Paul Smith polaroids

I shot the SS12 lookbook for the Paul label of Paul Smith

Photographs I wish I had taken #1

Jeff Wall Pawnshop, 2008

Like the overlooked song that creeps up on you in the shower or the book you have to re-read as soon as you get to the end, this image keeps nagging at my senses. When I saw it as a huge print at White Cube it pounded my brain like a pinball, lodged, then disseminated like a roman candle.
Walking around East London this morning I had discarded Christmas trees on my mind. Then when deciding to photograph a window full of crisp boxes the Pawn Shop came booming into my consciousness.
I love the muted colours of this photograph. The distanced empathy of the artist, the uncertainty between reality and artifice.
The impeccable construction.

Looking Forward

My Dad died five years ago today. I think he would have been excited about the onset of 2012 and the changes to come.

The other day in LA

Blue Afternoon