INSPIRED BY THINGS

SURGICAL

2011-12-20T23:02:00.000+11:00

MICRO MIX NO. 1

2011-09-07T03:22:00.000+10:00

MICRO MIX NO. 1 by MC GLAMMER

CHLOROPHYLL

2011-08-10T23:18:00.001+10:00

Under a black light, Chlorophyll has a blood red glow.

CULTIVATE

2011-08-09T20:55:00.002+10:00

A photo I took at Nuit Blanche (White Night) in Paris in 2009.
"We Must Cultivate Our Garden" by artist Nathan Coley.

DON'T CALL

2011-08-08T22:10:00.000+10:00

HUME

2011-08-06T01:49:00.001+10:00

Gary Hume for Marni

FACE IT

2011-08-05T00:54:00.002+10:00

'Face House' by Japanese architect Kazumasa Yamashita, located in Kyoto

EDITH HEAD

2011-08-03T03:59:00.003+10:00

Famous Hollywood costume designer, Edith Head.

ADRIAN / GRETA

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Greta Garbo wearing a costume designed by Adrian Adolph Greenberg

MOLKO

2011-08-02T16:58:00.001+10:00

Brian Molko of Placebo

INTESTINES

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NO SMOKING

2011-08-01T16:31:00.000+10:00

MATSUMOTO PAC

2011-07-29T12:15:00.004+10:00

The exterior of the Matsumoto Performing Art Center (in Matsumoto, Japan) is inspired by Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Webs and her Infinity Dots Mirrored Room(s), below.

SITUATION

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EIGHT

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BREATHLESS

2011-07-13T04:16:00.000+10:00

"I know how you feel - you don't know whether to hit me or kiss me. I get a lot of that"
- Breathless (Dick Tracy)

RICCI

2011-06-15T01:22:00.003+10:00

Nina Ricci boots in Vogue Germany (August 09)

PUSSY

2011-06-14T02:04:00.003+10:00

"Fountain" by Coop (A cheeky, some would say, 'modern' take on Marcel Duchamp's original "Fountain")

SHORTCUTS

2011-05-29T21:26:00.006+10:00

Julianne Moore in "Shortcuts" directed by Robert Altman

DARYL

2011-05-29T16:09:00.006+10:00

Daryl Hannah

VEIN CORAL MUSCLE ROCK

2011-05-24T02:23:00.002+10:00

LOVE!X

ISSEY NOT THE BEST?

2011-05-24T00:14:00.001+10:00

LOVE!X

TAKE A LOOK AT YOURSELF

2011-05-24T00:09:00.002+10:00

LOVE!X

THE TIME IS NOW

2011-05-16T23:49:00.005+10:00

If there's always tomorrow
But tomorrow isn't here yet
And we just want to leave
Yesterday in the past
But yesterday hasn't arrived yet
Then where does that leave
Us now?
Stuck in a timeless limbo
For eternity?
Does eternity disregard time?
Is every second wasted if we
Leave it in the past anyway?
Does the future even matter if
We can't see it yet?
Or
Are we so busy thinking about
Mistakes that we have made
And mistakes that we haven't
Even made yet
That we forget about now?
I think so.

LOVE!X

RAUCHEN

2010-12-29T06:25:00.004+11:00

LOVE!X

WATERS BUTT

2010-12-29T06:16:00.003+11:00

John Waters Interview in BUTT Magazine. June 8, 2005.

LOVE!X

THINGS

2010-12-29T05:05:00.006+11:00

My new favourite blog, a reference pit of many things including all our favourite pop culturists, a slightly obsessive collection of Nicki Minaj candy porn and Chanel show stills from the fashion graveyard:

THINGS FROM MY THINGS

LOVE!X

LEOPARDS PLAY

2010-12-23T16:13:00.007+11:00

Shot by Me.

LOVE!X

IT ALWAYS WAS

2010-12-13T02:48:00.001+11:00

LOVE!X

CAPS LOCK

2010-12-11T22:03:00.002+11:00

LOVE!X

ISN'T HE DIVINE?

2010-12-06T16:10:00.004+11:00

Some would say i'm a huge fan of the filmmaker John Waters. Others would say that i'm head over heels in love with him.

I guess I just hold a lot of respect for him and his offbeat and filthy films.

Earlier in the year I was lucky enough to have had the chance to see John Waters' live spoken word show 'This Filthy World' at the Sydney Opera House. He spoke about Divine, Politics, the often repulsive gay world, and of course RUSH (which made it refreshing to know that poppers is a hobby of his).

