Hans Feurer: ‘Behind Fashion There Is Always a Dream’
“I love women. I have a lot of respect for women and find them more interesting than men. The person I am drawn to is intelligent, strong and beautiful. Women are the main reason I became a fashion photographer,” says Hans Feurer.
When I read Hans’ obituary and then his statement it left me with a smile for I have always said the same to every woman I have met even briefly. I am quoting what I truly have loved. --- Amyn Nasser
Statement:
My work comprises of a spontaneous combustion of drama in cinematic tonalities I set up which brings out character tones of a split second capture perhaps somewhere sometime in my dreams or through the "sway" of East West Cultural Influences, however, regardless the woman is always empowered with her femininity - and style. It is an essence of a (the) moment, that is it, - which can be missed. I don't particularly "Pose" unless the "Pose" is a "Pose", if you get it. We are a Pose.
The work is Timeless. I do not keep any relevance to styles or trends going out as they never do. That, to me, is a misconception. Classy is knowing who you are.
The branding campaigns, advertising, editorial projects I have "shot" over the years have a clear imprint of my twist of style with a visual sensory journey. Most often with campaigns or editorials, the success of the project was large, and a sellout of the product - no matter if a luxury handbag, stocking, pantie, liptstick or bow tie, or magazine story.
Fait Accompli. It is All Glossy!
Philosophy
“Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.” ― Jean Luc Godard
"the cinema substitutes for our gaze a world that matches our desires." (opening of godard's mepris) - jean-luc godard
Every form correctly seen is beautiful. The eye doesn't see any shapes, it sees only what is differentiated through light and dark or through colors. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, dramatist. Sayings in Prose
“What you see depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew
“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.” -- Leonard Bernstein
Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive. —Elliott Erwitt
“A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” - - Leonard Bernstein
In ancient times there was a country whose harvest came in and it was poisonous. Those who ate of it became insane. “There is but one thing to do,” said the King. “We must eat the grain to survive, but there must be those among us who will remember that we are insane.” -- George Carlin
“Money handles most people…” — from To Catch A Thief - Alfred Hitchcock
“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly?” -- Erin Hanson.
In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand presents, for the first time and in a dramatized form, her original philosophy of Objectivism. She exemplifies this philosophy in the lives of the heroes and in the action of the story. Objectivism holds that reason — not faith or emotionalism — is man's sole means of gaining knowledge. Her theory states that an individual has a right to his or her own life and to the pursuit of his or her own happiness, which is counter to the view that man should sacrifice himself to God or society. Objectivism is individualistic, holding that the purpose of government is to protect the sovereign rights of an individual. This philosophy opposes the collectivist notion that society as a whole is superior to the individual, who must subordinate himself to its requirements. In the political/economic realm, Objectivism upholds full laissez-faire capitalism — a system of free markets that legally prevent the government from restricting man's productive activities — as the only philosophical system that protects the freedom of man's mind, the rights of the individual, and the prosperity of man's life on earth.
-- CliffsNotes
Quotes from Diana Vreeland Movie:
…she created beauty and she created wealth
~ the eye has to travel
~ the first thing to do is arrange to be born in paris, after that, everything follows quite naturally
~ there’s only one very good life and that’s the life you know you want and you make it yourself
~ …a sense of style, style is everything, it’s a way of life, without it you’re nobody - vogue always did stand for people’s lives, i mean, a new dress doesn’t get you anywhere, it’s the life you are living in the dress.
~ we live an artificial life in an artificial town - life is artifice
~ the strong face comes not only from a bone construction, but from the inner thinking!
~ i think any form on rhythm is absolutely essential. i mean, we are a physical people. we do count on action, mood, and wit of the body and so on to survive.
~ in those days, it was a real story. that’s how you referred to a layout. you didn’t refer to it as just a series of photographs. it was a story. everything was so precise and there was such a luxury to it. you’ve got to give people what they can’t get at home. “faction”
You are THE MODERN DANDY: It goes without saying that you are wonderful company and oh what fun! A real breath of fresh air, as they say. You might be seen galivanting down London’s Carnaby Street as you prefer your tailors with a tad more verve than their stiff Savile Row counterparts. Your unique and unconventional temperaments mean you’re not a man that follows the crowd, after all one should never simply content themselves with the most obvious choice, especially when choosing a scent. It wouldn’t be surprising if you feel at home alongside the poets, painters and playwrights as you display a unique charisma with a diverse, tolerant and utterly disreputable charm.
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