OHLALA Mag

TONY DURAN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR BELLO MAG

In the new issue of BELLO mag available worldwide since this morning, an exclusive interview with Los Angeles based photographer Tony Duran, after the release of the 10th anniversary issue of the famous Dieux Du Stade Calendar.

Tony Duran is talking about his Parisian experience, like shooting naked rugby men in 45 degrees [which is about 7 degrees celsius] and how he empathized with the players by ripping his clothes off ... not all the way but enough to say - I feel for you!!



But also on the amazing hard cover coffee table book project [which was only done once in the past by Francois Rousseau] The book should be out by the end of April 2010. He also answered to a few fun questions from my dearest Proust Questionary, about reincarnation, favorite heroes of fiction, greatest fear, most treasure possession ... All those answers and more in Tony Duran's Exclusive Interview for BELLO mag



+ BELLO mag
+ Tony Duran on OhLaLa
+ Tony Duran Official Site

The full interview and more photos AFTER THE JUMP

FIRST LOOK! DIEUX DU STADE 2010 DVD

Last week Tony Duran invited us to have a look at the Dieux Du Stade 2010 DVD! If the calendar itself is amazing, the DVD is just ok, nothing exceptional, especially the music ... as you can listen for yourself in this just released video below with a terribly bad version of La Vie en Rose [source]



+ More Dieux Du Stade on OhLaLa

FIRST LOOK AT THE 2010 DIEUX DU STADE CALENDARS PHOTOS

A french magazine is giving us a first look at the 2010 Dieux Du Stade Calendar shot in Paris by Tony Duran ...

We LOVE the wolverine look of the rugby player on the picture above. I cannot wait to see all the photos.

+ 2010 Dieux Du Stade Calendar by Tony Duran
+ Dieux Du Stade 2010 Cover With James Haskell

OHLALA FIRST LOOK! DIEUX DU STADE 2010 CALENDAR

In 2010 the famous Dieux Du Stade calendar will turn 10! So in order to celebrate they went all the way to Los Angeles and asked Tony Duran to come to Paris to shoot naked rugby players ... of course he said yes. Naked people are kind of his speciality!

Back in June we have announced that Tony Duran shot the calendar in Paris [2010 Dieux Du Stade Calendar by Tony Duran] Which is the promise for the most explosive calendar ever.

+ More Photos from the Dieux Du Stade Calendars

On the cover of this anniversary calendar James Haskell from Britain.

47 pages! That is not your grandma's calendar anymore with just one cat in basket per month ... no that makes 3,916666666666667 guys per month! With as the cherry on the gateaux a HUGE double faced poster commemorating the 217 athlete hotties who've gotten naked for the project since 2001!

Among the players this year we will have the pleasure to see Dimitri Szarzewski, Lionel Beauxis, Julien Arias, Mathieu Bastareaud, Simon Taylor, Tom Palmer, Hugo Southwell, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Maxime Medard, Alexis Palisson, Morgan Parra, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Simon Shaw, Thom and Max Evans, Ollie Barkley, and Steeve Guenot [The Olymic Gold Medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling]

2010 DIEUX DU STADE CALENDARBY TONY DURAN

Today OhLaLa can officially reveal that the upcoming Dieux Du Stade calendar was shot in Paris by Tony Duran, of course the photos illustrating this article are not the one from the calendar, but I thought they will give you a pretty good idea of the hotness that is to come.

This calendar will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the famous naked rugby players and let me tell you that I don't think it will get better than this edition! Tony Duran who is famous for his visionary-iconic-sexually-charged-photography is we believe going to deliver an A-MA-ZING work.



Photos in this article are not from the Calendar / Those are some random examples of Tony Duran's work

Last month OhLaLa featured a photoshoot featuring Bryce Draper (Picture below) that Tony Duran has shot in Paris, while he was there shooting the famous calendar [Bryce Draper by Tony Duran]



"I treat each subject with the same approach, be it models or actors, or a person off the street. People just want to look more beautiful and sexy than they did when they walked in the door. It is all a fantasy. A fantasy that I am more than willing to provide!" Tony Duran.

+ Dieux Du Stade on OhLaLa
+ More Photos by Tony Duran on OhLaLa
+ Tony Duran Official Site



Tony Duran has photographed a virtual who's who of the Hollywood and fashion set. Born in Winona, MN and a graduate from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Duran has no formal training in photography but relies more on his past study of painting and drawing for his unique ability to capture a sensual side not often revealed in his subjects. From the beginning of his career, Duran has traveled the world building a stellar archive of work, initially settling in Sydney Australia, where he built a long list of editorial and commercial clients. His next stop was a stint in NY before finally settling down in Los Angeles. Since then, Duran has focused on celebrity photography. A special relationship between Duran and Jennifer Lopez over the years has produced some of the most iconic photography of a single celebrity by one photographer.

