Swim Divas – Victoria’s Secret shares two smoldering videos captured during its swim 2012 catalogue shoot. Directed by Greg Kadel, models Candice Swanepoel, Miranda Kerr, Edita Vilkeviciute, Lily Aldridge and others turn up the heat in these sexy films. / Production – Studios and Capture This Digital

South African model Candice Swanepoel made the crossover from Victoria’s Secret angel to high fashion goddess this year. Candice appeared in campaigns for Versace, VS and Tom Ford and also appeared in magazines such as Vogue US, Harper’s Bazaar and Interview. For our latest installment of Year in Review, we pay tribute to eleven of the blonde beauty’s most memorable moments.

The Making of Miranda Kerr – Miranda Kerr bares all for the fourth issue of Industrie Magazine which is out on newsstands now. Known for taking a look inside the business of fashion, the publications taps Willy Vanderperre to photograph the Aussie beauty with these intimate black and white portraits. Miranda maintains a natural look with hair by Anthony Turner and make up by Lucia Pica.

Swiss Spring – Bally taps top models Miranda Kerr and Julia Stegner for its spring 2012 campaign shot in front of the Swiss Alps. Photographed by Norman Jean Roy with creative direction by Ronnie Cooke Newhouse and Stephen Wolstenholm, Miranda and Julia are joined by male models Cedric Bihr and Robert Konjic in the label’s elegantly minimal designs. (WWD)

Rag & Bone’s DIY Ladies – Rag & Bone taps Miranda Kerr, Karolina Kurkova and Carolyn Murphy for their fall 2011, DIY “Do it Yourself” campaign. Capturing the models on candid time, the top models sport the label’s autumn collection in locations varying from North Carolina and Montauk to New Zealand and New York City. Take a look at the photos as they speak for themselves.

View more images from this campaign on Rag & Bone’s official site

Miranda’s Moment – Miranda Kerr sizzles in the November cover shoot of Harper’s Bazaar Australia photographed by Simon Lekias. Captured in bright summer prints and colors styled by fashion editor Jillian Davison, Miranda oozes alluring confidence in pieces from the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, Emilio Pucci and Mary Katrantzou.

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Miranda Kerr by Seth Sabal

Seth Sabal is a New York based photographer most well known for his captivating portraits of models and landscape photographs. Working with a range of models from Victoria’s Secret girls to newer faces and iconic beauties, each photograph captures something special about its subject. Recently, Sabal talked to FGR about his upcoming projects, thoughts on the industry and what inspires his work.

My style is simple, it’s not complicated lighting, it’s about connection, I want to capture the person, show the clothing and entertain the idea that makes us all feel compelled to look again.

What was your very first job?
My first job was working at a portrait studio as a lab technician developing and printing Black and White in trays, I was 14 years old. It was a good base, and the negatives showed me everything to avoid in my own work later.

I feel incredibly lucky to have been involved in photography when it was still a craft of chemicals, developers, papers and film, retouching with lead pencils etc… I have fond and amazing memories of working 18-hour days in the dark, smelling like chemicals, and watching prints appear on silver gelatin paper in the dektol, Its irreplaceable.

Sabal’s landscape work

Do you have a dream location you’d love to capture in a landscape shoot?
I always have had a great appreciation for landscape photography, especially capturing the scene in an analog format, I think what Ansel Adams and other landscape masters created photographs that will last forever as a reference point of the beauty of the world we live in.

My ideal landscape shoot would be on the disappearing glaciers on Greenland, I think at the rate of global warming they will be gone in my lifetime.

Where are you on a typical Friday night?
Friday nights are always fun, maybe a movie or a nice dinner with my wife…I already danced my ass off for years and not really into the club scene anymore. Although, occasionally a good night out of dancing is amazing.

Tiiu Kuik by Seth Sabal

What is your favorite meal?
I am a steak and eggs kinda guy. I am Spanish – So that means I like to cook, Paella, drink sangria and listen to music.

Are there artists or photographers who inspire or influence you?
I love the work of Avedon and Penn, I remember my mother had a copy of Avedon’s book in our library of photography books as a kid, There was just something so invasive and powerful about his work, I connected to the fashion work, and was captivated by the portraits. Irving Penn’s work has majorly influenced my mind, his work was so simple and beautiful, timeless and what seemed as effortless. (although, I am sure it was not) I just love Penn’s work.

I also admire Greg Kadel’s work, I think he captures something very special in his subjects and has consistently nailed it for years. Although I know many of the working photographers in the industry, He is the only photographer I consider a friend, and he is a truly amazing artist and person.

I also am very captivated by Camilla Akrans’ work, I think she captures something so astounding on location. It’s defiantly influenced a mass of young photographers, you can see her work copied unsuccessfully in what seems like every other international publication.

I am consistently influenced by art, music and culture, I think it’s so important to embrace what some consider the garbage of the world, the kitsch or even the hokey stuff and use the references that all the artist have left us.

