Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsweerde in June 2011
Inez van Lamsweerde (born 25 September 1963) and Vinoodh Matadin (born 29 September 1961) are a Dutch-American fashion photographer duo,[1] whose work has been featured in fashion magazines and advertising campaigns.[2] They also produce independent art work.
Working together since 1986, the partnership has staged exhibitions and collaborative projects and participated in international group shows. Inez and Vinoodh live in New York with their son, Charles Star Matadin.[3]
Inez and Vinoodh met at the Fashion Academy Vogue in their hometown, Amsterdam, where they both initially studied fashion design—Vinoodh from 1981 to 1985 and Inez from 1983 to 1985. Inez took a master's degree in photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (1985–1990) and Vinoodh founded the Lawina clothing line with his classmate Rick Bovendeert. A commission for Inez to photograph the 1986 Lawina collection led to Vinoodh beginning to work with her, first as a stylist and eventually in 1995 as co-author of the images they produce together. The Lawina label closed in 1990 when Inez graduated and the pair began practicing as artists.[5]
Since 1999, they have worked regularly with Icelandic polymath Björk on several music videos and high profile magazine editorials. In February 2019, they released a jewelry collaboration with Mene, a brand co-founded by Pablo Picasso's granddaughter, Diana Widmaier Picasso.[10] They also released a line of jewelry[11] with New York brand Ten Thousand Things.[12]
The duo has shot supermodel Kate Moss while dancing to Michael Jackson's Billie Jean on film;[14] they also directed Lady Gaga's 2013 music video for "Applause".[15] They shot the single cover for "Applause" and shot single covers for other songs from Gaga's album Artpop.[16] They were featured in her ArtRave and shot An Artpop Film.[17]
In 2010, Pretty Much Everything: Photographs 1985–2010, a retrospective exhibition of 300 works from 25 years' work was staged at FOAM Fotografiemuseum in Amsterdam.[18] The show began its international tour in summer 2011 at the Bienal Pavilion in São Paulo, Brazil.
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