The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is probably one of the worlds most well known streets for its shopping and cafe's and horse-chestnut trees which have been featured in many television shows and movies. It was also along the Champs-Élysées, in a room within the Hotel Mathi where Markus shot 19 year old Dominick.
As I stated in the piece above, the men Markus shoots are not professional models but instead people who for some reason come into his life for brief periods of time. Dominick is a French guy who was dating another friend of his when he and Markus first met. Originally from Nice, but he currently lives in Paris.. 'I liked working with him because he is very relaxed and always open to trying different things'.
Dominick's images embody the honest and personal nature strived for within the artists work. There is clearly a high comfort level and trust between Markus and Dominick and the resulting images reflect this in how natural and un-staged they appear. I especially love how the minimal use of color adds to this. Except for the stripes of blue and yellow on Dominick's Calvin's the images are made up of skin reflected in shades of black and white, dark and light and shadow and sun.
