La Roux

2011.07.09

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Shot La Roux for a Nissan Campaign just before christmas. Really nice to chat with actually, very down to earth.

Thanks to everyone at Digitas agency for putting the shoot together.

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Carmit Bechar (Pussy Cat Dolls) and Hofit Golan (Fashion TV) for Face On Magazine

2011.01.12

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I photographed Carmit Bechar of the Pussy Cat Dolls and Hofit Golan (socialite and FTV presenter) at Amika Night Club and hotel Verta for Face On Magazine. A crew from FTV covered the shoot, coverage of which you can see below.

More images from the shoot after the video.

Makeup: Maddie Pearce
I was assisted by Freddy Lee. Trying to get further credits. Will post as they become available.

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pippa da rippa

2010.07.07

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portraits of Pippa the Rippa… lots of fun…

watch her at work here:

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Irving Penn at the National Gallery

2010.03.03

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Sometimes I think I am really spoiled living in London – you get to see the most amazing, world class photography exhibitions. I had a meeting that fell through today so I skived off and caught the Irving Penn – Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. I loved the show. It was a lesson in simplicity. Beautiful simple portraits that are deceptively masterful. Arranged chronologically (yawn…), the images are simply lit, usually one light source, often daylight and the subjects all look very comfortable and authentic. Well a few were a bit stagey, like Hussein Chalayan but they can’t ALL be winners.

One thing I took away from the exhibition – repetition. He wasn’t afraid of repeating himself. He moved into a studio in Paris and must have used the same backdrop – a canvas discarded from a circus – for over 20 years. But it’s this repetition that makes us focus on the sitters, and not the setting and makes the images all the more powerful.

I especially liked the series of portraits of the sitters squeezed into a tight corner frame, forcing them to arrange themselves in a confined space.

Beautifully printed platinum and Gelatin prints, some from the 1940′s. Wonderful, inspiring, check it out if you can.

Until the 6th of June 2010

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Backstage at the Valmont

2010.03.01

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met this lovely lady while covering a show at the valmont recently…

dress by Lida O’Reilly, a designer from Mauritius.

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London Fashion Week: Burberry Prorsum: Front Row

2010.02.24

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Burberry’s show in the grounds of Chelsea College of Art and Design, (where I studied incidentally), boasted a hoarde of celebs: Mario Testino, Mary Kate-Olsen, Anna Wintour, Kate Hudson, Sir Philip Green, Jared Leto, Samantha Cameron, the list goes on…

Also many high profile bloggers were in attendance, Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist, Susie Bubble of Style Bubble and Tavi Gevinson of Style Rookie who was sat with Anna Wintour.

The show was televised globally – New York, Dubai, Paris – in 3d.

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London Fashion Week: Maria Grachvogel Front Row, Erin O’Connor

2010.02.21

Erin O'Connor sitting at the front Row at Maria Grachvogel London Fashion Week February 2010

Erin O’Connor, Hilary Alexander and a few others at Maria Grachvogel’s Show.

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Laura from Red Magazine at Maria Grachvogel

2010.02.21

Diane Straface from High Life TV

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Miggy…

2010.02.21

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Miggy, who else? Check out those shoes!

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On the Street: Hong Kong

2010.01.14
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Subway: Hong Kong

2010.01.13

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Had a wicked weekend in Hong Kong, very wicked… such an amazing city…

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Street Fashion: Guangzhou

2010.01.13

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Guangzhou is a commercial hub in Southern China not too far from Hong Kong. It was one big dustbowl when i visited due to the massive construction work going on in preparation for the asian games taking place later on in 2010.

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Gok Wan and Fearne Cotton at the Clothes Show Live

2009.12.21

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Had the opportunity to take a few shots of Gok and Fearne while at the CSL… Gok was very friendly and energetic. I had seen his schedule for the day (I spent most of the day running around photographing him) so I asked him if he felt it was a lot of pressure. He said: ‘I really don’t mind so much because the audience are here to talk about fashion and that keeps my energy up as they’re an attentive audience. I know by the end of the day I’ll collapse exhausted on the way home, though’. I found him very friendly and a pleasure to be around.

Fearne was sweet too although I got the feeling she was slightly awed by the mob that arrived to see her at the Ice Bar signing. Have to be very patient to contend with a mass of screaming girls and a mosh pit of photographers. I bumped a few young girls getting my shot and got a firm talking to by one of the bouncers – ‘they’re only little girls, mate, you can’t be bashing them ’round’. A lesson in sensitivity from a man built like a gorilla. Oops!!! Mea Culpa…

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Venice

2009.10.17

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Spent a day in Venice with a client. Such a magical place…

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Lady Ana, Burlesque Performer

2009.10.12

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Shot at Bardens Boudoir in Stoke Newington, London

Styling: Katerina Blunden
Hair and Makeup: Alex Gillott
Lingerie by Agent Provocateur

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