Apart from the fact that he idolizes Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons fame, my interest in John Waters does not in anyway intersect with my interest in fashion, however they do seem to sit nicely together on my shelf of interests. Filth and Fashion. All good things start with an F.

If there are any of you who are yet to discover the wonderful world of Waters, go and buy his newest book 'Role Models', then watch all of his films, and fall in love with him as I have.

Oh, and also, watch the three part interview with John from Andy Warhol TV from 1981.

Oh, and also also, how strange is it that John's from Baltimore, where all of his films are set, and as I type this, Silence of The Lambs is playing in the background, a film also set in Big Bad Baltimore. I dream of such a land.

LOVE! X

HEROINE

2010-11-24T03:15:00.003+11:00

A short film starring the one and only Cody Bayliss.
Filmed and edited by myself, Mitch Wright.

LOVE!X

AT THIS POINT

2010-08-11T01:15:00.003+10:00

LOVE!X

JPG 4 LYF

2010-05-28T23:17:00.001+10:00

LOVE!X

YAWN

2010-05-14T11:30:00.003+10:00

BATHING WITH MEISEL

2010-05-11T22:01:00.005+10:00

The latest photoshoot from acclaimed photographer Steven Meisel in the most recent issue of Vogue Italia features model newcomers Kirsi Pyrhonen, Hind Sahli, Ylonka Verheul, Daria Strokous, Caroline Brash Nielsen, and our very own Julia Nobis.

Styled by Karl Templer (who also styled the My Space shoot featuring Sasha that I posted on a while ago), the editorial is reminiscent of a 60's black and white swimwear campaign.

LOVE!X

GALLIANO 1998

2010-04-22T14:43:00.004+10:00

Let's just quickly flash back to John Galliano's Fall Winter 1998 collection.

A spectacle it was.

The footage shows lost models pretentiously circling tables of people to a soundtrack of 90's techno, an up-tempo jungle style edit of Madonna's "Frozen", happy time circus tunes and a more hyperactive version of "Money" sung by Liza Minnelli from "Cabaret" while and endless amount of money falls from the ceiling.

As for the fashion, we see a lot of full body gimp-esque suits, head caps, oversized fur coats, pantaloon style onesies and embellished evening dresses.

Please marvel at the creative genius that is John Galliano.

LOVE!X

HAMANSUTRA

2010-04-21T23:28:00.005+10:00

Hamansutra is a New York based multidirectional communication creator. After studying at Central St Martins in London, he went on to establish himself in the fashion industries of London, Hamburg and Munich, to eventually gain the attention and applause of big dog clients such as Audi, Nike and Microsoft.

He uses fashion design as his medium to communicate ideas and thoughts to a larger audience. His design concepts are largely focused on the ideas of freedom, and the often strenuous obstacles that we are faced with on our path to independence.

Hamansutra's collection titled "Artificial Skin" explores the idea that we are all slowly becoming more and more transparent in this overtly controlled world in which we live. He's ultimately attempting to inform us that we have a second skin, which now covers every little part of our lives, making technology and our surrounds a part of our "natural" existence.

He also designed the costumes for Sonique's music video for the song "Another World". Hamansutra forces the audience to forgive Sonique for such a terrible song.

I'll say no more, check it all out below, or on his website.

www.hamansutra.com

LOVE!X

CLUB DONAHUE

2010-04-21T13:18:00.003+10:00

THE WILDEST COMBINATION

2010-04-19T00:11:00.002+10:00

Arthur Russell - That's Us/Wild Combination

LOVE!X

FASHION FONT

2010-04-18T18:33:00.003+10:00

A very fashionable typeface developed by Yvette Yunjung, an extremely wide-eyed graphic designer from Seoul. This particular type was developed from various F/W 2009 looks. Leather, buckles and everything animal.

www.nmyv.com

LOVE!X

HOW NOW BRAUNER COW

2010-04-17T19:43:00.003+10:00

A relatively unfamiliar name in the thorough histories of the Surrealist art movement is Victor Brauner, a Romanian Jewish artist who's paintings many would liken to the works of Miro and Arp, and sculptures to those by Man Ray.

It's easy to appreciate his use of bright and poppy colours, his obsession with animals, and the somewhat sexual approach that he exhibits in his works.

Loves it.

