Harley Weir shoots advertising campaigns and lookbooks for major labels including Balenciaga, Céline, Stella McCartney and Jacquemus. She is known for her youth-focused fashion photography which challenges traditional attitudes to the female gaze through the intimacy of her images. Weir has an eye for the human form, her work often focuses in on specific body parts or features. She graduated from Central St Martins College of Art and Design with a BA in Fine Art in 2010. It was here that Weir taught herself photography, experimenting with film and collage. Weir has said that her primary goal is to move people.
Gucci presents Summer Stories, a new campaign that captures the spirit of exploration and escape featuring a ready-to-wear lineup full of vibrant stripes, florals, and vintage-inspired adaptations of the signature GG motif.
Hailey Bieber stars in the Versace Dylan Turquoise campaign that accompanies the fresh and feminine fragrance. The campaign was shot on a secluded island off the coast of Sardinia and captures the celebratory mood of summer. Hailey embodies the young and effortless attitude of today’s Versace girl as she shimmers on the shoreline.
Harley Weir captures Bella Hadid for #LOVE23, who now spends her time in front of the camera, rather than behind it as in her past life. “I’d photograph my friends, build sets, do my own lighting, hair and make-up. But the make-up I did was a little more dark and deadly then the stuff I would do now, haha. I had really nice friends who would help me, but I just loved making moments and characters. It was just fun for me,” says Bella Hadid in conversation with Ben Reardon.
Christopher Kane Spring Summer 2016 campaign, featuring Alice Buckingham.
The experimental film, scored by Devonté Hynes, centres on protagonist Leroy Mokgatle, a 17-year-old ballet dancer from Pretoria, South Africa. Collaging dance scenes spanning across Johannesburg and Cape Town, fantasy and reality intertwine as the extremes of discipline are explored through the people we meet along the way.
Gucci Gift Giving featuring the 2016 Cruise collection by Alessandro Michele starring Achok.
Stella McCartney's 2015 Autumn Winter campaign film set to a backdrop of the Scottish Highlands, featuring Natalia Vodianova.