Kristian Soisalo x STiMULANT II

This is the second shoot in Marrakech with Noana for the STiMULANT collaboration. The seeming contradiction and slight taboo of soaking pure silk in water makes for a unique scene. A commodity so precious in an element that could damage it creates a particular sense of melancholic fragility, enhanced by the creative use of off-camera flash in conjunction with the unorthodox use of a mirror in the background and the sensuality of transparency from wetting garments. Purposeful underexpose for the further shots aims to create a sense of locational specificity, the pool made to be its own, isolated environment.

Photography & Shoot Co-Direction: Kristian Soisalo
Talent, Styling, and Shoot Co-Direction: Noana Smits
Project Direction & Garments: Lea Ellemann