LOVE!X

THE BEST TRIP EVER

2010-04-14T17:49:00.003+10:00

One of the things you learn after years of dealing with drug people, is that you can turn your back on a person but you can never turn your back on a drug.
Especially when it's waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.
What was I doing out here?
What was the meaning of this trip?
Was I just roaming around in a drug frenzy of some kind?
Or had I really come out here to Las Vegas to work on a story?
Who are these people?
These faces?
Where do they come from?

LOVE!X

THE DREAMERS

2010-04-02T00:26:00.002+11:00

LOVE!X

DREAM-TIMERS

2010-03-30T14:11:00.008+11:00

The following images are from a shoot titled "My Space" that was published in the February 2010 edition of Interview Magazine.

Photographer Craig McDean shot Sasha Pivovarova wearing an explosion of colourful and dyed garments and accessories styled by Karl Templer in an incredible graffiti ridden location.

The shoot itself is riddled with pastel tones, childlike scribbles, exuberant body language, transparent textures and oh so much more to write home about.

There is no doubt about it, this is what my dreams are made of...

LOVE!X

DECEPTIVE MOTHS

2010-03-25T11:48:00.003+11:00

The butterflies are in my face,
To make sure that I don't erase,
The memory of outer space,
That I now know I must not chase,

The butterflies are in my head,
I block them out until they're dead,
Though when I put my mind to bed,
They linger in my dreams instead,

The butterflies are in my eyes,
Blocking views of pastel skies,
And hopeless thoughts of a demise,
Or erasure of all the lies.

by Me.

LOVE!X

LADY GAGA SAYS USE CONDOMS

2010-03-24T17:33:00.002+11:00

LOVE!X

MR COHEN, IS THIS IT?

2010-03-08T22:57:00.003+11:00

THIS IS IT by Leonard Cohen

This is it
I'm not coming after you
I'm going to lie down for half an hour
This is it
I'm not going down
on your memory
I'm not rubbing my face in it any more
I'm going to yawn
I'm going to stretch
I'm going to put a knitting needle
up my nose
and poke out my brain
I don't want to love you
for the rest of my life
I want your skin
to fall of my skin
I want my clamp
to release your clamp
I don't want to live
with this tongue hanging out
and another filthy song
in the place
of my baseball bat
This is it
I'm going to sleep now darling
Don't try to stop me
I'm going to sleep
I'll have a smooth face
and i'm going to drool
I'll be asleep
whether you love me or not
This is it
The New World Order
of wrinkles and bad breath
It's not going to be
like it was before
eating you
with my eyes closed
hoping you won't get up
and go away
It's going to be something else
Something worse
Something sillier
Something like this
only shorter

BARBIE HITS A SOFT SPOT

2010-02-24T13:49:00.000+11:00

LOVE!X

CYNDI UND GAGA MIT MAC

2010-02-24T13:27:00.005+11:00

LOVE TO DEATH!X

ASTROTURFAHOLICS ANONYMOUS

2010-02-23T23:31:00.008+11:00

Today was a fabulous day. My second best friend Chloe picked me up at lunch time, we ate left over pizza, then headed to Belmont in WA to pull apart the opshops.

On the way, we had to make a quick pit stop at the local Astroturf centre to order some turf for an installation that Chloe's working on. On the way out of the centre, we noticed a huge dumpster full of offcuts of super high quality astroturf. We loaded our arms full of the stuff and headed back to Chloe's car to dump it in the boot. When we got to the car, we looked at each other, and both knew that what we had taken was not enough. We were turning into Astroturfaholics, so we jumped in the car, drove back to the dumpster and pulled out every last little bit of turf and shoved it into the car. Apart from the fact that we looked like complete lunatics, we had a LOT of fun.

Then we went opshopping, which was, as always in Perth, the best thing we could have done. So many bargains to be had.

LOVE!X

HOLY COCKETTES

2010-02-22T02:09:00.006+11:00

These are The Cockettes...........yeah, holy fuck!

More to come. But for now, please enjoy.

LOVE!X OBSESSED

FILLINGS

2010-02-21T19:22:00.006+11:00

(taken by me on 18.02.10 at Quindalup, WA)

I LOVE YOU

BUT DO YOU?

I MUST KNOW

BEFORE I GO

AND I'LL SHOW

WHAT I KNOW

HOW I FEEL

IS IT REAL?

I WANT YOU

TO KNOW

MY HEART SUNG

IN THE SUN

IT WAS YOU

AND ME TOO

MINUS YOU

IS IT TRUE?

IT IS ME

AND ME

YOU'LL SEE.

