Pink Ayanami

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Work: Shoot on location at some of the most extraordinary Love Hotel rooms in Japan and featuring a vast collection of self designed unique fashion like objects and props (consisting of masks, shields, armory, customized clothes and accessories) this photo is part of the so called “Love Land Invaders” series.
Photographer: Ralph Lagoi
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source: bentrova

Cologne-, Germany, based artist duo Ralph Lagoi and Kate Lace has provided BTB with their latest project latest project Love Land Invaders which was shot in Japan’s stunningly decorated love hotel rooms. ” -This fashion-art photo-series includes masks, jewelry, clothing and ribbons which we designed especially for the “Love Land Invaders”. Everything came together to become “luxurious pop”: vibrant colors, iconic characters and visual lust.”

When asked what inspires them the duo replies: “- We draw inspiration from lots of things like: Entertainment and pop culture, Japanese culture and its surreal output, nature and mythology, erotic bodies, fashion-design and art are perpetual inspirational sources. They all have one thing in common: a good vibrant portion of positive energy.” and you might say the same thing about their working relationship: “-We aim for the same things and easily come together and often our work adds to each other’s. Everybody may have their strong points but sometimes in the mix things really start to get interesting. We tend to discuss our stuff throughout the course of making so we both know what the other one is up to.”

Although “Love Land Invaders” is their first project collaborating, both Lagoi and Lace have been working creatively for a long time with design and illustration, and says: “- It was during our study years that we found photography enabling us to bring together these things. We like to spice things up with glamorous, provocative staging, wild fashion and accessory, to in the end hopefully achieve the intense visual language we are after.

Our artwork is a combination of the best of both of us. We can help each other while designing and building the props and fashion pieces, thinking about the compositions, retouching, and presenting. Furthermore with a team of two you really have everything you need to do good photography. Because we also like to appear as model in our sets we were able to shoot each other for example for the “Love Land Invaders” series (in addition you can not enter a Japanese love hotel with a big photo-team :). It is also great to see things work out if you have a bold vision together.”
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source: designaside

Maschere, occhiali, armature, scudi e nastri colorati son al centro di questa straordinaria serie di scatti creati da Ralph Lagoi e Kate Lace. Pose iconiche e camere di albergo per locations, a rappresentare ciò che il duo definisce “luxurious pop“.
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source: mymodernmet

If Daft Punk and Lady Gaga were to have a love child, we imagine she would look something like this (above). These candy colored creatures are actually the work of artistic duo Ralph Lagoi and Kate Lace, otherwise known as Lagoi & Lace. While studying art and photography at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, they decided to combine their various strengths in photography, design, art direction and styling to celebrate the power of beauty and fashion.

Set in actual love hotel rooms in Japan, this spread is called “Love Land Invaders.” It features superhero-like characters in crazy cool outfits and accessories like masks, glasses, shields, armory, jewelry, and ribbon. Each character represents a certain aspect of beauty (the beauty of dark elegance, the beauty of a gentleman, the beauty of play, the beauty of wilderness, the beauty of pink).

“The “Love Land Invaders” express an idea we call luxurious pop. In this project luxury can be found in the aesthetic quality of the design, for example by using glossy materials, sculptural shapes and vibrant colors. Luxury can also mean giving oneself the freedom to explore your desires and fantasies and creating fitting worlds. For us pop describes the idea of bringing diverse inspirational sources into a fresh mix to create emotionally and visually strong images. The idea of luxurious pop was our guiding light while creating the “Love Land Invaders”.
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source: dsgnrcl

Ralph Lagoi and Kate Lace han proporcionado a BTB con su último proyecto Love Land Invaders, “-Esta serie de fotos de moda incluye máscaras, joyas, ropa y cintas que han diseñado especialmente para Love Land Invaders. Todo se une para convertirse en “pop de lujo”:. Vibrantes colores, personajes icónicos y la lujuria visual “
Cuando se le preguntó lo que les inspira el dúo responde: “- Nos inspiramos en muchas cosas como: entretenimiento y la cultura pop, la cultura japonesa y su salida surrealista, la naturaleza y la mitología, los órganos eróticos, la moda, el diseño y el arte son fuentes de inspiración perpetua. Todos ellos tienen una cosa en común:. Buena parte vibrante de energía positiva ”
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source: thetrendygirl

Inspiré des univers créatifs variés tels que l’animation, le fantastique ou le manga, le duo d’artistes japonais multidisciplinaires Ralph Lagoi & Kate Lace (récemment diplômé de la Cologne’s Academy of Media Arts) exprime leur lubie artistique au fil de leur œuvre « Love Land Invaders ». Savant mélange entre photographie, mode, beauté et art, ils s’attachent à créer toutes sortes d’accessoires, chapeaux et rubans girly et un peu loufoques pour donner vie à leur imagination …
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source: lagoiboom

Shoot on location at some of the most extraordinary Love Hotel rooms in Japan and featuring a vast collection of self designed unique fashion like objects and props (consisting of masks, shields, armory, customized clothes and accessories) this collection of photographs are part of the so called “Love Land Invaders” series.

About
Ralph Lagoi is part of a new generation of visual artists with a fresh approach to photography and design and the merging of both. His efforts are resulting in vivid eye popping, energetic imagery. Every detail has been taken care of likewise and has been infused with his recognizable out of this world style. From shooting on set and location to designing props to post production, Ralph is fully hands-on and in control of every artistic aspect of his unique works.

Ralph Lagoi is set to continue to seek and explore the ever glorious glitter and the primal power of beauty, attraction and desire while aiming to make eye candy with photography and design.

Education
National Diploma in Media Arts
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source: fashion163

时尚绚丽的情人酒店，挑战你的想象极限，这是德国科隆艺术学院的Ralph Lagoi和Kate Lace的充满想象力的摄影，以日本的情人旅馆为题材，以绚丽多彩的形式时尚地将情人旅馆的想象空间挖掘出来。时尚绚丽的情人酒店，挑战你的想象极限，这是德国科隆艺术学院的RalphLagoi和KateLace的充满想象力的摄影，以日本的情人旅馆为题材，以绚丽多彩的形式时尚地将情人旅馆的想象空间挖掘出来。