Alternative Print ft. Fashion156

It's Print Week on Fashion156, and as much as i'm sure you all want me talk about my favourite print designers like Holly Fulton, Erdem and Diane Von Furstenberg, I like the alternate route that has been taken.

I am a photographer, and at heart, one that shoots on film and loves it. There is something so raw and emotional about the colours, the chemical process that goes on, and the idea that these images take such a great deal of trust in creation. Every time I put in a roll of film to be processed, my stomach fills with butterflies and I am anxious to see the results of my hardwork and trust in the lens.

I thought i'd start off by showing some of my film work, and then move onto film work by the photographers I look upto most.

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White (35mm colour and 120mm black & white) by Sophia Chemaitelli

The Wanderer (35mm colour) by Sophia Chemaitelli

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For any of you that follow fashion editorials' movers and shakers, you will have heard of Paolo Roversi, and you will know that he only shoots on film. He achieves Tim Walker's dreams through the process of his camera (and yes, some amazing set design and couture here and there). But, it is mainly the medium that he chooses to shoot photographs in, that allows him to create such etheral, breathtaking, peaceful imagery.

Natalia Vodianova for Egoiste No. 15 and Freja Beha Erichsen for Vogue Italia March 2008 (respectively) by Paolo Roversi

Sally Mann is a more unkown personality in the photography world, more known to the fine art world as one who mixes photography with her personal feelings of death, youth and her family. Using large format camera, glass plates and silver nitrate, Sally Mann's work can take a long time to produce. Her subjects sometimes have to sit/lie infront of the camera for hours to allow a solid appearance on the film to develop. The result of this patience on both sides is beautiful; you are made to question youth and death, and what both mean in family life and what they can do to a person.

Selection from 'Immediate Family' by Sally Mann

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Head over to Fashion156 to see their pick of film photographers and print extraordinaire!

ELLE UK 'EDITED BY THE INTERNS' ISSUE WINNER

Finally, after months of hard work and anticipation, I am very happy to announce that I was picked to be the Picture Editor for ELLE's 'Edited by the Interns' issue! 

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me, you have made a dream a reality! 

HERE is a look at the rest of the lucky, wonderful winners...

Pick up the October issue tomorrow with Gwen Stefani on the cover, and be sure to check us all out.

There is sneeky bedhind the scenes winners photoshoot video HERE

And HERE is my first blog post on our winning interns blog

self service part 1

5 weeks of hard work finally came to an end today when I submitted my final project for this year at university. The theme was to produce material for self service magazine, so I created an editorial, two front covers and a short film.

Here is the film and front covers, the editorial will come in my next post.

Now time for some sleep!

Finale

It has been 18 days since I last posted on here, and how they days have flown by! After 3 months of hard work this term, the past 2 weeks went by so fast that I didn't seem to breathe. Monday marked the end of my marketing project working Larissa Hadjio, and yesterday marked the end of my graphics module.

Working with Larissa was a great experience and I learned so much about running a marketing consultancy, but it was also very draining, stressful and time-consuming haha. So, here is the final film for Larissa's S/S 12 collection that we collected, and there are also a few promotional stills that we used.

Enjoy!

Jetsetting Part 3

Final photos taken on my beautiful Olympus 50!

Inspiring The Uninspired

I am STILL not a very busy person, which means until the beginning of February when univeristy startes I have nothing to blog about, which is an awful excuse I guess. I have bought some amazing items of clothes recently, and finally got round to purchasing a new film camera (Olympus Trip 35) so am all set up to do some work with those. I am thinking about videoing daily outfits, or maybe just doing some videos in general as it's something I want to look into more. I have some DIY clothes projects I want to do before I go to Berlin, so hopefully will start those...when I can be bothered. I AM SO LAZY. ERGH.

Anyway, to keep you going in the mean time, here are a few things that have caught my eye over the past week or so.

Finger tattoos

Lana Del Rey + collage = perfection

Double exposures

Monochrome and cutouts

Abbey Lee Kershaw

Sheer clothing

A glimpse of the most amazing dress that I bought

Maxis with thigh high splits

Dynamic Blooms

I'm still concentrating on fashion film for the final element to my fashion promotion project, so I thought i'd post the film behind one of my favourite editorials.

HERE you can find the film by Nick Knight for AnOther Magazine's S/S 11 issue on SHOWstudio. Full of colour and movement, the film is beautiful and the editorial is even better. I have embedded a short behind the scenes film and some of the original manipulations for the editorial.

Enjoy!

Only If For A Night

For the past 2 months I have been working on a research project about Erdem. After weeks of researching, drawing, analysing and writing, I have finally come to an end. I have to present my work on Thursday to my tutors, along with a presentation. We had to decide where we wanted the brand to go next, and I decided that film was the next best idea. My final outcome for the project was a short film I created on the emotions and movement associated with lace, which I see as a key part to Erdem's work. I am really happy with the film and hope it will serve me well when it comes to my presentation.

So, without any further ado, here it is.

Rodarte

The next fashion film i'm going to show you is one for Rodarte's S/S 11 collection by Todd Cole. My love affair with Rodarte is a fairly new one, but it is growing quickly and strong. Their collections are always a breath of fresh air and simply stunning throughout. So, you'd think a film by them ould be equally as great in my opinion? Incorrect.

Don't get me wrong, I like the film, it's well shot, looks great and makes me feel exactly how it should. My issue? Elle Fanning. This isn't me hating her because she is prettier than me or more successful or because she is famous, it's because she is 13 years old.

Women who buy Rodarte's clothes do not look like 13 years old girls, do not have their body, do not think the way they do and have a lot more money, so why use her as a muse? She does not create a character that people can relate to, and ordinary 13 year olds do not think about what Rodarte will produce next.

There's an increasing number of very young 'role models' appearing in the fashion industry, and I do not like it one bit. Once again, not because at the age of 10 they are dressed head-to-toe in Chanel or Christian Lacroix, but because it is not realistic for the actual market. People who can afford the fashion at these levels are much older as that is the only way you can gain the money, through working. It also just makes you feel a bit rubish, when you are expected to want to 'aspire' to be like someone half your age.

So, after that rant, HERE is the video.

Give me your thoughts!

Chloé

For my most recent project at univeristy i've been getting into watching a lot of fashion films so I can produce my own short film for the designer Erdem (who I am basing my project on). I have come across some amazing films by a range of designers and magazines, so decided to share them with you.

The first one was produced by The Block Magazine, centred around Chloé's S/S 11 collection and featuring Janie Taylor and Justin Peck from the New York City Ballet. The film is a beautiful dance between the pair with Janie wearing pieces from the ballet-inpsired collection. Set to Philip Glass's "String Quartet No. 3, 'Mishima': IV. 1962: Body Building" the music goes hand-in-hand with the fast-paced, tempo-changing moves and emotions.

You can see the video HERE, courtesy of nowness.com. Enjoy!

Dominic Jones S/S 12

Here are some stills from the video for Dominic Jones' S/S 12 collection. Florence Welch models the pieces alongside some other beautiful people and the jewellery is absolutely exquisite. The soundtrack is Cocoon by Alpines and creates an amazing atmosphere for the chopppy shots and solemn faces. This  short film reinforces why moving image is becoming the media of choice in fashion promotion.

You can watch the video HERE and please do let me know what you think of it!