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@russelljames #miamibeach Caught Russell experimenting on my balcony

Costa Careyes, Mexico. 2008.

We found a deserted beach and stayed until the sun went down.

Happy Birthday @heidiklum! Hope it’s another amazing one!!

Costa Careyes, Mexico. 2008.

We found a deserted beach and stayed until the sun went down.

Happy Birthday @heidiklum! Hope it’s another amazing one!!

Maybe the most recognisable male model ever, but the true legacy of Hoyt Richards is something far more astonishing. HBO has just released ‘Bring Me The Beauties’, the story of Hoyts life and how he turned survival into advocacy. Hell of a documentary!
@hbomax @hoytrichardsofficial
Photographs; Cyprus, 1995. #KodakTriX film.

Maybe the most recognisable male model ever, but the true legacy of Hoyt Richards is something far more astonishing. HBO has just released ‘Bring Me The Beauties’, the story of Hoyts life and how he turned survival into advocacy. Hell of a documentary!
@hbomax @hoytrichardsofficial
Photographs; Cyprus, 1995. #KodakTriX film.

Maybe the most recognisable male model ever, but the true legacy of Hoyt Richards is something far more astonishing. HBO has just released ‘Bring Me The Beauties’, the story of Hoyts life and how he turned survival into advocacy. Hell of a documentary!
@hbomax @hoytrichardsofficial
Photographs; Cyprus, 1995. #KodakTriX film.

Congrats @blackeyedpeas on the AMA! Best throwback song for “Rock That Body”.

@amas

The Honorary Palme d’Or doesn’t come around often.

When it does, it tends to find people who have earned it ten times over.

Barbra Streisand received hers at @festivaldecannes today.

Few people do what she does. Even fewer have done it for the better part of sixty years, at that level, on their own terms.

Congratulations @barbrastreisand

There’s a stretch of corridor at every Victoria’s Secret show where the music acts wait their turn.

Some pacing. Some still. Three minutes to stage.

That’s about how long a performer had after final mic check before they walked out in front of one of the most-watched live performances of the year.

There’s a stretch of corridor at every Victoria’s Secret show where the music acts wait their turn.

Some pacing. Some still. Three minutes to stage.

That’s about how long a performer had after final mic check before they walked out in front of one of the most-watched live performances of the year.

There’s a stretch of corridor at every Victoria’s Secret show where the music acts wait their turn.

Some pacing. Some still. Three minutes to stage.

That’s about how long a performer had after final mic check before they walked out in front of one of the most-watched live performances of the year.

There’s a stretch of corridor at every Victoria’s Secret show where the music acts wait their turn.

Some pacing. Some still. Three minutes to stage.

That’s about how long a performer had after final mic check before they walked out in front of one of the most-watched live performances of the year.

There’s a stretch of corridor at every Victoria’s Secret show where the music acts wait their turn.

Some pacing. Some still. Three minutes to stage.

That’s about how long a performer had after final mic check before they walked out in front of one of the most-watched live performances of the year.

There’s a stretch of corridor at every Victoria’s Secret show where the music acts wait their turn.

Some pacing. Some still. Three minutes to stage.

That’s about how long a performer had after final mic check before they walked out in front of one of the most-watched live performances of the year.

There’s a stretch of corridor at every Victoria’s Secret show where the music acts wait their turn.

Some pacing. Some still. Three minutes to stage.

That’s about how long a performer had after final mic check before they walked out in front of one of the most-watched live performances of the year.

Just the coolest. Even when looking dramatic. Happy birthday B!!!!! ❤️❤️
@behatiprinsloo @fulviafarolfi @italogregorio @pier59studios

Hugh Jackman, San Francisco, 2009.

This shot was taken in Hugh’s hotel room as he warmed up for a show.

Doing the thing he loves most, about to be on stage in a small theatre with an audience who are just as passionate about the performing arts as he is.

Available as a limited edition print - link in bio.

Bahamas, 2000. Some shoots stay with you.

Prints from the ‘Innocence’ series are available at russelljames.com (link in bio)

A few words for my friend Sam, and for his mum Joan.

I was lucky enough to spend time with the family on Necker over the years, and Joan was the heart of that place.

Song: Colours Bleed by @bransonsam @wavesrushin

Do yourself a favor and listen in full. Available on Spotify and Apple Music.

The brief: an underwater bathroom shoot for Germany’s Next Top Model.

What that actually meant: a fully tiled bathroom set with a claw foot tub and gold fixtures, built on land, craned into a pool, with seven divers and a crew of dozens to pull it off.

Heidi and I have been working together since the nineties. The ambition hasn’t shrunk!

@heidiklum @germanysnexttopmodel

#germanysnexttopmodel

Virgin Gorda, 2004.

The British Virgin Islands have a quality of light I haven’t seen matched anywhere in the world. This sunset was proof of it.

We’d been shooting on those rock formations all day. Waiting on the sun. It dropped behind cloud and held there: I wasn’t sure we were getting it.

Then it broke. Saturated, golden.

The kind of intensity that gives you seconds, not minutes. I was working the light from behind Gisele, bouncing it back directly into her face. That’s what you’re seeing.

At the end of a long day, Gisele found this position of ease. Nothing posed about it. She’d become part of that landscape.

I had a Polaroid camera with me. That original is on the wall right now at @cameraworkgallery as part of a group exhibition, Peel Off, on view through June 6.

Also available as a fine art print // enquiries via link in bio.