Soto's Pond

The Pond

Film by Bell Soto

Styling John Tan

Music Andreas Wolter

Models

Augusto, Bernardo, Shaun Haugh 

at Red models NY

Make up Anna Bernabe

Hair Heather Packer

Production Chris Batenhorst

I'm sure every blogger has his or her own favorite entry among those he or she has posted.

As for me, one I'm specially fond of is The Mermen, an edit splendidly shot by Bell Soto, which I shared with my readers around a year ago.

You'll understand my happiness when I realized that, besides that wonderful photo collection, there's also a complete video, in which all that magical lighting is enhanced by movement, as the models turn into actors.

Source
YVY Mag

Related

The Mermen

Other Bell Soto Edits

Body Suit

The Monastics

Visual Tales

Body Suit

Body Suit

Fiasco Magazine

Photography Bell Soto

Styling Hope Von Joel

Models Jack Shaw at Select, Tristan Piggot, Sam Thompson  at Models1

Source

YVY Mag

http://www.fiascomag.com/

Related
Monastic Life
The Mermen

Monastic Life

The Monastics

The Fashionisto

Photography Bell Soto

Stylist Santa Bevacqua

Models Marko Brozic and Andre Feulner at Premier

 

Fishy but splendid

The Mermen

Steelmachines

Photography Bell Soto

Stylist John Tan

Models Shaun Haugh, Augusto & Bernardo Dahinten

One of the most luscious and dazzling editorials I've ever encountered, these glowing pics depict Tan's mermen in full, golden splendor. 

Soto's lens captures the aureate light of a phantasmagoric encounter with these radiant beings.

Their androgynous beauty could bring to wreck any vessel, be it captained by an Amazon queen or a shrewd, manly Odysseus.

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"Arca de Noé " ('Noah's Ark')

Guapo Magazine

Styling Timothy Reukauf

Photography Bell Soto

The series was named, I guees, after all those luscious furs and the animal prints.

These are only a few of them: Take a look at the complete set at the Mag's site

http://www.guapomagazine.com

Soto shoots a Tale

Stylist: John Tan

Photography: Bell Soto

Models:

Addison Duffy, Brady Donnelly,

Jan Vlas, Jules Hamilton, Martin Gruca

Spencer Brown

Posing in a more or less punk-rock looks, from leather slacks and weird haidos (or wigs) to lipstick and black nails, but less aggresive and way more refined than the original hardcore garage-rockers of the 80s, these characters emerge from "Visual Tales" in an editorial created by the Tan & Soto team.

More Tales at a previous posting:

"Cover Face for A Tale"

Or visit:

http://www.visualtalesmagazine.com/

Captured in silk

Photography: Bell Soto

Model: Andy Shane

What captivity can be more elegant than to be restrained, not in chains or ropes, but in smooth, delicate and translucent hosiery?

At least, that's one's perception on admiring "Captive", an editorial by New York-based photographer Bell Soto who, as a matter of fact, has "caught" his young Canadian model in "the most provocative clothing in existence" for the "Rare issue" of See Like Me.

Cover face for a tale

Stylist John Tan just launched Visual Tales (Nov. 23rd), a new online menswear quarterly, to include short vids as well as pictures. Photographer Bell Soto collaborated with him in producing several alternative covers for the new publication.

Models were Jans Vlas, Addison Duffy, Brady Donnelly, Spencer Brown, Jules Hamilton and Martin Gruca.

He finally set not for one, but two (none of these!)

Anyways, which one would have been your choice?