Blurring the line between the sacred and the profane.Tumblr (3.0; @thephilosophotographer)http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/“I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.”<br/><br/> - <em>Chuang Tzu, <em>Nua-Hua Chen-Ching</em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/45514075425http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/45514075425Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:18:00 -0400Chuang TzuZhuangziTaoismbutterflydreaming<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6efefadaac8020b0a578af23d84dc8f8/tumblr_mjrmijXPtD1qi6mtso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb714e8231572e82b9b410b9165045c2/tumblr_mjrmijXPtD1qi6mtso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1c6493e7ce5d33ad04a2bf566b2be8a3/tumblr_mjrmijXPtD1qi6mtso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>© <a href="http://www.jeffmikkelson.com" target="_blank">Jeff Mikkelson</a> for <a href="http://www.zinkmagazine.com" target="_blank">Zink Magazine</a> (Spring 2013)</p>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/45513548084http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/45513548084Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:11:00 -0400jeff mikkelsonzink magazinebeautyeditorial“Nature absolutely paints like the harlot..and when we proceed further, and consider that the mystical cosmetic which produces every one of her hues, the great principle of light, for ever remains white or colorless in itself, and if operating without medium upon matter, would touch all objects, even tulips and roses, with its own blank tinge..so the wretched infidel gazes himself blind at the monumental white shroud that wraps all the prospect around him.”<br/><br/> - <em>Herman Melville, <em>Moby Dick</em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43845955030http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43845955030Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:15:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/90d54dc4e62d585d737d849955c76788/tumblr_mip78q3Y7w1qi6mtso2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aef19d16575d8405a85c336e303f4430/tumblr_mip78q3Y7w1qi6mtso4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7df43bb082fc079572a714526f4beea6/tumblr_mip78q3Y7w1qi6mtso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/20a6d38cad41aee2af66a11416466f3d/tumblr_mip78q3Y7w1qi6mtso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>© <a href="http://www.jeffmikkelson.com" title="Jeff Mikkelson Photography" target="_blank">Jeff Mikkelson</a></p> <ul><li>Makeup Artist / Hair Stylist: <a href="http://www.michikoboorberg.com" title="Michiko Boorberg" target="_blank">Michiko Boorberg</a></li> <li>Model: Yue Ning @ <a href="http://www.marilynagency.com" title="Marilyn Agency" target="_blank">Marilyn Agency</a></li> </ul>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43845753132http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43845753132Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:12:00 -0500jeff mikkelsonbeautymarilyn agency“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.”<br/><br/> - <em>John Locke, <em>Some Thoughts Concerning Education</em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43287547793http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43287547793Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:03:28 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f3a254e57c8f8553f3ce42632652a9d8/tumblr_mickkgooew1qi6mtso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bdc43b3c1782826e6904079aa23128f0/tumblr_mickkgooew1qi6mtso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9a44e8b7d308fde14d9b3ad85d7ebdaa/tumblr_mickkgooew1qi6mtso4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8347976682b420194ee7029d4413a337/tumblr_mickkgooew1qi6mtso5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/64866a1e8b1f727ef180a7b00f5027e0/tumblr_mickkgooew1qi6mtso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3fc44c0074a1e920ce9f1be7763045d0/tumblr_mickkgooew1qi6mtso6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>© <a href="http://www.jeffmikkelson.com" title="Jeff Mikkelson Photography" target="_blank">Jeff Mikkelson</a> for <a href="http://www.incoco.com" title="Incoco" target="_blank">Incoco Nail Polish</a></p>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43285321428http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43285321428Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:31:28 -0500“But man, proud man,<br/> Drest in a little brief authority,<br/> Most ignorant of what he’s most assured,<br/> His glassy essence, like an angry ape,<br/> Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven<br/> As make the angels weep.”