Thought to myself the other day, this blog lacks a bit of photography!
Throughout the second year of my course, My photography tutor, (the legend that he is) was always trying to push this "mode" onto us, trying to explain that, its not what the picture is of, or the subject thats captured but what the picture is saying. It sounded weird, but you could kind of see what he was getting towards. In words, its hard to describe, but you could see by examples that he knew what he was doing.
“Photography can only capture and represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.”
So here's some I took earlier.
A proper treat for your eyes.
Have Fun.
Finally, some snaps cant be rehearsed, But turn out better than you could imagine.
A few weeks / months ago I told you about a little project I was helping with to do with a fashion collaboration. Well now, I have pictures to boot ladies and gentlemen.
last I heard, Zainab was on for a first which is exciting news and fingers crossed she gets it, the girl worked hard for it.
I haven't seen the finished pieces/ garments yet, but I do have some illustrations, mood boards etc... to show how the "Colab" went down!
Secondly, I stumbled across these beauties in my personal work folder.
Summing up what these are is a tricky business, but a nice phrase to use is:
"The Love Child Of A Complicated Three Way That Boredom, Scanners And Photoshop All Play Leading Roles".
I was with my girlfriend. This is down in Florida. She took me to this place. It had all kind of things growing. She gave me something. It was a mushroom. She said "eat it", she said. A mushroom. "What is that?". She said "Eat It". I don't think she knew what she was talking about. She's kind of a wild girl. I don't think she was that wild. I ate the mushroom. And I said "It doesn't taste like much". She said "Wait a minute". So I waited a minute. I waited a few minutes. And the next thing I know. I was walking on clouds. They were beautiful clouds. And my girlfriend was talking to me. While I was walking on the clouds. And everything felt beautiful. I almost felt like I didn't have any feet. No floor under me. It was beautiful. We looked in each other eyes. On top of these clouds. And we were talking with each other. With our mouths wide open. And all of a sudden. She let me go. But I didn't fall. I floated. But I was further away from her. Until the next thing I know she wasn't there. I was by myself. And I was on grass again. It was very soft grass. I walked through the grass. And everything felt beautiful. I was one with nature. Until I saw the mushroom. I wasn't with my girlfriend. I was with somebody else. She was the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life. I don't know how it happened. I don't even remember walking to her. But the next thing I know. We were playing tongue hockey. I was kissing her. But real deep. It was beautiful. My girlfriend was no where around. But I didn't even care. It was the most beautiful experience of my life.
From someone who, admittedly, is slightly opinionated when it comes to music, over the past 3/4 years, I reckon I have switched through music taste like a hoar switches clients.
When I got to Uni I was all about Funky house and a bit of Indie.
You know the score, big up Fratellis and a bit of Fedde Le Grande to welcome in the evenings.
But after listening to multiple remixes, re-rubs, re-fixes & dubs blah blah blah...
You not think things just start sounding a bit too similar....?
Might just be me, but I'm sure fidget is well and truly in its grave right now and Dub Step just doesn't appeal to me.
Especially when people think its an excuse to start a mosh pit.
FUCKERS.
And do NOT get me started on every single shite remix Afrojack puts his closed off mind to.
Its like at the moment, nobody can place on the table something different or unique, its like it needs a new thinker or someone to hold it all up and say:
"NAH, THIS IS WACK....THIS IS HOW I GET DOWN"
Its a noticable thing aswell. Someone finally does something different, and they get noticed. Take Deadmau5 as an example. Got Brave. Tried something new. Did his own thing. Got massive. Got notcied. Made a wedge. Got a free iPad.
Caspa, TC, Rusko. Dropped a bit of Dub. Got Huge.
Jack Beats, Threw out some wonk. Did it tastefully. Draws in a crowd.
The Point I'm making is, way I see it, this is the next thing.
"I LOVE THIS STUFF."
Its got flavour to it. Something inside me just connects to it, in a big way.
Have a listen and decide yourself. We need more music like this.
“I despise a world which does not feel that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy”
