Take a Life-Sized Selfie With the World's Largest Walk-In Camera

Created in the 1970s by German physicist Werner Kraus and re-established by his daughter, Susanna Kraus, the IMAGO camera has held the title of the world’s largest walk-in camera for close to four decades. Clocking in at a room-sized 8x4x3 meters, the IMAGO requires the user to walk into its booth and undergo a quiet moment of solitude and intimate self-reflection before pressing the shutter. Their image is then captured on a two-meter-tall strip of film by way of the analog technique of direct exposure, resulting in a life-sized self-portrait that captures a full body image in high-contrast black-and-white, which is ready to be taken home after just 10 minutes. Via the short period where the user faces their own flaws and insecurities before capturing their image, the IMAGO is said to be the camera of truth, capturing not so much your physical appearance as much as it offers a window into your personality.

While the original IMAGO camera is located in Berlin, the team behind the oversized objet d’art have created a second variation called the IMAGO Photour, designed specifically to offer the same experience to different regions around the world. Hong Kong-based photography label Memorieslab has brought the IMAGO Photour to Shanghai’s 10 Corso Como gallery, which is currently being exhibited alongside Ellen von Unwerth’s BlackOut photo series until January 3. The camera will then make its way along with BlackOut to Hong Kong in early March, before touring London and Paris. To book your private portrait session with the IMAGO Photour, register online here.

FKA Twigs by Ellen von Unwerth for The Wild Magazine November 2014

Anja Rubik: Let’s Talk About Sex

It may not come as a surprise to those who have seen her work gravity-defying wonders in an Anthony Vaccarello gown slit just about to her sternum, but Anja Rubik isn’t shy about sex or sexuality. And now, with her relaunch of 25 Magazine, she’s creating a forum to talk about it. Rubik has been involved with the magazine since 2009, when she and then-boyfriend (now-husband) Sasha Knezevic signed on to work on the Viennese title, but she’s since taken full editorial control and rebranded the glossy in the image of Viva, the Bob Guccione-published erotica mag targeted at women, which ran from 1973 through the end of the decade. But mere smut it isn’t; the new issue, shot entirely by women, features photos by Inez van Lamsweerde, Annie Leibovitz, Ellen von Unwerth, and Paola Kudacki, whose “Heroes of 25″ series is pictured above. Calling in from her native Poland—between shooting in London and jetting off to Cannes, where on Wednesday she’ll launch the magazine with a party at Pierre Cardin’s manse Palais Bulles—Rubik spoke with Style.com about sex versus sensuality, men versus women, and the lessons she’s learned as a newly minted editor. Key among them: Don’t fear the nipple.

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Georgia May Jagger by Ellen von Unwerth

GUESS Celebrates 30 Years with the Iconic Claudia Schiffer

GUESS is celebrating their 30th anniversary by bringing back the iconic Claudia Schiffer as the face of their campaign. ”Claudia, who has been photographed in GUESS campaigns since the company’s early years, delivers a powerful mood of sensuality and individuality in classic black and white images staying true to GUESS’ roots,” a GUESS spokesperson said.  The campaign was shot in Sorrento, Italy by longtime GUESS photographer Ellen Von Unwerth and directed by the brand’s creative director, Paul Marciano, the exact team that worked with Claudia back in 1989 for her very first GUESS shoot. “Claudia is the epitome of the GUESS woman, embodying confidence, sexiness, beauty and elegance and her captivating campaign images exemplify the essence of the GUESS brand.”