HOLY SHISH MANISH

2010-02-20T20:41:00.008+11:00

I don't really have the mind to say anything important right now, but if you haven't heard of Indian designer Manish Arora, i suggest you immediately head straight to his website below. He's been around for years, though only over the past two years has he gained huge international recognition for his wacked out ultra-imaginative designs.

He's up there on my death list, put it that way.

www.manisharora.ws

LOVE!X

BODY SWAP

2010-02-20T20:17:00.004+11:00

"Dear, dear! how queer everything is today!

And yesterday everything happened just as usual: I wonder if I was changed in the night?

Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning?

I think I remember feeling rather different.

But if I’m not the same, who in the world am I?

Ah, that’s the great puzzle!"

Lewis Carroll was a complete a space cadet!

LOVE!X

DEAD STUFF

2010-02-16T13:13:00.009+11:00

I'm currently on vacation in Perth, just relaxing and visiting friends who live here. After being in Sydney for so long, it really makes me appreciate this big ol' country town. It's so far from the east coast of Australia and, in comparison, so baron and empty.

Yesterday i went to the Western Australian Museum with a friend to look at dead animals and insects. The insects are the most intriguing, the fact that they are so small and still in such perfect condition (without being squashed i mean). My friend said that they suffocate them, so as to not tamper with their natural state, an awful thought.... what if they were claustrophobic? Murder.

My favourite was probably the mice pinned to the diagram on the wall... straight from the lab. Oh, and the last picture (which i think is a baby north-west blower fish) looks like a shriveled old penis with eyes and a mouth.

www.museum.wa.gov.au

Oh, and we also found this lovely lady, i guess she was never dead nor alive, but she had total babe alert style.

LOVE!X

SPARRO JAXX

2010-02-15T15:24:00.003+11:00

LOVE!X

HEL-YEAH

2010-02-13T15:36:00.008+11:00

HEL-LOOKS is a Helsinki based street-style fashion website that i've followed for the past few years.

I've come to realise that, perhaps because of this website, Scandinavians definitely win the award for Most Seemingly-Effortlessly Fashionable People... ever.

Even though we all know that Fruits Magazine was the true instigator of street-style fashion snaps, and as much as i love the style captured by Fruits, i think that Hel-Looks does a better job of capturing a more relaxed, yet still uber trendy style aesthetic.

Anyway, decide for yourself - www.hel-looks.com

LOVE!X

AUM MC.Q

2010-02-12T09:41:00.005+11:00

Rest in Peace McQueen, and I hope wherever you've gone, you will find happiness and solace XXXXXX

XXXX

I SAID SOMETHING WRONG

2010-02-11T11:15:00.001+11:00

I find shelter, in this way
Under cover, hide away
Can you hear, when I say?
I have never felt this way

Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on
Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on

Could I be, was I there?
It felt so crystal in the air
I still want to drown, whenever you leave
Please teach me gently, how to breathe

And I'll cross oceans, like never before
So you can feel the way I feel it too
And I'll mirror images back at you
So you can see the way I feel it too

Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on
Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on

Maybe I had said, something that was wrong
Can I make it better, with the lights turned on

(Shelter, by The XX)

LOVE!X

BYRACK OBAMA

2010-02-10T21:43:00.003+11:00

A short video-summary of 2009 according to my friend Byron.
Music is "aNYway" by Duck Sauce.

LOVE!X

I SEE MYSELF

2010-02-10T20:18:00.005+11:00

I've got so much love to give, sometimes i just don't know where to put it.

(drawing by me)

LOVE!X

UNIFORMITY

2010-02-01T22:19:00.005+11:00

Isn't repetition and uniformity fun? Last night i went and saw Antony and the Johnsons at the Sydney Opera House (gush) and after the show, somehow became so mesmerized by the uniformed state of the male toilets.

I've always loved tessellations (as made popular by none other than the man himself, Escher), and to me, in the photo below, the basins create an amazing linear tessellation.

Oh, and did i mention that i was disgustingly intoxicated at this point? Therefore i completely understand if you are unable to understand or appreciate my strange gratitude for a certain bathroom.

Oh, and i did try and take some photos of Antony while he was playing, however i've never seemed to get my head around the sour combination of intoxication and cameras.
But here is what i got, a beautiful light explosion! (no Antony though)

LOVE!X

SIARGHHHH

2010-01-31T00:01:00.002+11:00

LOVE!X

A BIG HINT.

2010-01-28T22:10:00.002+11:00

That is all...

