in case i forget how i feel later...

scott.

12/15

alexander.

grooming :: sung hee park

8/15

douglas.
grooming :: sunanda mesquita

4/15

joel.

casting call

ben, charlie & oskar.

simon.

casting call

'interiors'

arthur daniyarov, jacob coupe & nicolas ripoll

by jonathan frantini for gq style italia march '10

haven't been posting many updates recently

the last month has been very hectic but after wednesday all the commotion will move to paris and i will have time to myself

uni //

dissertation is finally on the right track and being centered around representation rather than commerce, historical colonialism or politics.  those are important but should only feature as determinants of representation.  finding interesting gendered discrepancies between internally & externally generated representations of 'China'.

major project on track.  need to remember the audience for the work - gallery space and not editorial.

personal development //

getting more involved with Laurence on his various projects

handling production this year has raised the bar; there is more to what we do, there is still a way to go.

money has never been so low, but life is definitely on a high.  2010 is good


      

MOVES //

ANDREW WEIR // THE BOYS FROM MILAN

source models.com

MORE DYNASTY // ADAM CARRINGTON

the machiavellian prince of denver, colorado.  et al.

THE MEN OF DYNASTY

POWER

PITCH. BOOK. DONE.

party time.

happy new year kids.

PITCH BOOK = HELL

i thought this would only take me a couple of days but i keep finding more and more things to add (not having internet at home doesn't help either). i have to submit this by tomorrow morning otherwise the book won't arrive in time = FAIL.

coffeeeeeee...

FINAL MAJOR PROJECT :: TUTORIAL 2 // PARALYSIS

as much as Leila frustrates me sometimes with her arson of generalized advice (ie. you should test // get together with friends and discuss ideas // research your concept) she does occasionally offer gold nuggets of constructive critique however acid-coated they appear at first.

the major project is coming along nicely but i'm being held back by too much attention to surface detail; in her words my work has been "paralyzed by aesthetics". i've got enough to deal with theoretically but i'm finding it hard to integrate it visually into my project which is actually quite a general problem for me i think. i need to wrestle with the subject i'm trying to portray instead of just re-affirming it. i'm too afraid of making mistakes and for this project (and my work) to carry any weight i've just got to step outside my comfort zone and find a way of basically injecting some life into my pictures. by not being so precious with them.

to be honest it wasn't something i wanted to hear but i needed to hear it.

watch this space.

brian shimansky @ m&p // styling :: raphael hirsch // hair&makeup :: sung hee park

FMP RESEARCH :: LUKE SMALLEY

a small selection of work from american photographer Luke Smalley who died earlier this year:

i like how oddly disconnected a lot of his work feels. could be very relevant to the direction of my final major project although it deals a lot more with a very american masculinity.

FINAL MAJOR PROJECT :: TUTORIAL

wasn't as bad as i thought but chastised heavily for not having moved along much since presentations. definitely focusing on menswear and still going to address issues of race and representation but not try to be so literal and gimmicky about it.

i told Leila i honestly felt my work was very detached and deadpan (kind of like me..) which she agreed with but then said i could probably make a feature of that in the series. it would work say to express a suppression of cultural identity in that style, but also to bring the menswear element into it by repackaging that conflict with the problems/struggles of british masculinity. not so gimmicky anymore but relies quite heavily on styling...

must start testing.

DIFFRACTION

i'm feeling totally unprepared for my tutorial tomorrow.

numero 18 // chad pitman :: nicola formichetti