Today, via Vice’s annual Photo issue, I chanced across the all-female collective the Ardorous;
A series of individual and collaborative projects between a collective of female creative professionals – all full of ardor but each with a unique artistic style and voice.
The definition of Ardour being both ‘an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling’ and ‘sexual excitement’, this aptly named collective seem to capture a dreamy combination of ephemeral youth and beauty, summer’s balmy haze and the ever-popular vintage film aesthetic in their variety of individual series and images curated by Petra Collins.
I could wax lyrical about each contributors work and would love to post each series in its entirety, but for now I will settle with posting these choice images that to me are evocative of the work of Ryan McGinley and Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, a dreamy combination.
From the Series Cherry Blossom Girl
Puppy Love
Lolitas
Tropical Hot Dog Night
Paradise Cove