LOVE!X

DEPECHE PLAY

2010-01-21T18:52:00.007+11:00

In 1990, Depeche Mode released a track titled "Enjoy the Silence", and made an aesthetically beautiful promotional music video to go with it.

In 2008, Coldplay released a track called "Viva la Vida". They released two music videos for the track, the first which was a rather predictable commercial band style video, and the second being an interpretive remake of the original "Enjoy the Silence" music video, directed by Anton Corbijn who also directed the original, as a tribute to Depeche Mode.

Below are stills from both versions, which are in my eyes equally magnificent.

Depeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence" 1990

Coldplay - "Vida la Vida" 2008

LOVE!X

BAGS ME!

2010-01-05T23:20:00.006+11:00

Check out these must have novelty handbags. My favourites are the Apple Bag and the Clock Bag.

These are all available to buy at......www.escapade.co.uk.....the most accessible costume store in the world.

LOVE!X

SWEET MAMMARIES

2010-01-05T22:56:00.007+11:00

I often look to my own past to gather inspiration. Here's a peep into my life through some photos that i've taken over the past four years.

LOVE!X

YOKO

2010-01-04T23:19:00.009+11:00

Yoko Ono is one of the most beautiful people that has ever existed. She's experienced so much in her life, so much negative, yet still remains so positive and determined, and so sure of all that she hopes for, not only for herself, but for every living being: health, peace, & joy.

Everything that she says, and does, through words and through visual representation, comes from her heart, and is aimed at making some sort of an impact on the world. I think Yoko understands that it is hard to change people, and the planet, so instead she focuses on simply asking people to love each other, to have respect for other people and our planet, and to ultimately live together in honesty and in peace.

In 2007, the Imagine Peace Tower was constructed in Reykjavik in Iceland, as a result of Yoko's initiative and determination. It was something that Yoko had invented on her conceptual "Sales List" of 1965, and had only ever dreamed of creating, until a few years ago when it was finally built.

Every year, people post/email/tweet their wishes for the world, that are the buried in the surrounds of the Imagine Peace Tower, and each year between October and December, the light beams high up into the universe and, in Yoko's words, expresses the wishes to the universe.

Below is an affirmation for this year 2010, written by Yoko Ono. If you read this, you will feel grateful, for everything.

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AFFIRMATION FOR 2010
by Yoko Ono

I would like you to share an affirmation with me.
Think it, say it, with firm belief,
knowing that we are all one.

In the name of truth, peace and love:
Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Our planet is healthy and whole,
We, the people of Earth
See clearly, Hear clearly, Think clearly.
Make the right judgement, right decision and the right move
For the benefit of our planet and others.

We are now bathing in the light of Dawn,
Standing in the Heaven we have created together,
Sharing the Joy
With all Lives on Earth
And of the Universe,

As we are all one, united with infinite and eternal love.

For the highest good of all concerned, So be it.

Happy New Year
love, yoko

yoko ono lennon
December 2009
New York, USA
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You can send a wish to the Imagine Light Tower at: wish@imaginepeace.com.

Yoko's webpage: www.imaginepeace.com

LOVE!X

2009-12-16T01:28:00.002+11:00

BEAT BEAT BEAT

2009-12-16T00:11:00.007+11:00

I don't really like much music from the 80's, with exception of a few bands. I'm more into 90's music (as you would most definitely know if you've ever seen me DJ).

However, one of my favourite bands of all time would have to be Bronski Beat, an all gay synth pop trio who made their big break in 1984 with their hit debut single 'Smalltown Boy'.

(Photo below rules - Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil, See no Evil!)

If you've ever heard the song, or are an existing gigantic Bronski Beat fan, you would know what the song can do to you. When i'm driving in my car, listening to 'Smalltown Boy', my heart starts racing and i feel like i've got 10 times more control than i actually do.... the traffic lights change in time with the song, and the other cars on the road are doing some seriously impressive choreographed dancing - swerving in an out of lanes like we're all part of the same routine..... i'm sure you can picture it (and if you can't, then get an imagination).

See the original film clip for 'Smalltown Boy' below:

My point being, it's a fucking amazing and uplifting track. And it's all about a teenage boy being kicked out of home for being gay. These guys were setting an example for gay youth of the 80's, and everyone loved them - 'Smalltown Boy' reached No. 3 on the UK charts after it's released.

