Dua Lipa Talks Radical Optimism Debut in ELLE US May 2024 Lensed by Dan Beleiu

Dua Lipa Talks Radical Optimism Debut in ELLE US May 2024 Lensed by Dan Beleiu

Top talent Dua Lipa [IG], also identified as a 2024 TIME 100 artist, covers the May 2024 issue of ELLE USThe Music Issue. Writing her TIME 100 bio, music legend Patti Smith described her as a ‘Ringmaster’ who is “driven, independent, and possesses a desire for knowledge”.

Patti Wilson styles “the queen of the dance floor’ in images by Dan Beleiu. Suzy Exposito conducts the interview.

Dua Lipa’s 3rd studio album ‘Radical Optimism’ is out May 3, 2024.

My own radical optimism has been renewed with deliberateness in 2024 — not only in response to Donald Trump and the Republican War on Women — but in response to absolute binary thinking among progressives.

What in the world is radical optimism? AOC explains.

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Sasha Pivovarova Defies Gravity in Dan Beleiu Fashion Story for T China Style March 2024

Sasha Pivovarova Defies Gravity in Dan Beleiu Fashion Story for T China Style March 2024

Top model Sasha Pivovarova takes a cover of T China Magazine’s [IG] March 2024 issue, as the focus of Dan Beleiu’s [IG] stylish interest in aerodynamics.

Edward Bowleg III styles Pivovarova in Bottega Veneta, Givenchy, Khaite NY, Maison Alaia, Miu Miu, Versace and more. / Makeup by Laura Stiassni; hair by E Williams

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Succubus Chic Queen ‘Fall Fatale With Gabbriette’ by Dan Beleiu for GEN V Magazine

Succubus Chic Queen ‘Fall Fatale With Gabbriette’ by Dan Beleiu for GEN V Magazine

Meet GEN V from V Magazine

GEN V is the renamed MINI V from V Magazine. and is AOC’s focus in this debut fashion story ‘Fall Fatale With Gabbriette’.

In the words of Mathias Rosenzweig [Editor-in-Chief, GEN V]

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, maybe even sweeter.

So yes, MINI V has become GEN V.

Like, whatever. Things change.”

AOC fell down this rabbit hole, seeing the photographer credit for Dan Beleiu [IG]. ‘Fall Fatale With Gabbriette’ is styled by Anna Trevelyan with luxe looks from ALAÏA, Benneton, Chanel, Ferragamo, GCDS, Gucci, Kim Shui, Marc Jacobs, Valentino and more. And we ended up getting an education on succubus chic.

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Dan Beleiu Shoots Dara Gueye, Hedi Ben Tekaya and Jay Jang for Louis Vuitton Men Pre-Fall

Dan Beleiu Shoots Dara Gueye, Hedi Ben Tekaya and Jay Jang for Louis Vuitton Men Pre-Fall

Models Dara Gueye, Hedi Ben Tekaya and Jay Jang are styled by Marq Rise in select pieces from the Louis Vuitton Men Pre Fall 2024 collection.

Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] is behind the lens with set design by Sophear Van Froment and art direction by Lucie Matussiere. / Hair by Christian Eberhard; makeup by Adrien Pinault

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Candice Swanepoel in Carolina Herrera Eyewear Spring 2023 Campaign by Dan Beleiu

Candice Swanepoel in Carolina Herrera Eyewear Spring 2023 Campaign by Dan Beleiu

Supermodel Candice Swanepoel follows her Vogue Netherlands March 2023 cover story, joining the Carolina Herrera Eyewear family in a spring/summer 2023 campaign lensed by Dan Beleiu [IG] with styling by Alba Melendo./ Makeup by Manuela Pane, Paco Garrigues

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Barbara Palvin in Jimmy Choo Snow Capsule 2022 Collection Lensed by Dan Beleiu

Barbara Palvin in Jimmy Choo Snow Capsule 2022 Collection Lensed by Dan Beleiu

Glaciers may be melting and fuel shortages growing in Europe over the war in Ukraine — and oh, yes, let’s not forget water shortages in many American ski resorts areas affecting the making of artificial snow.

Undaunted, Jimmy Choo puts on Icarus wings, determined to fly against the trends into financial success with a glamorous ski capsule collection for non-performance-oriented snow bunnies.

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Adit Priscilla Wears Future Fashion Glam by Dan Beleiu for Vogue Espana July 2022

Adit Priscilla Wears Future Fashion Glam by Dan Beleiu for Vogue Espana July 2022

Model Adit Priscilla wows in the futurist fashion story ‘Delorean’, styled by Alba Melendo. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] flashes the lead accessory, the Glass Swipe Bag ,which is a collab between Coperni and Heven.

