Brigitte and Solomon

Took a few shots of my friends a while back at Apostrophe, a really amazing performance space/art gallery out in Bushwick. Featuring the gorgeous Brigitte Zozula and the talented Solomon (a musician represented by Apostrophe). Enjoy!!

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Everything is Better in Lavender

This is the reason I am in love with slow motion. It slows down the visuals and really gives us time to look at everything and take in the colors, textures, locations, clothes, lighting, poses etc. I like the pairing of purple and orange and the subtle nod to Christo's brilliant orange gates in NYC from 2005.  Check out the film and stills on their website here. 

LAVENDER from TEST on Vimeo.

Christo's installation in NYC in 2005:

Stills from the TEST magazine fashion film photographed by Thomas Giddings:

Director and Photographer: Thomas GiddingsStylist: Camilla Pole
Model: Charlotte Nolting @ Storm
Director of Photography: Brian Fawcett
Set Design: Robert Storey
Set Assistant: George Lewin
Hair: Christian WoodMake Up: Lauren Parsons
Original Score: Daniel Lea/Golden HumEditor: Ed Cheeseman/Final Cut-edit.com
Colourist: My  Brother Bob
All fashion J.W. Anderson
Many thanks to Mayfield Lavender Farm
Copyright TEST 2011

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Shows in NYC

There are two huge exhibits up in NYC now that relate to the fashion industry that I can't wait to check out: the retrospective of the late Alexander McQueen at the Met and Danziger Projects' "The Kate Moss Portfolio and Other Stories" at their gallery at 527 West Twenty-Third St in Chelsea. Check out the links for more information about the shows.


Danziger Projects - Kate Moss Show Preview


Danziger Projects Show Review at vogue.com


Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Sneak Peak of the McQueen Exhibit


Alexander McQueen's "Plato's Atlantis" Film, Interview and Show

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365 Days of Fashion Photography

So I officially started this blog one year ago. I started it because I wasn't taking a photography class which is pretty much the only thing I wanted to be taking since I am a photo major and I wanted to get thinking about photography, film, and the visual arts. Its been so beneficial simply because I am always thinking about shoots and films and what I would say about them. It has forced me to form concise thoughts because I am in the mindset that I am writing for an audience regardless of if anyone actually reads this or not.

I don't really have much to say but I am posting a link to the site where you can view the first photo book that I recently made. If you are interested, you can buy it from the site or just share the link with your friends. All the images were taken with a Holga medium format camera during the summer of '09 when I was interning in NYC. The book is titled Interminable.

View the photo book here. 

Here are a few images included in the book:

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I love my Holga

So I finally got my film back from this summer that I shot with my Holga camera. I shot 2 rolls in color and 4 rolls in black and white and it was the first time I shot 120mm film in black and white. Now I'm not sure if I prefer the color film more because I shot with it first or because it has a polariod feel but I don't think I'm going to be shooting as much black and white 120mm film with my Holga. Here are a couple pictures from the summer:

This is my roommate Ally. On Mondays we interned for Mary Ellen Mark and this was taken during our lunch break. We decided to walk around soho where Mary Ellen's studio is because we had some time left. I told Ally to go do something with the door and I'm glad that there is a big light leak where her hands are because I think her action looks a little posed and the light leak conceals a bit of the action and makes it looks more spontaneous.

This image was taken in Central Park. There was some kind of festival going on for kids with a band playing kids music. We also got to see a tae-kwon-do routine set to Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. Totally fitting in my opinion. This woman walked up with probably 6 parrots on her. I wish I had been shooting with my color film to get the colors of the birds but I am really happy with this picture. I think that if I had been shooting with color film the picture would have turned out to be more about the birds than her. I'm glad this picture is about the woman.

Check out my flickr page. I put more of my holga pictures from the summer on flickr so feel free to check them out and let me know what you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matheam/

Listening to: Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk by Rufus Wainwright

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