Szilveszter Makó treats his human subjects the way a lepidopterist treats a butterfly — posed, pinned and arranged inside box-like sets, wrapped in sculptural garments, lit in the muted ochres of a cubist painting. The 34-year-old Hungarian photographer’s style is now nearly as recognisable as the celebrities he shoots. It’s Nice That’s US editor-at-large asks what subjects bring to a signature look, and what happens when a point of view becomes something a client can simply commission.
