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Vanichi Magazine has partnered with Los Angeles-based photographer Viktorija Pashuta to create a sequel to her photography series, ‘What If Girls Were Internet Browsers’. The new project, “What If Guys Were Social Networks“, is a concept fashion photo shoot that pictorially answers the question: “What would popular social networks look like, if they were actually human?” Viktorija explains, “With the age of social media and its influence on everyday life, we feel its direct presence and the necessity to use these channels as our main source of communication and sharing of content. While socializing with friends, relatives, and colleagues online, the actual online platforms sort of become ‘alive.’ And then I thought: ‘What would happen if I tried to humanize well known social networks? The idea was not only to use the social media logos as a visual reference, but also to transfer their qualities and usability functions into human character portrayed through fashion.”

Viktorija writes about the creative inspiration behind the social network series.

“Even though they share very similar functions and features, each social network has its own character and style: Facebook is depicted as casual; Twitter as classic; Pinterest as creative; LinkedIn as business; Instagram as vintage; Flickr as artsy; Tumblr as hip; and Google+ as innovative. Combining the visual elements of the logos, I then cast the models that would carry the ‘spirit’ of the social platforms and represent their essence. It may be subjective, but this is exactly what I imagined the networks would look like if they stepped down from the computer screens into the streets. Working closely with wardrobe stylist Jordan Anthony Swain (who is also Editor-in-Chief of Vanichi Magazine, as well as the model featured as Instagram) – together we finalized these looks, making sure we didn’t overlook any important details to make these characters believable. Even their personalities somehow appeared to match the ‘soul’ of the networks: Tumblr (modelled by Daniel) was very hip and cool, Google+ (modeled by Taejung) was super energetic, and Facebook (modelled by Mazlow) – was a freshman out of high school.”

Viktorija writes on her blog about the creative inspiration behind the “What if Girls Were Internet Browsers photography series.

“It required a lot of pre production and preparation since every Internet Browser had to have very specific elements, colors, features. As Juli one of my Facebook friends commented: Internet Explorer is all flashy, Firefox is sexy, Opera is elegant, Chrome is utilitarian and Safari – trendy/hip. Besides creating a visual resemblance based on the main colors, I have tried to reflect the style of each Internet browsers through the means of clothes, shoes, accessories, props and poses itself. ”

Credits

The Vanichi Social Networks and Browsers photography series was developed by creative director and photographer Viktorija Pashuta, wardrobe stylist Chalia Young (Girls), wardrobe stylist Jordan Anthony Swain (Guys), Tre Major (Girls) hair stylist Barbara Yniguez (Guys), make up artists Tokiko Inoue and Heiddis Ros.

Social network models are Vu Nguyen (Twitter), Jordan Anthony Swain (Instagram), Mazlow Petosa (Facebook), Taejung Lee (Google+), Daniel Gibson (Tumblr), Adam Lee (Pinterest), Kenny Dean (Flickr), Skyler Yeast (Linkedin). Browser models are Kaylen Dao (Chrome), Brittany Ryan (Safari), Clancy McClain (Firefox), Tracy Acholonu (Opera), Polina Frantsena (Internet Explorer).

For more information and stills gallery, please turn to: www.erikwernquist.com/wanderers Wanderers is a vision of humanity’s expansion into the Solar System, based on scientific ideas and concepts of what our future in space might look like, if it ever happens. The locations depicted in the film are digital recreations of actual places in the Solar System, built from real photos and map data where available. Without any apparent story, other than what you may fill in by yourself, the idea with the film is primarily to show a glimpse of the fantastic and beautiful nature that surrounds us on our neighboring worlds – and above all, how it might appear to us if we were there. CREDITS: VISUALS – Erik Wernquist – erik@erikwernquist.com MUSIC – Cristian Sandquist – cristiansandquist@mac.com WORDS AND VOICE – Carl Sagan COLOR GRADE – Caj Müller/Beckholmen Film – caj@beckholmenfilm.se LIVE ACTION PHOTOGRAPHY – Mikael Hall/Vidiotism – mikael@vidiotism.com LIVE ACTION PERFORMANCE – Anna Nerman, Camilla Hammarström, Hanna Mellin VOCALIST – Nina Fylkegård THANK YOU – Johan Persson, Calle Herdenberg, Micke Lindgren, Satrio J. Studt, Tomas Axelsson, Christian Lundqvist, Micke Lindell, Sigfrid Söderberg, Fredrik Strage, Johan Antoni, Henrik Johansson, Michael Uvnäs THIS FILM WAS MADE WITH USE OF PHOTOS AND TEXTURES FROM: NASA/JPL, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, ESA, John Van Vliet, Björn Jonsson (and many others, of which I unfortunately do not know the names)

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