These portraits by Steef Veldhoen are part of a series called '(In)vulnerable,' which seeks to add a human face to the urban portraits we've seen so much of lately. Typically, these shoots feature abandoned buildings in an advanced state of decay; Steef Veldhoen's version adds spice to the mix with the addition of expressive human models.
The second image is the one that haunted me most. There's something about seeing a model in an angelic white dress draped over a slab of concrete that's visually arresting. See more from this Steef Veldhoen shoot above.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Humanized Urban Portraits
- Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Create a platform that connects urban photographers with models to humanize and add emotion to their portraits.
- Abandoned Buildings
- Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Develop a technology or service that repurposes abandoned buildings for creative and artistic purposes.
- Expressive Human Models
- Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Build an agency or platform that connects expressive human models with photographers to create visually arresting and emotionally captivating imagery.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Photography
- Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Develop AI-powered tools and software that enhance and automate the process of capturing human emotion in urban portraits.
- Real Estate
- Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Create a marketplace that matches artists and photographers with owners of abandoned buildings for rent or temporary use for artistic projects.
- Modeling
- Disruptive Innovation Opportunity: Establish an online platform that specializes in connecting models with photographers seeking to create unique and emotionally evocative imagery.
