Rutger Hauer, Gaastra’s Legendary Season, © Photo: Gaastra / Bryan Adams
Alongside the contemporary art short film starring Rutger Hauer as The Flying Dutchman, a Gaastra Fashion shoot was done by the prominent photographer Bryan Adams capturing Mr. Hauer as the legendary Frisian Captain. Suiting season’s 2014 autumn fashion theme ‘The Legendary Season’, Bryan Adams’ photographs portray Golden Globe winner Rutger Hauer in an authentic way telling this nautical, legendary story. The campaign pictures have been taken off LA coast on the historic 82′ schooner yacht Curlew. View the complete Legendary Season’s Flying Dutchman Lookbook here!
British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D magazine, Esquire, L’uomo, the Interview magazine, founded by Andy Warhol in 1969, and many more: Bryan Adams’ work has been published in international magazines. Twice awarded with the Lead Awards in Germany for his fashion photography, Bryan Adams photo art can be regularly admired in international art galleries. He is also the co-founder of the quarterly published art fashion Zoo Magazine that has already attracted luminaries like David La Chapelle, Terry Richardson, Hedi Slimane, Karl Lagerfeld and many more. Bryan Adams’ recent shoot for the Zoo Magazine cover featured Vanessa Paradis and Helmut Berger.
You mention it was you first time modelling, what message do you wish to get across in this campaign?
Rutger Hauer: „Basically 2 things were proposed, one of them was modelling the clothes that Gaastra is making and the other part was the sailing gear. I am not a fan of models, so I really was trying to get things like they look like for real. It’s all an illusion that is the funny part, but I guess it is also the craft. My main goal was to make it as authentic as possible.“
Rutger Hauer, Gaastra’s Legendary Season, © Photo: Gaastra / Bryan Adams
Rutger Hauer, Gaastra’s Legendary Season, © Photo: Gaastra / Bryan Adams
Rutger Hauer, Gaastra’s Legendary Season, © Photo: Gaastra / Bryan Adams
Rutger Hauer, Gaastra’s Legendary Season, © Photo: Gaastra / Bryan Adams