Last night, as Pat McGrath and her makeup team conjured a thrilling tribute to after-dark makeup at Kellogg’s Diner in Brooklyn, photographers snapped candid shots of Julia van Os dancing to Beyoncé and a cat-eyed Hailey Baldwin in the corner. But just outside, where Sofia Malamute readied her Hasselblad camera, it felt like another scene entirely.
Steadily, Malamute shot for nearly five hours, switching between Polaroid tests and film, and framed her subjects within the soft glow of Kellogg’s neon lights. What emerged was a striking series of portraits: Harry Brant smoldering in flannel with a dark smoky eye; a gamine Tavi Gevinson with bright blue lids and Twiggy lashes. “I wanted it to be more timeless, more real,” Malamute said of her close-up shots, meant to highlight McGrath’s makeup and hairstylist Guido Palau’s handiwork. “For me, it’s important to see the person behind the makeup, too.”
It was the same touch of grit and glamour that Malamute brought to Vogue.com’s model casting call this past September, only this time, with a dose of explosive color at the forefront. Her favorite model of the night? A glam-rock Eddie Angulo from The Wolfpack, who mugged for the camera like a Twisted Sister. “I never fan out on anyone,” Malamute said, “but I went on and on with the Wolfpack kids.
“When you have a makeup artist like Pat,” continued Malamute, “she makes it so easy to take amazing pictures.” But as these compelling photos reveal, having someone like Malamute behind the lens certainly doesn’t hurt either.
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