I photographed these on a 50mm digital camera, only using the natural light.

Our friend Daphné Couteille is a beautiful model.

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