My Dad's actually seen Bronski Beat before, and he was the one who introduced me to them, and passed his controversially titled Bronski Beat album 'The Age of Consent' down to me. The title represents the inequality between heterosexuals and homosexuals - in the 80's in the UK, hetero couples could have sex at 16, however gay couples had to wait until they were both 21 or over. This was nearly 30 years ago, and still nothing has changed. In Australia, the age of consent for hetero couples is 16 and for gay couples it is 18. Anyway, i'm getting a little too socio-political.

After a short lived success, the bands lead singer, Jimmy Somerville, departed Bronski Beat in 85 and moved on to head The Communards - another hugely successful group from the 80's. He then moved on to a bit of a flop of a solo career.

Anyway, hail to Bronski Beat, wherever you are.

LOVE!X

DAUL

2009-12-06T19:10:00.005+11:00

I don't buy magazines all that much.... only when something about the issue really catches my eye. I have a small collection of magazines, most of them with torn out pages that i blu-tack to my walls, but there are some that i don't rip apart - my favourites.

I was flicking through one of the favourites - the 'The Stepping Stone Issue' of i-D Magazine from July 2008, when i came across a shoot of the beautiful Korean model Daul Kim, who tragically committed suicide at her apartment in Paris just last month.

She was 17 or 18 at the time of the shoot, and i-D had already named her as "one of the most charismatic talents to hit our catwalks"

In the i-D article, we're told how Daul was bullied at her Singaporean high-school, which led her to quit school and focus on her modelling career. She is quoted as saying "i've always considered myself an outsider" and "I think if you go out too much and meet too many people, there's gonna be too much talk about you and that's not what i want".

Daul also had her own blog - iliketoforkmyself.blogspot.com - which has now been disabled and is only open to invited readers. Her last blog post before her death was titled "Say Hi to Forever".

Below are some photos of the truly magical Daul Kim.

Rest in Peace.

(in i-D Magazine, July 2008)

(in the last issue of RUSSH Magazine, wearing Emma Mullholland swimwear)

LOVE!X

KAHLOSEXUALITY

2009-12-05T02:26:00.004+11:00

I feel as though i'm super pro-feminism right now, but i can't help it.

I've loved Frida Kahlo for a long time, and only just got around to watching the film 'Frida' with Salma Hayek. I would go as far as saying it is probably the best film i've watched all year (and it's from way back in 2002).

I love the way she is depicted in the film - as an honest, strong, cigarette-addicted, alcoholic, eccentric, bisexual, Mexican artist. It's visible in her paintings just how crazy she was.

She was also featured on the cover of French Vogue.

"I hope the exit is joyful - and I hope never to return - Frida"

LOVE!X

THE SHERMANATOR

2009-12-04T20:55:00.011+11:00

I know what you're all thinking, and no, i'm not making reference to the nerd-face in American Pie. i'm talking about the Queen of Creative Photography - Cindy Sherman.

Cindy's been around for years, and some could say she's a tad narcissistic for using herself as the model for many of her more well known photographic series, though way back in 1990 in an interview with The New York Times she told them "I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear."

She know's how she wants her work to be viewed by others, and what it takes to reach that, which means cindy is more often that not a photographic one woman show. Maybe she doesn't like models? Maybe she's hates stylists? either way... she's a genius.

Below are some images from her "Sex" series from 1989.

Below are some more well known photographs from Cindy.

And finally..... the cover of the limited edition collaborative photo book released by Marc Jacobs, Cindy Sherman and Juergen Teller.... my three favourites, incase you didn't know.

LOVE!X

VARIOUS COLLECTED IMAGES

2009-12-04T18:56:00.006+11:00

Inspiring inspiring.

Various images that i have collected over time.

LOVE!X

ANTONY EYES

2009-12-04T18:05:00.002+11:00

This man is one of a kind and truly magnificent.
I started listening to Antony and The Johnsons about a year and a half ago when my Mum introduced me to their albums.

Antony Hegarty has worked with the likes of Boy George, Lou Reed, Bjork, Leonard Cohen and Devendra Banhart.
If you're yet to hear Antony's operatic vocals and oh so honest lyrics, then click along to www.antonyandthejohnsons.com

I just heard a cover version of 'Crazy in Love' by the one and only Beyonce. The sound is so beautiful, as is the accompanying video which begins with static green lit footage, followed by other various footage of Antony. Please watch below.

My favourite part is when Antony sings "looking so crazy, your love's got me looking, looking so crazy in love" and the pink lit eyes appear in the video. See below.

Antony and The Johnsons are playing at the Sydney Opera House on January 31st and February 1st.
And at the Perth Concert Hall on February 5th and 6th.

LOVE!X