{"id":47294,"date":"2017-03-30T10:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T08:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=47294"},"modified":"2017-03-30T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T08:20:53","slug":"moonlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/moonlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Photographer Who Inspired &#039;Moonlight&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In LA,\u00a0after a slight kerfuffle,\u00a0<em>Moonlight\u00a0<\/em>won\u00a0Best Picture in a glorious, gratifying moment. A film about the specific experience of one black gay person in Miami, its victory feels like a much-needed validation for hitherto neglected narratives.\u00a0The only hope now is that this isn&#8217;t a one-off, and diverse stories such as these are here to stay.<br \/>\nThere has been much discussion of the film&#8217;s Asian influences; from the triptych structure of\u00a0Hou Hsiao-Hsien&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Three Times\u00a0<\/em>to the dreamy cinematography of Won Kar Wai. But in its radically sensuous depiction of black bodies, inspiration can be found closer to home. It was when photographer Joshua Kissi Kissi messaged director Barry Jenkins to thank him for his excellent film that he receiving a surprising response.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47295 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/US-Open-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Moonlight\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshuaKissi\/status\/836191584098078720\">As Jenkins wrote back: <\/a>&#8220;when I hired my makeup person, I explained to her that I didn&#8217;t want to do what&#8217;s typically done, apply powered to reduce the sheen of our actors&#8217; skin. Instead, I wanted to visually represent black skin as I knew and remembered it, supple and moist and reflecting, capable of contained and amplifying light, always alive and replenishing. No lie, as a reference, I sent her the photo editorial you did around the US Open.&#8221;<br \/>\nOne half of the\u00a0creative agency Street Etiquette, Kissi&#8217;s photography primarily features models of colour. Spanning\u00a0brand lookbooks, travel photography and street style,\u00a0the duo has,<a href=\"http:\/\/streetetiquette.com\/about\/\"> in their own words:<\/a> &#8220;managed to assemble a truly unique view of fashionable menswear and story-telling.&#8221; Take a look at the Moonlight-inspiring US Open editorial below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/US-Open-2-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Moonlight\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/> Courtesy of Street Etiquette<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/US-OPen-3-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Moonlight\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/> Courtesy of Street Etiquette<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47299\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Courtesy-Of-Street-Etiquette-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Moonlight\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/> Courtesy Of Street Etiquette<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-47300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Us-Open-5-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Moonlight\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/> Courtesy Of Street Etiquette<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about Joshua Kissi the photographer who inspired Moonlight&#8217;s unique look<\/p>","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":47296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11856,139],"tags":[8253,8254,1493,21,968,8255,7994,154],"class_list":["post-47294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sleek-art","category-art","tag-african-american","tag-barry-jenkins","tag-editorial","tag-fashion","tag-film","tag-joshua-kissi","tag-moonlight","tag-photography"],"acf":{"main_category":null,"legacy":"1","exclude_from_ads":null,"hero_title":null,"subtitle":null,"hero":null,"teasers":null,"facebook_image":null,"related_articles":null,"next_article":null,"sleek_card_focus":null,"content":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meet The Fashion Photographer Who Inspired &#039;Moonlight&#039;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about Joshua Kissi the photographer who inspired Moonlight&#039;s unique look\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/moonlight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet The Fashion Photographer Who Inspired &#039;Moonlight&#039;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn more about Joshua Kissi the photographer who inspired Moonlight&#039;s unique look\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/moonlight\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sleek Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-03-30T08:20:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sleekmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Verfasst von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Redmond Bacon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1\u00a0Minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sleek Magazine\",\"description\":\"Sleek is Germany\u2019s leading independent media house\/brand for creativity and innovation located in Berlin the creative capital of the world. This creativity manifests itself in SLEEK\u2019s quarterly print publication, digital and social media channels.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"de\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/\",\"name\":\"Meet The Fashion Photographer Who Inspired 'Moonlight'\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-30T08:20:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-03-30T08:20:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1179704aa73e107e3defe552155253cf\"},\"description\":\"Learn more about Joshua Kissi the photographer who inspired Moonlight's unique look\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Meet the Photographer Who Inspired &#039;Moonlight&#039;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1179704aa73e107e3defe552155253cf\",\"name\":\"Redmond Bacon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"de\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b50f195f6756153788205da7f426ffa9eaac786edf55e1d0c554a1ce2d4e18fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b50f195f6756153788205da7f426ffa9eaac786edf55e1d0c554a1ce2d4e18fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Redmond Bacon\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/author\/redmond-bacon\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Meet The Fashion Photographer Who Inspired 'Moonlight'","description":"Learn more about Joshua Kissi the photographer who inspired Moonlight's unique look","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/moonlight\/","og_locale":"de_DE","og_type":"article","og_title":"Meet The Fashion Photographer Who Inspired 'Moonlight'","og_description":"Learn more about Joshua Kissi the photographer who inspired Moonlight's unique look","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/moonlight\/","og_site_name":"Sleek Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sleekmag\/","article_published_time":"2017-03-30T08:20:53+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@sleekmag","twitter_site":"@sleekmag","twitter_misc":{"Verfasst von":"Redmond Bacon","Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit":"1\u00a0Minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/","name":"Schlankes Magazin","description":"Sleek ist Deutschlands f\u00fchrendes unabh\u00e4ngiges Medienhaus\/Marke f\u00fcr Kreativit\u00e4t und Innovation mit Sitz in Berlin, der kreativen Hauptstadt der Welt. Diese Kreativit\u00e4t manifestiert sich in der viertelj\u00e4hrlich erscheinenden Print-Publikation, den digitalen und Social-Media-Kan\u00e4len von SLEEK.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"de"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/","name":"Meet The Fashion Photographer Who Inspired 'Moonlight'","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2017-03-30T08:20:53+00:00","dateModified":"2017-03-30T08:20:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1179704aa73e107e3defe552155253cf"},"description":"Learn more about Joshua Kissi the photographer who inspired Moonlight's unique look","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"de","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/article\/moonlight\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Meet the Photographer Who Inspired &#039;Moonlight&#039;"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1179704aa73e107e3defe552155253cf","name":"Redmond Speck","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"de","@id":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b50f195f6756153788205da7f426ffa9eaac786edf55e1d0c554a1ce2d4e18fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b50f195f6756153788205da7f426ffa9eaac786edf55e1d0c554a1ce2d4e18fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Redmond Bacon"},"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/author\/redmond-bacon\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}