GERHARD RICHTER / TATE MODERN.
Sunday 30 October 2011
Thursday 27 October 2011
GO-SEE DAY /
ROSIE TUPPER / VIVA.
TRUUS HOOIVELD / VIVA.
STELLA MAXWELL / VIVA.
KRISTIAN SILIS / NEXT.
MATT KING / NEXT.
PEDRO BERTOLINI / NEXT.
Monday 24 October 2011
Saturday 22 October 2011
HARRIS TWEED HEBRIDES /
JACOB BARBER FOR TOPMAN
MANY THANKS TO LEVI PALMER AND MATTHEW HARDING FOR USE OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL HOME.
FROM 'SOME DOGS BITE' (2010) /
VENETIA
YOU RECKON THEY CAN SEE US?
H
WHO?
VENETIA
THE DEAD.
(PAUSE)
I THINK THEY CAN. THEY SAYIN', 'LOOK AT THOSE TWO UP THERE, SMOKING, SITTING ON US. IF ONLY WE WERE ALIVE, HAD ANOTHER CHANCE. WE'D BE SO CLEVER. WE WOULDN'T FUCK UP NOTHING.'
(PAUSE)
RECKON THAT'S HOW IT WORKS? PEOPLE DIE AND THEY SEE ALL THEIR MISTAKES?
H
NO.
VENETIA
YOU DON'T SAY MUCH DO YOU?
H
NO.
(VENETIA SMILES)
- FROM 'SOME DOGS BITE' (2010)
Tuesday 18 October 2011
TEST DAY /
THIS IS HARRY'S FIRST SHOOT.
Labels:
ELITE MODELS,
HARRY PULLEY,
PHILIP SMITH,
SUNG HEE PARK,
TEST
Saturday 15 October 2011
Friday 14 October 2011
A HISTORY OF DENIM /
AXEL GILLOT FOR TOPMAN
SHOT ON LOCATION AT THEIR BRAND NEW CONCEPT STORE ON 98 COMMERCIAL ST, LONDON E1
Labels:
AXEL GILLOT,
ELITE MODELS,
HARRY LAMBERT,
KOTA SUIZU,
TOPMAN
Wednesday 12 October 2011
"THERE'S A MAN
WHO ONLY WILL SPEAK IN CODE,
BACKING SLOWLY, SLOWLY DOWN THE ROAD
MAY HE MASTER EVERYTHING
THAT SUCH MEN MAY KNOW
ABOUT LOVING, AND THEN LETTING GO."
- JOANNA NEWSOM, 'GO LONG'
/
A FEW NIGHTS AGO I HAD CONFIDED TO A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE MY ANXIETIES TOWARDS MORTALITY - PARTICULARLY THAT OF MY FAMILY - AND ITS DEFTNESS AT PUTTING ONE'S LIFE, AND SELF, INTO PERSPECTIVE. IT WAS THE SAME FRIEND THAT INADVERTENTLY INTRODUCED ME TO THE WONDERFULLY CRAFTED JOANNA NEWSOM TRACK ABOVE THAT, AFTER SEVERAL MANTRA-LIKE REPETITIONS, PLACED ME BACK INTO THE HEART OF THAT TRAGIC EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE. WHAT INSPIRED FRIENDS I HAVE..
YESTERDAY, IN A HURRICANE OF FORESIGHT AND CAFFEINE, I CREATED TWO LISTS INTENDED AS INCANTATIONS OF A SORT, SONTAG-IAN IN MAGNITUDE, TO WILL MY BETTER SELF INTO BEING. THE LISTS WERE LABELLED SIMPLY 'I WANT TO BE' vs. 'I DON'T WANT TO BE'. NOT WISHING TO GO INTO ANY SENSITIVE DETAILS (OF COURSE) THOUGH SAFE TO SAY THE USUAL STOCK FAVOURITES OF 'LAZY' AND 'REGRETFUL' MADE IT TO THE TOP OF THE 'I DON'T WANT TO BE' LIST, ALONG WITH 'SEEKING VALIDATION' - WHICH I THINK IS FAST BECOMING THE PANDEMIC OF THIS iGENERATION. HEADING THE 'I WANT TO BE' LIST WAS SIMPLY 'HAPPY'.
JONATHAN SWIFT ONCE SAID 'NO WISE MAN EVER WISHED TO BE YOUNGER' - A BEGUILINGLY SIMPLE SENTIMENT, AND ONE WHICH GAINS INCREASING RELEVANCE AS THE BRITISH POPULATION AGES. BUT HOPEFULLY WON'T TAKE A LIFETIME TO REALISE..
Labels:
GO LONG,
HAVE ONE ON ME,
JOANNA NEWSOM,
JONATHAN SWIFT,
LYRICS,
QUOTE,
RANT
Tuesday 11 October 2011
Friday 7 October 2011
Wednesday 5 October 2011
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