“Have any conversation with Donna Trope and it will somehowwind its way back to sex. It lies at the heart of everythingshe does, every image she creates. If the legendary beautyphotographer isn’t aroused on set, then she might as wellnot be on set at all. “One of my earliest beauty memoriesis watching my young stepmother getting ready for my fatherto come home,” she says. “Her hair and makeup wereakin to that of a fashion shoot. They had a decidedlysexual aura. Her getting ready was almost ritualisticand I watched this, maybe as a voyeur, and was fascinated enough to remember it all my life. ”Dazed BeautyDonna was born in Los Angeles and bred in London. Being self-taught, she drew from her own experiences and developed a look and a style. Donna Trope is an award winning, world-renowned photographer specialising in beauty images Her sexy, conceptual, ground breaking beauty shots went against the grain of what was considered commercially beautiful and are now the much imitated status quo. She has shot campaigns for clients such as Guerlain,Lancôme, Pantene, Rochas, Guinness, Christofle, France Telecom, Maybelline, Vichy, Revlon, Bic, Coty, Sephora, ITV, Boots, Bobbi Brown, Hennessey and Roger et Gallet. Her editorial clients include The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vogue Hommes, L’Officiel, GQ, Jalouse, Tush , Flaunt, Forme, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, In Style, Cosmopolitan, Dazed and Confused. Donna’s work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide. She has photographs in the permanent collections of The Victoria & Albert Museum as well as in selected private collections. Donna Trope has been a master of beauty photography for decades. She has always used Polaroids on her shootings as a test before the final take on film, even in the digital era. Preciously stored away, there are over 25,000 of them now. Here is a short selection of them.
