PORTRAIT! Tali Lennox!

I casted Tali for a cover shoot not long ago, she was fantastic, great personality, a natural in front of the camera, looking forward to shooting her!

Tali Lennox @ Next models

ARCHIVE! Mary Katrantzou, for Wallpaper!

A couple of years ago I did a feature on Mary Katrantzou for Wallpaper, I love Mary's designs, and they just keep on getting better, I love the 2012 A/W collection!

www.marykatrantzou.com

ARCHIVE! - Magdalena Frackowiak - This is an image from my archive, it was shot Tank Magazine, I love this outfit, and Magdalena was amazing to work with too!

Magdalena Frackowiak @ Storm

INSPIRATION! Picasso Exhibition - Tate Britain

I went to see the 'Picasso and Modern British Art' exhibition a couple of days ago, and I loved it. It was amazing to see some beautiful examples of Picasso's work alongside Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and David Hockney to name a few. I wrote a dissertation on Cubism and Picasso some years ago, so was fascinated to see some memorable cubist paintings here. Most important of all, right at the end the 'The Three Dancers' which left a lasting impression on me, and second only to 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon' as my favourite Picasso of all time. It was also amazing to see some beautiful small scale Henry Moore sculptures of wood and bronze, that we were mesmerising. Moore is another favourite of mine, and it was fantastic to see these pieces, which were not present in the Henry Moore Retrospective a couple of years ago in the same space. Francis Bacon was another welcome addition, and Hockney was the icing on the cake. This is an exhibition not to be missed, unusual to see these artists in the same space together, and I feel I'll be going back to see it again!

PORTRAITS! Liu Xu@Storm - Is this the next amazing model to come out of China?

Liu Xu is a great new girl from storm that I met this week who caught my attention. Its hard to find great editorial asian models in London, so when you do meet one its fantastic. She has a beautiful face, and an amazing presence, this girl will go far, can't wait to shoot her!

Liu Xu @ Storm

SHOOT! Here is an outake, from my first shoot for Black Magazine.

This one unfortunately did not make it in, though its turned out to be a favourite. The textured wall is a reference to Jan Saudek and his favourite basement, and also to his dual/mirror playing card images. Working on a new shoot with this in mind, so watch this space,....

Stylist - Sara Dunn @ Clicks&Contacts

Hair - Tomi Hiro-Kono

Make-up - Jo Frost @ CLM

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Jan Saudek

SHOOT! This just out, colour, colour, colour.

Stylist - Santa Bevacqua @ Clicks&Contacts

Hair - Michael Jones

Make-up - Nat Van Zee @ Naked Artists

Model - Jade @ Models1

PORTRAIT! Betty Adewole@Models1, Wonderful to work with, and such beautiful smile!

Here is another informal portrait from a series I shot last year, no hair, no make-up, no styling. I spent a couple of hours with each girl, chatting and shooting, and Betty was great to talk to, really funny, very down to earth London girl, More too follow soon!

Betty Adewole@Models1

70's! Here is a seventies inspired beauty image, shot as a personal project with the wonderful Jo Frost@CLM

These images were largely inspired by Peter Blake's 'Babe Rainbow'. Growing up, I used to see this image printed onto tin, hanging in one of my best friends bathrooms, it obviously left an impression on me!

Stylist - Marie Von Haselberg @ Clicks & Contacts

Hair - Nathalie Malbert

Make-up - Jo Frost @ CLM

Model - Jasmine Clark @ Premier

Archive! - Here are some beauty images from my archive shot with Philippe Miletto @ Areia.