The winners will be announced in a live broadcast from Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre on February 26th. Please click HERE to view images of other Oscar nominees and the rest of the AUGUST collection.

Actress in a Leading Role  ”The Help”

Viola Davis / Art Streiber

Directing “Hugo”
Martin Scorsese / Art Streiber

Best Picture “The Help”
“The Help” Cast / Art Streiber

Great New Images Added to the AUGUST Site!  Check it out:  www.augustimage.com

Hilary Swank by  Brian Bowen Smith (off embargo March 2012)

Jean Dujardin by J.R. Mankoff  (off embargo February 2012)

Vera Farmiga by Ryan Pfluger

Anthony Hopkins by Justin Stephens (off embargo February 2012)

Clint Eastwood, photographed by Martin Schoeller, graces the January cover of  ’M’ Magazine by Le Monde.

Keira Knightley, photographed by Robert Erdmann, graces the cover of  Elle France.

Gilles & Cecile Studio designed the below illustration to be printed and folded into an origami holiday decoration.  If you would like to fold one for yourself, drag the image below to your desktop, print 2 copies and follow the step by step instruction on how to assemble this unit origami holiday ornament below.

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1. Print two copies
2. With the color side up, valley fold and unfold across the diagonals. Turn paper over.
3. With the white side up, valley fold left to right and unfold.
4. Valley fold top to bottom.
5. Hold the paper along the fold made in step 3 and push them together. Continue to collapse until you get a square shape that has two layers on the left and two layers on the right (this is called the preliminary base).
6. Lift one layer from left side and squash down (this is called the squash fold). The top layer should look like a kite.
7. Flip the right half of the kite towards the left.
8. Repeat steps 5 and 6 on the right layer.
9. Turn over and repeat steps 5 through 7.
10. Completed unit should look like a kite with 4 layers on the left and 4 layers on the right.
11. Repeat steps 1 through 8 on another sheet of paper.
12. On the top layer,flip one layer from left to right. On the bottom layer, flip one layer right to left.
13. The unit should still have 4 layers on the left and 4 layers on the right side. It will look like a kite with a visible split.

Assemble the two units by tucking-in the flaps from one unit into the pockets of the second unit. Ideally, there should be 8 tucks to complete the assembly process.

Tips: Be patient and fiddle with it a little. You may need to rotate the model around and around to redo tucks that have come undone.

Model is relatively stable and does not need glue. Glue is recommended if you do not want the model to be disassembled by curious admirers.

Directions from: Origami-Resource-Center.com

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Thank you for a great 2011 and we are looking forward to a fruitful 2012!

In Lieu of gifts this holiday season, AUGUST has made a donation to The American Kidney Fund

The mission of the American Kidney Fund is to fight kidney disease through direct financial support to patients in need; health education; and prevention efforts.  The American Kidney Fund envisions a world without kidney disease. As we move toward that goal, we work to achieve a nation in which kidney patients have access to the health care they need, and one in which there are far fewe r people with kidney disease.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

From everyone at AUGUST

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association just announced the nominations for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
The awards presentation, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live on Sunday, January 15, 2012.

Best Actor Drama – MoneyBall
Brad Pitt / Greg Williams

Best Television Series Drama – American Horror Story
AHS Cast / Justin Stephens

Best Actress Comedy/ Musical – Bridesmaids
Kristen Wiig / Peter Yang

Best Supporting Actress – The Help
Jessica Chastain / Danielle Levitt

Robert Redford, photographed by Art Streiber, is featured on the November 6th issue of the Sunday Times Magazine in the UK.

Hionas Gallery is pleased to present Warwick Saint: Body Of Work, the very first solo exhibition from one of the style & fashion world’s most sought-after photographers. For this show, Saint and gallery owner Peter Hionas have carefully compiled a selection of twenty photographs from the artist’s recent work with tattooed models, artists and other acquaintances. The resulting collection – provocative, sultry and noir all at once – is both indicative of Saint’s extensive work with nudes and starlets, and something of a departure from his oeuvre, revealing a more indepth narrative with his subjects.

A partial nude ascends a shadowy staircase, every inch of her shoulders, back and thighs covered with tattoos; a seductive blonde stands in mid turn, most likely toward our gaze, holding a glistening six-shooter in one hand, with a desolate junkyard as the backdrop. In these portraits and others, such as Night Hotel, in which Saint’s lovely subject grasps a drink and cigarette while lying prone on a white leather sofa, a story is being told that is for the viewer to decide, even inhabit if they’re so daring.

While many photos of movie stars or models can feel fleeting, given the subjects’ built-in celebrity and all that entails, Saint captures a permanence with these women that is unmistakable. Each tattooed model he photographs is a living and breathing work of art, with flesh as canvas. Whether their body art is a coat of armor, spiritual decoration or something else altogether, the artist’s lens performs a balancing act each time: “I’m giving them a character, a part to play in the photo shoot,” says Saint of his subjects. “There’s a sensuality I wanted to bring out…but I’m always respectful of the fact that they are both woman and canvas.”

In Body Of Work, as with all of the artist’s work, the viewer is no mere voyeur. For Saint, beautiful women who bear equally beautiful body art is worthy of portraiture that invites us in, to view their story and find some element within that strikes a chord. However, Saint insists that any symbolism of particular tattoos or these women’s respective motives for each work is not an element of this collection. “For me it’s about showing these women in a certain light,” he continues, “to elevate them, make them beautiful without judgment.”

There will be an opening reception for the artist from 6:00 to 8:00pm on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. A collection of videos and other background information on Saint and this exhibition can be found at bodyofworkshow.com

Visit www.augustimage.com to see full sessions and other new images added to the archive. Enjoy!

American Horror Story Cast by Justin Stephens (off embargo January 2012)

Nicole Scherzinger by Warwick Saint (off embargo February 2012)

Will and Jada Smith by Art Streiber (off embargo August 2012)

Michelle Obama & Jill Biden by Art Streiber (off embargo December 2011)

Kardashian Sisters by Robert Erdmann (off embargo January 2012)

Henry Cavill by Martin Schoeller (off embargo January 2012)