Colour Mode is the first book on make-up artist Lucy Bridge’s work, created through a close collaboration with renowned creative director Veronica Ditting. Ten specially commissioned stories by leading photographers are interspersed with ‘Looks in Progress’, shot behind the scenes to reveal Lucy’s creative process and working practices, capturing her aesthetic in its most definitive form. Her work instinctively challenges beauty norms and her use of colour and texture is resolutely bold and expressive. The book contains over 380 images that serve as inspiration to beauty, image-making and visual culture.

Colour Mode’s photographic stories are testament to Lucy’s ongoing creative partnerships, technical skill and the range of looks and narratives she creates through make-up. Each feature reveals a different facet of her practice. Carlijn Jacobs’s story explores dramatic colours and experimental textures to create exaggerated and dynamic looks. Sam Rock’s photography documents expressive body painting, creating a world where the line between make-up and clothing is blurred. In the story with Tim Walker, a shared love of theatrical characters is brought to life through colour washes, strong pigments and electric-hued accents.