Doutzen Kroes by Seth Sabal

What’s your creative mood music?
Depends on how I feel, I love classic rock while shooting. Something just amazing was happening in the world in the 60s and 70s, you can feel it in the music.

Classical Music while editing (Beethoven, Chopin)

Electronic for Retouchers.

What made you want to become a photographer?
Photography picked me. I honestly was never really great at anything else outside of photography. I feel and then see with my eyes, and shooting has always been natural and easy.

I loved printing and thought that would be my calling, one day I found myself with a camera in hand and its never left my side since.

Your proudest moment as an artist?
When you get your first cover or see your editorial published in a Vogue it is amazing. However, for me the best moment was being asked to photograph for a charity that promotes education in Africa. I am so proud that my work can help people that are less fortunate, and bring light to the situation.

If you could shoot any subject, alive today or past figure, who would it be?
Picasso

Do you prefer to shoot black & white or color, and why?
It’s a great question, I shoot everything in color except my landscapes, which are still traditional black and white film… somehow much of the fashion work finds its self in B&W by the end of the retouching process. I feel things much deeper it seems in B&W.

What’s the worst thing about the job? And what’s the best part about being a photographer?
The worst thing about the job is not having any free time. Although, I really enjoy what I do, my free time is generally spent on a plane or a hotel room worried about the next job or story. I won’t sugarcoat it, I worry and I dwell on what’s next, a lot.

I guess it comes from a deep desire and respect for the client or magazine. See digital technology has made photography accessible to everyone in the world. Being a photographer used to be a profession for professionals, because if you sucked, you went broke. – Its not anymore, the market is flooded with people that have no business being photographers, the rates have dropped, the profession in a sense has come under attack and has been prostituted. Steichen put it best in the early 30s with the advent of the 35mm… it applies perfectly to this moment in photography in respect to the accessibility of digital technology, and mass flood of photographers. “ 35mm has turned photographers in to bums, and bums into photographers.”

I feel incredibly fortunate to have amazing clients, enjoy a stable emotional, spiritual & financial life, support my staff and studio from photography. I don’t take it for granted, I’ve worked incredibly hard for many years, and it feels amazing to be able to do anything I want at this point. I feel really lucky.

The best part of the job is waking up every morning excited to create, excited to collaborate with amazing artists, models, editors and creative teams. Seeing all parts of the world and cultures, and seeing the work everywhere is amazing too.

Sasha Pivovorava by Seth Sabal

How would you describe your style?
My style is simple, it’s not complicated lighting, it’s about connection, I want to capture the person, show the clothing and entertain the idea that makes us all feel compelled to look again. I am very aware that images can change your whole perspective of something, they change us whether we want them to or not, this is what I want my work to do.

I am a work in progress, I am so excited about the future and I do my best to live in the moment and enjoy the ride.

Future plans or projects you’d like to share?
I have some amazing projects in process, I am doing a portrait series of 500 models in the industry, the portraits are all shot in the exact same format (8×10) and on a black background, kinda like a mug shot; except with really pretty lighting; I am into the mid 300s now and expect to finish the project in mid 2012. Its amazing because the project encompasses top supermodels to working girls to newer faces, you find uncanny similarities and uniqueness in all of them. I am so drawn to the contradictions and anomalies. It’s interesting because you see 8 or 9 models shot in this format and it doesn’t do anything, but when you see a few hundred and its emotion is revealed. I am very happy with this project.

The second project that I am working on that I am so excited about is a landscape book, it will be a very short run, exquisitely printed book with 80 of my favorite landscapes over the last 15 years. Although I am 30 years old, and only done “real” fashion photography for a 5-6 years or so, landscape goes back with me to the beginning of my photographic life. I really love shooting a landscape as I do fashion, but they are completely different creatures and emotions in the process. Landscapes are my balance in life, they are very revealing. Recently in the process of being overworked, I have found the landscapes shot from 2009 to now even more interesting and beautiful.

The Body Electric – A sexy quartet of top Victoria’s Secret models take to the beach in this homage to ’80s excess lensed by Alexei Hay for the October issue of Elle US. With retro trends in mind, stylist Joe Zee’s selects are uninhibited, youthful and vibrant. Models Miranda Kerr, Chanel Iman, Adriana Lima and Doutzen Kroes pile on the accessories, wearing selects from D&G, Marc Jacobs, Oscar de la Renta, Aiko, Balenciaga by Nicholas Ghesquière, Jen Kao, Hervé Léger by Max Azria, DKNY, Chanel, Alexander Wang, Versace, Victoria’s Secret and more.

See more photos and take a look at behind the scenes on Elle.com

The Bombshells – Victoria’s Secret models Miranda Kerr, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes and Chanel Iman take four covers for Elle US’ October issue lensed by Alexei Hay. Sporting swimwear and colorful accessories, the images pay tribute to Elle’s classic supermodel shoots which were noted for sand, sun and glamour. (Huffington Post)

Double Take – The August edition of Vogue US captures five of fall’s top trends with an all star cast of models including Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel, Raquel Zimmermann, Anais Pouliot, Audrey Marnay, Fei Fei Sun, Guinevere van Seenus, Karen Elson, Kristen McMenamy, Arizona Muse and Liya Kebede. Lensed by Steven Meisel, the women sit for glam portraits styled by fashion editor Marie-Amelie Sauvé with designs from the likes of Prada, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors and Gucci.