<br/><br/> - <em>William Shakespeare, <em>Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2</em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43017417643http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43017417643Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:40:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d252c1e6fb98c59121edca23f1479c68/tumblr_mi6bt3sBoP1qi6mtso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/80574e4dda0e60ce3bf20848ee27dbac/tumblr_mi6bt3sBoP1qi6mtso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/80c2e2bf3382303c01ef517bab86caa9/tumblr_mi6bt3sBoP1qi6mtso5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c544bdecf2e30b5ab368efcd0f93ebf4/tumblr_mi6bt3sBoP1qi6mtso4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>© Jeff Mikkelson for Jeffrey Rackover</p> <ul><li>Makeup Artist / Hair Stylist: <a href="http://www.michikoboorberg.com" title="Michiko Boorberg" target="_blank">Michiko Boorberg</a></li> <li>Model: Julia Anisimova @ <a href="http://www.qmodels.com" title="Q Models" target="_blank">Q Models</a></li> </ul>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43017219248http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/43017219248Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:36:39 -0500<a href="http://resourcemagonline.com/streamline-your-workflow-january-winner-jeff-mikkelson/">Winner! Resource Magazine's Streamline Your Workflow Photo Contest</a>: <p><a href="http://resourcemagonline.com/2013/01/streamline-your-workflow-january-winner-jeff-mikkelson" target="_blank">READ THE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT HERE</a></p> <p><a href="http://resourcemagonline.com/2013/03/streamline-your-workflow-contest-january-winner-jeff-mikkelson-review/" target="_blank">READ THE FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW HERE</a></p> <p>Big thanks to <a href="http://resourcemagonline.com" target="_blank">Resource Magazine</a>, <a href="http://www.phaseone.com/" target="_blank">Phase One</a>, <a href="http://www.digitalfusion.net/studio/" target="_blank">Digital Fusion</a> and <a href="http://www.digitaltransitions.com" target="_blank">Digital Transitions</a></p>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/39951622160http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/39951622160Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:07:00 -0500jeff mikkelsonphoto conteststreamline your workflowresource magazinephase onedigital transitionsdf studiowinner“We know too much and believe too readily ever to feel at home in a questioning that is powerfully experienced. For that we need the ability to wonder at what is simple, and to take up that wonder as our abode.”<br/><br/> - <em>Martin Heidegger, <em>Early Greek Thinking</em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271755673http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271755673Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:46:34 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekmqmnqJT1qi6mtso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekmqmnqJT1qi6mtso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekmqmnqJT1qi6mtso3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekmqmnqJT1qi6mtso4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>© <a href="http://www.jeffmikkelson.com" title="Jeff Mikkelson Photography" target="_blank">Jeff Mikkelson</a> - Tom Green County, West Texas</p>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271671460http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271671460Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:44:46 -0500jeff mikkelsonpersonalTom Green CountyTexas“Nothing perhaps is more surprising in this world of ours than the almost infinite diversity of its appearances.”<br/><br/> - <em>Hannah Arendt, <em>The Life of the Mind</em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271387112http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271387112Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:39:13 -0500Hannah Arendtappearance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekme0ePS11qi6mtso1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekme0ePS11qi6mtso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><div class="caption"> <p>© <a href="http://www.jeffmikkelson.com" title="Jeff Mikkelson Photography" target="_blank">Jeff Mikkelson</a> for <a href="http://www.vdlcosmetics.com" title="VDL" target="_blank">VDL Cosmetics</a></p> <p title="VDL">Advertising campaign (KR) and advertorial (US), in the November 2012 issue of <a href="http://www.elle.com" title="Elle Magazine" target="_blank">Elle Magazine</a></p> <ul><li>Makeup Artist: <a href="http://wendyrowe.com" title="Wendy Rowe" target="_blank">Wendy Rowe</a></li> <li>Model: Anastasia @ <a href="http://newyorkmodels.com/" title="New York Models" target="_blank">New York Model Management</a></li> </ul></div>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271289168http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37271289168Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:37:00 -0500VDL Cosmeticsadvertisingelle magazineWendy Rowe<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/feG_U_z5wFs?