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"    Miranda Kerr, Russell James, and Nicole Trunfio; Photo: Getty Images   Last night, ABC Carpet &amp;amp;amp; Home hosted a celebration for the launch of renowned photographer Russell James&amp;#039;s new book, Nomad Two Worlds, and fragrance oil, Raw Spirit-Fire Tree. A fine art composition, Nomad Two Worlds is the culmination of James&amp;#039;s decade-long project for raising awareness of the rich history and beauty of Australia&amp;#039;s Indigenous cultures. It boasts over 250 images of prominent subjects, including Miranda Kerr, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Nicole Trunfio, Will.i.am, Fergie, and Hugh Jackman. James, who also happens to be Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret&amp;#039;s go-to photographer, revealed to ELLE.com the inspiration behind his homage to his native land.   &amp;quot;I grew up in a very conflicted time in Australia, and there was a massive life expectancy difference between aboriginal Australians and white Australians,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;As I came to New York, and things became quite different for me, I realized I had this troubling issue in my home that I had to reconcile.&amp;quot; James sought to capture the aboriginals&amp;#039; local color with help from their artists. &amp;quot;The project grew into a collaboration in which I would take photographs of things of cultural significance and Indigenous people, then the artists from those communities would paint over the images,&amp;quot; he shared. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;d tell collaborative stories.&amp;quot; Kerr spoke about James, &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve been friends for many years. He&amp;#039;s Australian as well, and quite down to earth\u2014that&amp;#039;s what I love about him. I think what he&amp;#039;s doing is really great, and I&amp;#039;m excited to be in the book. It&amp;#039;s a really nice mixture of culture and art.&amp;quot; Trunfio, who is featured on the tome&amp;#039;s cover, noted that shooting with James was truly memorable. &amp;quot;We really wanted to find the authenticity of a nomad woman being out in nature,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It looked like a sandstorm [on set] around me, and I was digging into this core primal thing. It just translated.&amp;quot; Purchase a copy of Nomad Two Worlds ($99), here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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