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YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN
Brian Bowen Smith's work. The Los Angeles-based photographer shoots celebs for magazines, movie posters—the works. When he deals with clients, Smith doesn't have much creative control. So every now and then he grabs a crew and goes in search of something truly wild. "Making art," he says, "is why I got into photography in the first place." Here we join Smith at El Mirage, a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert, where racers invented the hot rod movement back in the 1930s. "We drove out there and winged it," he says. 'Just jammed it out. The day started nice, but then it got super windy, almost like a dust storm. But we used the wind to our advantage." Pictured is Smith's friend Danish model Stephanie Corneliussen, otherworldly sexy, eyes like pools you can dive into, a body that comes alive as an organic image against a desiccated landscape so stark it appears almost apocalyptic. "Her spirit and personality match her body," Smith says of his muse. "It's a gift to have a beautiful model who is that open, unafraid and excited about what we're doing. That's rare in this world. She's one great package—everything comes together. With a girl this hot, no matter what, you're going to get something great." Feast your eyes on the desert fox.
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