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.jeffmikkelson.com" title="Jeff Mikkelson Photography" target="_blank">Jeff Mikkelson</a> - Advertising campaign for <a href="http://www.vdlcosmetics.com" title="VDL Cosmestics" target="_blank">VDL Cosmestics</a></p> <ul><li>Behind-the-scenes film directed and edited by <a href="http://michaelquill.com" title="Michael Quill" target="_blank">Michael Quill</a></li> <li>Makeup Artist: <a href="http://wendyrowe.com" title="Wendy Rowe" target="_blank">Wendy Rowe</a></li> <li>Model: Anastasia @ <a href="http://newyorkmodels.com/" title="New York Models" target="_blank">New York Model Management</a></li> </ul>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37270770167http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/37270770167Wed, 05 Dec 2012 13:26:00 -0500VDL CosmeticsadvertisingWendy RoweMichael QuillNew York Models“Remind thyself that he whom thou lovest is mortal, that what thou lovest is not thine own; it is given thee for the present, not irrevocably nor for ever, but even as a fig or a bunch of grapes at the appointed season of the year.”<br/><br/> - <em>Epictetus<em><br/></em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/35655235202http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/35655235202Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:22:00 -0500epictetusseason<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maoo6hecrv1qi6mtso11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maoo6hecrv1qi6mtso3_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maoo6hecrv1qi6mtso15_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maoo6hecrv1qi6mtso10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maoo6hecrv1qi6mtso14_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maoo6hecrv1qi6mtso13_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maoo6hecrv1qi6mtso12_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><div class="caption"> <p>© <a href="http://www.jeffmikkelson.com" title="Jeff Mikkelson Photography" target="_blank">Jeff Mikkelson</a> for <a href="http://beautyandsecrets.com" title="Beauty + Secrets" target="_blank">Beauty+Secrets Magazine</a></p> <ul><li>Makeup Artist: Sylvia Dimaki @ <a href="http://halleyresources.com" title="Halley Resources" target="_blank">Halley Resources</a></li> <li>Hair Stylist: Livio Angileri @ <a href="http://aimartist.com" title="AIM Artist" target="_blank">AIMartist.com</a></li> <li>Model: Ulla @ <a href="http://www.qmanagementinc.com/" title="Q Model Management" target="_blank">Q Model Management</a></li> </ul></div>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31970349436http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31970349436Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:51:00 -0400jeff mikkelsonbeautyeditorialBeauty+Secrets“‘Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call,<br/> But the joint force and full result of all.”<br/><br/> - <em>Alexander Pope, <em>An Essay on Criticism</em></em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31335305506http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31335305506Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:13:00 -0400alexander popebeauty<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma6vgiUrf81qi6mtso1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma6vgiUrf81qi6mtso2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma6vgiUrf81qi6mtso3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma6vgiUrf81qi6mtso4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma6vgiUrf81qi6mtso5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><div class="caption"> <p>© Jeff Mikkelson</p> <ul><li>Makeup Artist: <a href="http://www.kavitakaul.com" title="Kavita Kaul" target="_blank">Kavita Kaul</a></li> <li>Model: Simona @ <a href="http://www.trumpmodels.com" title="Trump Model Management" target="_blank">Trump Model Management</a></li> </ul></div>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31335262093http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31335262093Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:12:00 -0400Kavita KaulbeautyTrump Models<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma1jvbHD2K1qi6mtso5_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma1jvbHD2K1qi6mtso2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>© Jeff Mikkelson for <a href="http://www.incoco.com" title="Incoco" target="_blank">Incoco Nail Polish</a></p>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31132627931http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31132627931Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:13:00 -0400Incocobeautyadvertising“Visible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it is caught in the fabric of the world. But because it moves itself and sees, it holds things in a circle around itself; they are incrusted into its flesh, they are a part of its full definition.”<br/><br/> - <em>Maurice Merleau-Ponty, “Eye and Mind”</em>http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31129415565http://blog.jeffmikkelson.com/post/31129415565Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:22:00 -0400Maurice Merleau-Ponty