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RAYMOND MEIER
[VS+COMPANY]
VOGUE, 2006
Raymond Meier was born in Switzerland in 1957. After his apprenticeship at the Zurich Art School, he opened his first studio at the age of twenty, where he focused primarily on industrial and corporate photography.
LOVE, 2015
VOGUE, 2003
VOGUE, 2010
VOGUE, 1999
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, 2007
GLOSSIER, 2019
He applied his conceptual thinking and photographic experimentation to the field of commercial image-making. His work evolved to include portraiture, advertising, and ultimately still life and fashion.
GLOSSIER PLAY
HARPER'S BAZAAR
NUMERO TOKYO, CHANEL 2010
CALVIN KLEIN
VOGUE CHINA, 2013
W, 1995
In 1986, he moved his studio to New York City where he has been a major influencer upon publications at points of innovative change including Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, and The New York Times.
DIOR MAGAZINE
VOGUE, 2009
VOGUE, 2009
MARC JACOBS, DECADENCE
HARPER'S BAZAAR, 1994
HARPER'S BAZAAR
VOGUE JAPAN, 2000
In the 1990s, Raymond was among the first photographers to shoot color negatives and provide c-prints to magazines and advertising clients. By 1992 he was on the forefront of digital scanning and retouching.
VOGUE GERMANY, 1999
ESTEE LAUDER
NARS COSMETICS, ORGASM 2018
GLOSSIER, 2018
W, 1995
VOGUE, 2012
Meier’s long lasting relationships with major fashion, jewelry and cosmetic brands have shaped their visual identities for three decades.
Anna Wintour describes Meier’s work; "Raymond Meier has that unerring ability to infuse technically masterful compositions with charm and punch. When Meier casts his eye on something, it soars beautifully."
VIKTOR & ROLF, 2014
SHISEIDO
TIFFANY & CO, 2015
MARC JACOBS BEAUTY, 2018
MARC JACOBS BEAUTY, 2018
VOGUE, LOUIS VUITTON 2008
With his intense understanding and constant experimentation with the properties of analog and digital photography, Meiera articulates the complexity and subtleties of the medium.
"I have always been more interested in how to photograph rather than actual subject matter. Entering into the space between the literal and the perceptual is where I find true creative freedom".
CARTIER
CLINIQUE
CLINIQUE, 2004
VIKTOR & ROLF
NUMERO TOKYO
Dedicated to an independent photographic practice, Raymond has worked on a multiplicity of projects including CUBES, PLEXI, RUBBER, LEMON JUICE and also UNIFORM COLOR SPACE and RENDERINGS : both series that hinge upon our capacity to construct meaning from what we visually register.
PLEXI, 2009
RUBBER, INSTALLATION VIEW, 2009
LEMON JUICE , 2012
UNIFORM COLOR SPACE, 2009
RENDERINGS, 2010
"In THE REDUCED ARCHIVE, (2010 – ongoing). using data analytics, I have abstracted twenty years of my commercial work. A new ‘picture’ is created by algorithmically reading the color structure of my images, altering their coordinates, and reducing each image to its most prevalent colors."
THE REDUCED ARCHIVE, 2010-ONGOING
The two-volume set of his book LOUIS KHAN DHAKA (2004). features the architecture of the capital complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh
It is a poetic photo tribute to what is possibly the most moving, timeless, and underappreciated work of architecture built in the last 50 years.
LOUIS KHAN DHAKA, PUBLISHED BY SIMONETT 2004
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