The Wallpaper* photography desk turns its lens back on some of the most memorable photography moments of 2022. From travels to Oman to tours of Nike’s new Serena Williams Building, piña coladas to Pipilotti Rist, it’s been quite a year for our collaborating photographers. We can’t wait to see what photography gems are in store for 2023.
1. Maisie Cousins’ distinctive take on cosmetic dermatology
As artist Maisie Cousins told us of her instinctive take on our cosmetic dermatology story in the October 2022 issue: ‘I need to make images often and not really about anything in particular; [it’s] just a way of decompressing everyday things for me. If I’ve thought about it too much before I’ve made it, it’s ruined a bit for me. I need it to be more instant and impulsive.’
2. Mahmoud Mfinanga’s poetic exploration of Nike HQ’s new Serena Williams Building
We dispatched multidisciplinary artist Mahmoud Mfinanga to Portland, to photograph Nike’s new Serena Williams Building. ‘This project helped me rekindle my love of architecture,’ explains Mfinanga, who is the founder of the community-orientated platform Emmazed. ‘This moment was a pursuit of creating vignettes which attempted to reveal the poetics of space, and I’m truly thankful for everyone involved who made this a memorable journey.’
3. Olgaç Bozalp documented the rising creative scene in Muscat
Colourful fabrics hang on an acacia tree in a village to the east of the Muscat
For one a Trip story, we sent the globetrotting photographer Olgaç Bozalp to Muscat. ‘I went to Oman in 2018 to photograph my dad,’ he explained. ‘So visiting there again reminded me of my memories with him.’
4. Ilker Akyol spotlighted the otherworldly sculptures of Julien d’Ys
The Coquette by Julien d’Ys comprising a painted mannequin, netting from a package of firewood, a plastic cleaning glove, and a wig moulded with acrylic paint (a technique developed by d’Ys for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute)
As the iconic hair stylist Julien d’Ys puts it himself, ‘What I did here is like dreaming, it is very strange. Maybe people are going to get it, or maybe not, but I hope so.’ Take a look back to our March 2022 issue for the full story of his hair-raising artworks.
5. Wolfgang Tillmans’ post-installation self-portrait
‘I just made a relieved and happy after 16 days of installation self-portrait for you,’ Wolfgang Tillmans told us after completing the set up for his highly acclaimed retrospective at MoMA, New York, ‘To Look Without Fear’.
6. Joanna Wzorek’s sumptuous piña colada cover star
‘Globe’ iced beverage glass, by Wedgwood, from Selfridges. Earrings, by Chanel. Entertaining Director: Melina Keays. Fashion Director: Jason Hughes
‘The image was inspired by the forever classic Guy Bourdin. Looking back at this image makes me appreciate how moments like that are one of a kind.’ Joanna Wzorek explains of her piña colada composition for our March 2022 fashion special ‘For this story we tried to escape the grim reality of the pandemic. We were coming out of another lockdown, so this shoot felt really, really special. I was trying to reflect on the current events and turn them into something completely detached from the present as if the model is being lured into the world of fantasy.’
7. Amanda Hakan’s portrait of American design doyenne, Kelly Wearstler
Kelly Wearstler, photographed in July 2022, wearing a Balenciaga top and trousers, a Staud jacket, vintage earrings and Moncler glasses, in her bedroom at Hillcrest, her home in Beverly Hills. The bed features a Marcello Mioni headboard and Sferra’s ‘Giza’ bedding, while the walls are painted in Farrow & Ball Salt. Portrait Amanda Hakan. Fashion Monica Rose. Styling assistant: Katie Peare. Make-up: Maria Vargas. Hair: Nick Flores
We tasked LA photographer Amanda Hakan with photographing one of our October 2022 issue guest editors, designer Kelly Wearstler. ‘The opportunity to photograph Kelly in her home was unlike anything I’ve had before,’ says Hakan, whose practice focuses on exploring the subtleties of intimacy. ‘She was visible in every single detail of her home, down to the custom moulding, perfectly curated bathroom fixtures and everything in between.’