BONJOUR MIGUEL AVRAMOVIC

So who is Miguel Avramovic !? Miguel (born 18 July 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby player, currently playing for Montauban in France. And for the amateurs, Miguel Avramovic was photographied for the Dieux Du Stade calendar by Steven Klein and as you will see in the second part of the post Miguel still has no problems being naked in front of the camera :-)

Today we have some great photos by Andy Cherniavsky for Romeo mag.

Oh! before you check out the super hot photos below we have a video of Miguel.



Miguel's interview AFTER THE JUMP so you can learn more about this Argentinean-Serbian rugby hunk ;-)

IT TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE TO BE PERFECT

Why do everytime I see David Skrela (above) I immediately have this images (below) in my mind !? This calendar totally ruined my passion for sport ;-) More revealing shots of David Skrela naked for the Dieux Du Stade calendar in the second part of the post.



But let's go back to our topic, the training of France's rugby national team in the south of France. Unfortunately it has nothing to do with the summer beach trainings or even in the Parisian heat but it is better than nothing right!?



The guys are training for their upcoming match between France and Argentina in a couple of days.

DIEUX DU STADE 2009 CALENDAR! OHLALA TEASER ...

So here they are, right on my laps ;-) the hottest rugby players on the planet! 39 photos by Peter Lindbergh. We do not want to spoil the all calendar so we have selected just a few hunks for your pleasure. On the first picture above please welcome Romuald Lauret (Bordeaux) and below a regular the hairylicious Nicolas Jeanjean (Stade Francais Paris).



I just want to let you know that they are not in order of preference ... it would be too hard to decide, even if I have to say that we do have a favorite.



:: 1 Sylvain Nicolas (Bourgoin) :: 2 Geoffroy Messina (Stade Francais Paris) :: 3 Jean Baptiste Peyras (Bayonne) :: 4 Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais Paris) ::



:: 5 This sexy menage a trois involved judoists and not rugby players from the left Jonathan Schneider (Thiais) Guillaume Chaine (Levallois) and Renaud Carriere (Nice) :: 6 Thomas Combezou ... the hottissime Thomas (Clermont Ferrand) Our favorite !!!! :: 7 Juan martin Hernandez (Stade Francais Paris) :: 8 Loic Mazieres (Toulouse) :: 9 Matthieu Nicolas (Bourgoin) :: 10 The abdolicious Steve Meyer (Perpignan) :: 11 Twin Greco Roman Wrestlers Melih and Semih Dundar :: Et voila ... now all you have to do is go and get your own calendar. You can order online via Amazon.fr and Amazon.com

+ Everything about Les Dieux Du Stade HERE and HERE!
+ Dieux Du Stade 2009 Making Of Video

DIEUX DU STADE 2009 CALENDAR! THE FIRST IMAGES OF THE MAKING OF

Here we go ... those are the very first images from the 2009 Dieux du Stade calendar and Making of video. Last month we had the first look at the cover and on monday we have discovered the first photos presented on French television by the beautiful Julien Arias.



You can have a look at the most complete coverage on the net of the Dieux du Stade calendar HERE and HERE. More photos from the making of HERE.



The calendar is available on Amazon.fr and Amazon.com

^{Images source LCI}

So this year the Dieux Du Stade calendar photographed by Peter Lindbergh is branded as a 'less trashy and more classy' version.

^{Images source LCI}

For now we have some unseen photos of the new Dieux du Stade 2009 calendar presented by Julien Arias (above and below) on French television news LCI today.

<sup>Images source LCI

Images source LCI</sup>

+ More Dieux Du Stade HERE and HERE

^{Images source LCI}

DIEUX DU STADE 2009: LESS TRASHY! MORE CLASSY

^{Images source LCI}

So this year the Dieux Du Stade calendar photographed by Peter Lindbergh is branded as a 'less trashy and more classy' version.

^{Images source LCI}

For now we have some unseen photos of the new Dieux du Stade 2009 calendar presented by Julien Arias (above and below) on French television news LCI today.

<sup>Images source LCI

Images source LCI</sup>

+ More Dieux Du Stade HERE and HERE

^{Images source LCI}