Inspired by classical paintings, in styling and lighting, this shoot tries to promote women in classical art, which is my background.

It was created during a class with the acclaimed photographer Nicol Vizioli at the London College of Fashion. Her work inspired me in how to direct the model and the mood I wanted to portray.

L'ecume des Jours, sometimes better known as Froth on a Daydream, or better yet Mood Indigo by a famous french author, Boris Vian.

The 1956 novel is a melancholic and hallucinogenic love story, based in 1950s America. Th main plot is the love story between Colin, a rich young idler, passionate about the saxophone and Jazz and Chloe. He collects fantastic inventions such as the pianocktail, a piano in which each key corresponds to a liquor or an ingredient and when a piece is played, the matching cocktail is produced. He is in love with the idea of being in love until he meets Chloe. 

After a short courtship, they marry. Shortly thereafter, Chloe becomes sick with a water lily growing inside her lung, which slowly engulfs her. Colin spends his whole fortune on a cure for her which consists of surrounding her with fresh flowers. Their bubblegum world gets very dark, very fast. The state of the house is a metaphor for her health, with beautiful imagery. As her body decays, so does the house, getting increasingly dirty and smaller and smaller until they can no longer stand inside it... Until she eventually dies.

This is the plot I decided to focus on, amongst the few. The aspects I wanted to highlight were Boris Vian's passion for the Afro-American culture and for Jazz.

"There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly." - Boris Vian

Location: The Roost E8

Actors: Peter Y. Kwei & Tamara Trye

Lighting: Benjamin Whitley

MUA: Grace Sinnott

Logistics: Julia Gazin & Luke Baxter

L'ecume des Jours, sometimes better known as Froth on a Daydream, or better yet Mood Indigo by a famous french author, Boris Vian.

This is some of the screen printing and charcoal work I have done which relate to the shoot, loosely based on the L'Ecume des Jours. The messages of the pieces are that life itself is a very beautiful thing but being that facade, the fact that it is all temporary is a very dark aspect.

The 1956 novel is a melancholic and hallucinogenic love story, based in 1950s America. Th main plot is the love story between Colin, a rich young idler, passionate about the saxophone and Jazz and Chloe. He collects fantastic inventions such as the pianocktail, a piano in which each key corresponds to a liquor or an ingredient and when a piece is played, the matching cocktail is produced. He is in love with the idea of being in love until he meets Chloe. 

After a short courtship, they marry. Shortly thereafter, Chloe becomes sick with a water lily growing inside her lung, which slowly engulfs her. Colin spends his whole fortune on a cure for her which consists of surrounding her with fresh flowers. Their bubblegum world gets very dark, very fast. The state of the house is a metaphor for her health, with beautiful imagery. As her body decays, so does the house, getting increasingly dirty and smaller and smaller until they can no longer stand inside it... Until she eventually dies.

Earthly Desires

Charcoal on Paper - 41x30cm - SOLD

Sobriety in Pink

Sobriety is a screenprint, an edition of 7, from the "L'Ecume des Jours" collection. 

Sobriety

Sobriety is a screenprint, an edition of 4, from the "L'Ecume des Jours" collection. 

This is a start of a new photography and screen printing project. More to come soon...