Sarah Stephens joins Marloes Horst as an ambassador for Seafolly’s latest campaign. Showing off the beachwear label’s newly launched D cup line, the Australian model follows in the footsteps of Jessica Hart, Samantha Harris, Miranda Kerr and Catherine McNeil. / See Marloes’ images here

Some of our favorite portraits come from New York based photographer Seth Sabal, and his latest portrait series starring four Victoria’s Secret Angels is certainly no exception. Capturing leggy beauties Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel, Erin Heatherton and Lily Aldridge, Sabal shows off a new side of these sexy bombshells.

Month after month, Vogue Italia’s covers continue to wow and surprise and for the last two decades, Steven Meisel has shot the covers and main editorials for Italian Vogue. For 2010, Meisel shot a mixture of supermodels, old favorites and new faces. Tackling themes such as the runway, the gulf oil spill and 3D photography, Meisel delivered nonstop glamour. As 2010 ends, Fashion Gone Rogue pays tribute to Steven Meisel’s cover shoots, inside out from January to December.

Vogue Italia January 2010 | Runway by Steven Meisel, cover model Karlie Kloss

Three Women for Vogue Italia February 2010, models Jamie Bochert, Daphne Guinness & Agyness Deyn

In Grande Stile by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia March 2010, cover model Freja Beha Erichsen

Shrink to Fit by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia April 2010, cover model Amber Valletta

Bathing Beauties by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia May 2010, models Kirsi Pyrhonen & Daria Strokous

Wild is the Wind by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia June 2010, cover model Eva Herzigova

Christy by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia July 2010, cover model Christy Turlington

Water and Oil by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia August 2010, cover model Kristen McMenamy

Miranda by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia September 2010, cover model Miranda Kerr

Mariacarla, Vera Italiana by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia October 2010, model Mariacarla Boscono

Venus in Furs by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia November 2010, cover models Freja Beha & Iselin Steiro

Rubber Soul by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia December 2010, cover model Gisele Bundchen

After seeing all the of Meisel’s cover shoots, which were your favorites? Which models you would like to see get a future Vogue Italia cover? Comment below!

Like it or not, fashion and nudity go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly or a photographer and their camera. For 2010, risquéness hit a whole new level with nuns, bondage and even a lesbian wedding hitting the editorial scene. From subtle beauty to in-your-face boldness, fashion had a pretty risqué year!

GET THEE TO A NUNNERY: Ashley Smith played a nun gone bad in Greg Gex’s sultry shoot for Dedicate Magazine.

NATURAL BEAUTY: Although it was not the most risque of shoots, Blaise Reutersward delivered stunning beauty with Marloes Horst for Vogue China

CANDICE DOES COPAHAGEN: Candice Swanepoel went wild in VMAN’s fall-winter issue, appearing nude alongside a group of dashing blonds, photo by Mario Testino

ARTISTIC LICENSE: Eniko Mihalik is no stranger to taking it off for editorials, but Derek Kettela’s enchanting photos for 25 Magazine were eye-catching

GOOD GIRL GONE BAD: Miranda Kerr also followed the nun trend with Greg Kadel’s Bad Education shot for Numéro, there’s even a nun smoking a cigarette–talk about risqué!

THE BEAUTY SITTING: 10 Magazine paid homage to Guinevere van Seenus for its fall issue which featured Guinevere in several editorials, but none were more eye-catching than Mario Sorrenti’s bold shoot

LOVE LOVE: Love Magazine’s spring-summer issue had a whole bevy of top models going nude from Natalia Vodianova to Kate Moss in the risqué Body Conscience, photo by Mert & Marcus

TIED UP: Interview fell in love with Lara Stone this year and we loved this bondage themed shoot by Mert & Marcus featuring Lara in a variety of get-ups

THE WEDDING NIGHT: Abbey Lee Kershaw and Edita Vilkeviciute played a sexy couple in the December issue of Interview for a Vera Wang feature lensed by Mario Sorrenti

CALENDAR GIRL: Vogue Paris had Daria Werbowy go nude for its December-January issue in Louis Vuitton gems. Photographed by Mikael Jansson, she made one sexy pin-up!

SEXY V: V Magazine had five sexy covers for its pre-fall issue including Natasha Poly, Eniko Mihalik, Adriana Lima, Isabeli Fontana and Eniko Mihalik, photo by Mario Sorrenti

SUMMER BREEZE: Magdalena Frackowiak went seventies for Vogue Russia earlier this year and along with it–threw all her inhibitions out the door in this summer series by Tom Munro

Those were just twelve risqué looks of the year. Which were your favorites? Can you think of other risqué looks? Comment below!