BLOOD & CHROME
The collision of organic texture and industrial finish.
Two worlds that should never meet — and that's exactly why we brought them together.
Blood & Chrome is the editorial that came from a late-night conversation about contradiction. About the tension between the organic and the manufactured. Between skin and steel.
The technique involved layering metallic pigments over raw, unprimed skin. No primer. No base. The imperfections of the skin become part of the design — the pores, the texture, the humanity — all amplified by the cold precision of chrome.
The result is something that looks like it belongs in a dystopian film and a high-fashion campaign simultaneously.
Contradiction is not a problem. Contradiction is the point.
CREDITS
MAKE-UP ARTIST
Studio INFÊCTED
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Jimmy Bollaerts
PHOTOGRAPHER
Studio INFÊCTED
MODEL
INFÊCTED Collective