8. The extraordinary world of Pipilotti Rist, through the lens of Stefanie Moshammer
Portrait of artist Pipilotti Rist
Stefanie Moshammer, an Austrian visual artist whose practice involves various media, headed to Zurich to shoot the pioneering Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist. ‘At some point, Pipilotti wanted to take photos of me, so I handed her my camera,’ she says. ‘When you plan to photograph Pipilotti Rist, you end up being photographed by Pipilotti Rist.’
9. Our interpretation of artist Cerith Wyn Evans’ favourite dish, laverbread
For our November 2022 Art Issue Artist’s Palate feature, we created a culinary homage to the work of Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans, and his favourite dish, laverbread. ‘I’m made of this. I ate it every single day for breakfast throughout my childhood,’ says the artist, who is best known for poetic neon works that dance in space and leave traces on the mind and retina. For him, the beauty of laverbread lies in its consistency: rich, globular and gleaming.
10. Matthieu Lavanchy’s take on the best of A/W22 fashion
Hat, price on request, by Raf Simons
Swiss photographer Matthieu Lavanchy is known for his captivating still-lifes and intimate interior shots that manage to be both elegant and quirky. For our September 2022 issue, the Paris-based visual artist shot our favourite pieces from the A/W22 collections. ‘These images turned out surprisingly different to what I initially planned but this is what I love about them!’ explains Lavanchy, a reminder of how the unexpected is a joy of the creative process.
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First look at Maison 3, an eclectic new Parisian bar for sleepless nightsMaison 3 is an enigmatic space with a sensual atmosphere brought to life by the French studio Les Beaux Jours Architectures
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Chanel heads to Hangzhou, China for a poetic Métiers d’Art 2025 showThis evening in China (3 December 2024), Chanel travelled to Hangzhou’s much-mythologised West Lake, a Unesco World Heritage site, for a show that highlighted the extraordinary craft of the house’s artisans
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Wall lamps for every roomThe best wall lamps and where to find them: elevate your space with our curated edit of sconces and wall-mounted designs
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Inside Ricardo Bofill’s Walden 7, a cathedral of postmodern curiosityA new series by architectural photographer Sebastian Weiss takes us on a tour of Walden 7, Ricardo Bofill’s majestic Catelonian apartment building – a cathedral of utopian curiosity and community
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Heaven on Earth: architect Toshiko Mori curates Candida Höfer’s sublime new photography showAt Sean Kelly, New York, architect Toshiko Mori is curating a new show by Candida Höfer, spanning a 30-year period of the German photographer’s spatially sublime work
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Photographer Alessandro Furchino Capria on cats, consumerism and digital desertsWe explore the vision of Italian photographer Alessandro Furchino Capria in this month’s ‘Through the lens’ feature, where we spotlight photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors
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‘Site Unseen’ explores viewing and documenting architecture through photographyThe Center of Contemporary Photography in Melbourne invites us to ‘Site Unseen', an exhibition about different ways of viewing and documenting architecture
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Ricardo Bofill’s La Muralla Roja as captured by Sebastian WeissAs a tribute to architecture icon Ricardo Bofill (1939 – 2022) we revisit Hamburg-based photographer Sebastian Weiss’ captivating photo series on ‘La Muralla Roja’, first published in 2020
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A photographic trip through America’s roadside façadesIn her ongoing series, The Mother Road, Hayley Eichenbaum documents the tainted romanticism of roadside architecture on Route 66 in the American Southwest
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Through the lens of photographer Joanna Wzorek‘Through the lens’ is our monthly series that throws the spotlight on photographers who are Wallpaper* contributors. Here, we explore the vision of London-based Joanna Wzorek
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Architectural photographer Dennis Gilbert (1951-2021): an appreciationArchitectural photographer Dennis Gilbert has died aged 70. Founder of View Pictures, one of the foremost agencies for architectural imagery, and an honorary fellow of RIBA, he helped shape our perception of contemporary architecture
