Celebrity photographer Star Foreman created a buzz last week when she and world-famous contortionist Bonnie Morgan had a death-defying photo shoot above Laurel Canyon. As part of a promotional campaign for her new 30/90 project Star photographed Bonnie Morgan on a trapeze high above Laurel Canyon. In addition to Bonnie Morgan, members of Les petites Bonbons, fresh off performing at Lightning in a Bottle, and actor and stuntman Gary Morgan also stepped in for amazing and surreal photo shoots at the Flying Morgan’s Castle.
The 30/90 is a passion project, financed through crowd sharing, where Star Foreman in partnership with the Ricardo Montalbán Foundation will feature mermaids, stilt-walkers, a cirque de étrange, ballerinas, bellydancers and so much more in vibrant, campy tableaux. With 30 photo projects, 400 people,15,000 images and only 90 days to complete, 30/90 will take people into the mind of Star Foreman as she creates a series of images unmatched in scope and time.
30/90 will shoot August 2015-November 2015 with a gallery show in January 2016 hosted by the The Montalbán Theatre. The Ricardo Montalbán Foundation will be generously donating 10 days of theater rental for still shoots, full studio equipment camera, lenses (including top of the line video cameras and sound equipment,) and post-production space as well as hosting the gallery show in January 2016.
Want to be a part of 30/90? It is still possible! All you have to do is go to Kickstarter and pledge $5 or more to see videos, read blogs and get early access to all images created through the 30/90 project.
About Star Foreman
Named one of the top 200 photographers by Luerzer’s Archive, Star Foreman is a fine art, editorial and fashion photographer in Los Angeles. A contributing photographer for the LA and OC Weekly, Star’s work has also graced the cover of the Village Voice, Pasadena Magazine, The Dallas Observer, and Tease and Cake magazine. Her work has been featured in The LA Times Sunday Edition, Frame Magazine, Los Angeles magazine, Backstage Magazine, LA Confidential, Adobe Masterclass, SF Weekly, Latino Leaders, and INStyle Australia. Star received an honorable mention from the IPA awards (a division of the Lucies) for her photo series of Dita Von Teese and has been nominated for a Los Angeles Press Club Award for her images of Flying Lotus. Two of her pieces are part of the permanent collection at the Riverside Art Museum.
Star holds a BA in photography from the Art Center College of Design.
Like what you see so far?
Star will happily skype, smoke signal or do any type of interviews on the shoots or her projects with anyone who will sit still long enough for her to talk about them. She loves what she does and loves sharing her photography and creative process. Please consider looking at the video, reading the website and talking to her just a little about this passion project.
PHOTOS from the shoot available here: photos
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