White Lights And Dark Knights, Le Magazine Editorial

White Lights And Dark Knights, one of the three editorials I shot for issue 3 of Le Magazine / Le Black Book. Rhiannon and I worked quite intensively on all the shoots, concepts, planning, how what where when. This one was initially conceived as a shoot that would use patterns either projected or dropped in using Photoshop. Unfortunately that concept went out the window & I started thinking about the Russian Constructivists and their use of geometric shapes and primary colours as a possible alternative to the type of pattern idea we had started with.

However, while doing my research on the constructivists I started falling in love with the portraits I was seeing of them , shots of the pavilions they built for exhibitions and the posters they produced for their shows. By this time we had already shot the images with model Sammy Raine against a basic white background and, thinking 'Constructivistly' I had dug out some night shots of the super structure of the Sydney Harbour Bridge that I had shot with my trusty (now dead, I dropped it) Canon Pro1 back in 2006!

The beams and girders of the bridge seemed to form a perfect constructivist vision of the future and I have always loved the Art Deco nature of the bridges concrete approaches.

The vintage inspired garments from Mrs Press combined with the slightly crazy Vivien Westwood shoes, stole from Coco Collectables.. Well lets just say, Rhiannon, the stylist knows her stuff. It all works perfectly against Sydney’s largest Art Deco structure the Sydney Harbour Bridge!

After pulling our model Sammy off the white background and dropping her over the night scenes of the bridge, post was mostly about blending B&W layers to deliver our Constructivist; now a little bit Film Noir feeling final images. 

Model, Sammy Raine
Styling, Rhiannon Bulley
Hair & Make Up, Lisa Sciberras
Photography Assistant, Harry Perlich
Shot at, The Photo Studio Sydney
and on the Harbour Bridge

Thanks to Kath & Rhiannon at Le Black Book/Le Magazine and all the crew.

Le Black Book, Le Magazine Issue 3 AW10

Le Magazine Issue 3 AW10
L'hiver Mode, Title Page.

I have about 20 pages across three editorials, Art Collaboration and two portrait shoots, you can see it all here, Le Magazine, AW10 Fashion Editorial





Thanks to Kath, & Rhiannon at Le Black Book/Le Magazine for their fantastic efforts in delivering such a great issue, and everyone who helped in the production of the shots.