A veteran photographer of Victoria's Secret campaigns for the past 15 years, there are few people more qualified to shoot supermodels than Russell James. Name a model who has appeared in the brand's catalogs and commercials during that time, and it's very likely that James captured her. In a new hardcover photo book titled Angels, James shoots the ladies again, but the focus this time is the female form and not the sensual underwear.
The 304-page book of black-and-white nudes features some of the biggest names in modeling, including Gisele Bundchen, Candice Swanepoel, Lily Aldridge, Kendall Jenner, Adriana Lima, Karlie Kloss, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Rihanna.
"Simply shooting a nude photograph is easy," James told the Independent, "however, accepting the trust of a woman to be at her most vulnerable, and delivering in return a tasteful photograph that she herself can admire is extremely hard." We imagine that his reputation as a great photographer made it a little easier to get the women whom he calls "some of the most beautiful in the world" to pose for these shots. Either way, the resulting images are beautiful.
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The book will be released on Oct. 15, but you can pre-order a copy today.
[via Selectism]
