The Spring & Summer 2008 issue of L’Officiel Hommes Spring Summer 2008 is a keeper if you love fashion photography. Like the cover states, there’s 200 pages of fashion featuring supermodel Jon Kortajarena.

The crazy concept works because he changes his look for EVERY fashion spread. One spread has Jon with a full beard while the next one is his usual intellectual, preppy vibe. He isn’t good in every shot but with the constant changes, most of them work. If they ever try this concept with Evan Soldati or Allesandra Ambrosia, I will go bonkers. They’re my favorite models (and they’re both Brazilian!).

At first I was concerned that only one photographer was used (Milan Vukmirovic), but the spreads really show an ease and comfort between the model and the photographer. The camera really focuses on Jon--there are no memorable camera effects or overly staged settings.

The settings run the gamut and my favorite spread in terms of fashion and setting is "Sunday Morning". The bright pieces set against a modern (Palm Springs?) home really nails 2008.

My copy looks like it’s already several years old from thumbing and having it with me for quick looks. I’ve even had hot water spilled all over it. It’s a total keeper and I’m happy with it like a good, worn pair of jeans.

I tabbed 13 pages of interest...usually the start of a fashion spread because it would be ridiculous to try and narrow down 200 photo spreads to favorites.

THE GOOD: Great concept of using one model and photographer. Tons of poses for reference. A huge variety of looks from the clothes, hair and settings.

THE BAD: If you don’t like Jon, you won’t like the issue. The articles pale in comparison to the shoots. All the photos seem the same after a few spreads.