I did some behind-the-scenes pictures at the filming of Marina and the Diamonds "Hollywood" video, directed by the amazing Kinga Burza. Loved Marina, the set and the Americana-inspired styling by Celestine Cooney!
Apologies for the lack of proper documentation, but it was all a bit manic. Nevertheless, the party was a lot of fun and I was really happy to see all my Warsaw friends!
Highlights of the night included a collective dance sequence to Bad Romance (seems to have a huge following in the Warsaw art circles), Krystof dancing all night with his earphones on (as he insisted he likes to hear his songs loud!) and finally, the CD player burning down at 4am for a non-identifiable reason (although playing old Haddaway could be the case). All in all, a great night and big thanks to everyone, who came down and the boys at Delikatesy TR, who helped us put it together.
me drinking and Krystof looking for the next track
To put a bit of a break to this "me, me, me" action, I thought: why not start interviewing photographers, whose work I really like? Except, those won't be the questions you expect from a typical q&a.
So first comes a little chat with my friend Pierre Debusschere - an AMAZING photographer and video maker from Brussels, Belgium. Over the last year, Pierre has been shooting for the likes of Dazed & Confused, Metal and Vogue Hommes Japan, and his fashion videos were exhibited at Colette in Paris last February. Most recently, he art directed the new website for Raf Simons, which, just like Pierre's images, is sleek, futuristic and darkly, darkly beautiful...
Do you remember the first picture you ever took? It must have been a picture of my mum in my garden lit by falling sunlight.
What inspires you? Music, art & light.
What makes you happy? Achieving something.
What makes you sad? People's complexity.
Your favourite film? Andrei Rublev by Andrei Tarkovsky.
What did you dream about last night? Someone...
What was your favourite fancy dress outfit when you were a child? The potato rafia bag!
Have you ever tried bungee jumping? Nope, but I once jumped from a 15m bridge into water.
What do you listen to in your car? My whole playlist, but mostly songs that I can sing along to until I run out of voice...
What's the most delicious thing in the world? Napolitains!
And the best music video you've ever seen? Blonde Redhead -The Dress directed by Mike Mills
Haha, unfortunately I can't tell you just yet! Last week, I took some behind-the-scenes shots at the filming of a music video in London. I can't show anything before it comes out, except that it was directed by the lovely Kinga Burza and features one of the most promising music talents in the UK now... Jedward it's not.
So Twin magazine, the hard-backed, bi-annual publication run by former Lula art director Becky Smith and Vogue's Aimee Farrell, has just launched. I wrote a piece for their website about the amazing NYC-based photographer Marlene Marino.
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
In an age when so many photographers turn to digital cameras for their instant and easy-to-alter effects, it’s great to find someone like Marlene Marino who is a firm believer in the magic of 35mm. The New York based photographer’s grainy snapshots of cityscapes, and girls casually lounging in their bedrooms, have caught the attention of Purple and Self Service magazines. Marino’s work invites comparisons to an early Corinne Day – but despite the similarities, there’s no denying that her images have a tenderness that is utterly unique.
The first time I heard about Alexandra Catiere was back in New York in 2005, when whilst assisting on a fashion shoot, I went to visit the studio of photographer Billy Jim. I remember Billy showing me some very beautiful and melancholic work of a girl, who used to assist Irving Penn. Fast forward 3 years, I saw her pictures again, this time accompanying one the stories I wrote for Dazed. Still, it's those images of people captured on buses in Moscow, which I saw back in 2005, that keep coming back to my mind now.
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