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I found the idea for this photoshoot after seeing makeup artist using nails for creating original false lashes. I thought it would be great to add a male in my portfolio and both ideas came together: a beard using only nails!
To make the image even more impactful, I decided to make my model dark using a black aquacolor paint. To make the look come together I also brushed the brows with silver metallic powder… Then came the time to glue the nails… one after another! It took me about 6 hours to glue them and probably 30-45min to shoot the whole set of images.

Photographer/MUA/Retouher: Quentin Décaillet
Model: Thomas Masotti (funnily enough he's a photographer and so he's more used to be behind the camera than in front of it…)

Canon-1D X
100mm · f/9.0 · 1/250s · ISO 125
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13 Comments

This is insanely good. I can't imagine how tedious it was to glue all those nails!

All your work is spectacular really!

This is amazing!!!

This is my favourite!
Here is something from my Major Project
https://fstoppers.com/photo/59894

Great image Quentin! i really like the low key!

Nailed it!

That is the second name I had in mind for this project… but I though I would have sounded slightly too cocky by calling it that way :P

Haha, it would have been punny, punny is always good! "Hammertime: Can't touch this" would also.... ok ok nvm :P Anyway, cool concept great execution, love the lighting!

Also Amazing!!!

Love the concept and lighting!!!

Cette photo va quand même rester une des plus grandes dingueries vue en 2015 ! Bravo :)

Merci Antoine :)

Stunning!

Very cool!