Vogue Espana delivers the fashion goods, as Beleiu refines an evolving photographic style that is recognizable as his own.

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Carolina Herrera SS 2022 Dopamine-High Campaign by Dan Beleiu

Carolina Herrera SS 2022 Dopamine-High Campaign by Dan Beleiu

American fashion brand Carolina Herrera injects a big dose of dopamine dressing into their spring 2022 campaign. Alba Melendo styles models Amrit, Bomi Youn and Olivia Martin in brain-response-generating happy colors lensed by Dan Beleiu [IG]. Front and center bags include Herrera’s Charnela Insignia, Initials Insignia, Doma Insignia, Capazo bag, and Bimba Bag.

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Ana Jorge Gets High in The Cut February 2022 by Dan Beleiu | Anne Gets Higher

Ana Jorge Gets High in The Cut February 2022 by Dan Beleiu | Anne Gets Higher

Model Ana Jorge flies in a spring 2022 fashion story from The Cut ‘Let’s Get High’ At Last. Optimism flows through the commentary by Cathy Horyn about spring fashion from Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Feben, Issey Miyake, Missoni, Peter Do, Proenza Schouler, Rick Owens and more styled by Jessica Willis./ Hair by Amidat; makeup by Lynski

Dan Beleiu [IG] is behind the lens for The Cut. Simply stated, Dan is everywhere — and we love it.

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'Parallel Mothers' Actor Milena Smit Is Lensed by Dan Beleiu for Vogue Spain February 2022

'Parallel Mothers' Actor Milena Smit Is Lensed by Dan Beleiu for Vogue Spain February 2022

Spanish film and television actress Milena Smit is styled by Alba Melendo in ‘Ciclon Milénico’. Photographer Dan Beleiu [IG] is behind the lens for Vogue Spain February 2022 cover story.

Milena Smit plays a young woman recovering from sexual assault in Spanish legend Pedro Almodóvar’s new film ‘Parallel Mothers’. In her role of Ana, Smit meets the film’s star Penelope Cruz, playing Janis, a chic photographer who is working relentlessly to excavate a mass grave in her family’s village. Believing that her great-grandfather may be buried in the grave, Janis contacts a forensic anthropologist, who leaves her pregnant.

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Dior's Kickass Muse Ramla Ali by Dan Beleiu for Dior Vibe January 2022

Dior's Kickass Muse Ramla Ali by Dan Beleiu for Dior Vibe January 2022

Ramla Ali is a Somali professional boxer, model, author and racial equality activist. Ali is the first Somali boxer in history to compete at the Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo, and the first female to become a professional boxer.

Called a “Cartier darling” in her ELLE April 2021 interview, ‘The Last One Standing’, Ramla Ali is now a Dior darling as well, styled by Chloe Grace Press in ‘Dior Vibe’. Photographer Dan Beleiu captures Ali with a set design by Iggy Njoya. / Makeup by Harold James

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Italian-Congolese Singer Epoque by Dan Beleiu in Vogue Italia November 2021

Italian-Congolese Singer Epoque by Dan Beleiu in Vogue Italia November 2021

“Senza radici non crescono fiori”, without roots, no flower will grow, sings Turin-born Italian-Congolese artist Epoque in her latest single Cliché. Calling her sound “afrovibe”, “Janine Tshela Nzua [Epoqie] easily alternates Italian, French and Lingala [a Bantu language spoken in a large part of the Republic of the Congo and surrounding parts of Africa] with a consciousness dealing with important themes, from friendship to integration to the fight against discrimination, writes Dario Buzzacchi for the November issue of Vogue Italia.

Luca Galasso styles Epoque in J.W. Anderson, MSGM, Pomellato, Stella McCartney, Tiffany & Co, Versace and more in images by Dan Beleiu [IG] .

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Shanelle Nyasiase Earth Goddess by Dan Beleiu for Numéro France #226

Shanelle Nyasiase Earth Goddess by Dan Beleiu for Numéro France #226

Two AOC favorites (Yes, we have them) Shanelle Nyasiase covers the November issue of Numéro France. Nyasiase is in a blue and blue-black mood, styled by Alba Melendo in Celine by Hedi Slimane, Chanel, Coperni, Givenchy, Moschino, Prada, Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, Schiaparelli, Stella McCartney, Suot Studio jewelry, The Attico and more.

The African goddess meets up with photographer Dan Beleiu, who calls her ‘Bravest’ on his Instagram, sending me back into Shanelle’s history to see what I had forgotten. The answer is ‘nothing’ but I found a lovely interview by Innocent Ndlovu with the ‘Queen of the Butterflies’ on Industrie Africa. In the process of bringing myself up to date, I laughed out loud when Ndiovu asked Nyasiase:

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