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FRONT AND BACK cover AND PAGE 4-5 photography: Ray James model: Notonix
WELCOME Welcome to the second mono episode of Afterparty Magazine. As promised in the last issue, this one is more fashion and style orientated than the last, which included a lot of work that was very delicate, dreamy, soft and feminine. As soon as we’d shot the cover (featuring Brighton based model, Notonix) and included various 8mm stills, I knew this issue would sit right along side the last. The same monochromatic, timeless look to the photography, but with a completely different feel. The magazine is still more photography art book and showcase than a regular magazine, but we’re perfect happy with that (and hope you are too).
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It’s also been a long time since the last issue, but rest assured that the next “Instants” episode is already pretty much ready to go, so you can expect more regular updates from us.
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8mM filMS “My Dreams Killed Me”, peformed by Victoria Domnick. Others performed by: NJ Jones, Daisy, Christabel Clark
WORDS Ray James
PHOTOGRAPHY Ray James, Taylor Hanigosky, Katie Soze, Jon Sparkman, Christopher Canon, Ophelie Rondeau, Fraser Simpson, Ramees Farooqi
MODELS Notonix, Lauren, Taryn, Victoria Domnick, Natalie, Daisy, Annabel, NJ, Zara, Kelsey, Christabel, Holly, Amber
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Natalie Cropper, Rebekah Deponeo, Grace Bixby
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photography: Taylor Hanigosky models: Lauren and Taryn Lingerie: Black mesh briefs, American Apparel Floral-printed briefs, Egretta Garzetta
Taylor is an analogue photographer from Youngstown, Ohio. As an artist, she says she’s always been drawn to the slow, contemplative process of film and that the argument of film vs. digital photography has never been all that relevant. “Film is a medium unto itself, and the medium through which my creative energy transpires. Shooting with film keeps my head in the moment, allowing me to interact more deeply with my subjects and better portray their emotions or stories.”
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http://www.taylorhanigosky.com http://questsandquestions.tumblr.com/
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photography: Katie Soze model: Natalie @ Agencie Hair and Makeup: Natalie Cropper
We’re very pleased to invite Sheffield based fashion photographer, Katie Soze back to contribute a second set of Polaroids for this issue. She’s a regular contributor to Afterparty and as with her previous work we’ve featured, this set shows her talent for creating a contemporary, raw, fashion look on Impossible Project’s less than stable Polaroid film. The results speak for themselves. Simplicity and beauty in one.
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http://www.katiesoze.com/
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photography: Jon Sparkman - @sparkman_uk model: Annabel Jackson hair & makeup: Rebekah Deponeo assistance: Andy Hoang
Analogue aficionado and previous contributor to Afterparty, Jon Sparkman sent this set over at our request. Recently though, he’s been working on a new project: Retro35 - http://retro35.format.com/ which encompasses a lot of highly experimental analogue work and alternative techniques. “Going against the grain in a world obsessed by technical clarity and the highest spec technology. Analogue film photography with a strong bias towards motion, pop art, creativity and emotion. I want to convey across that not everything we see is a pin sharp, mathematically cropped situation - instead we go through life in a haze of colours, passion and compulsions.”
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photography: Christopher Canon -@chrisfotog model: Zara Bixby - @zarabixby Hair & Makeup: Grace Bixby Black & white film process: Anthony Rivera / Instagram @grime1
Chris sent over two sets for us to include in this issue and I was left with the unenviable task of choosing between them as they were equally as beautiful and evocative as each other. In the end, we with went with this set of Zara Bixby that seemed more representative of his existing street photography and fashion work.
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His other work which mixes model and street photography from across Japan, New York, Los Angeles and others is at the same time random and eclectic, but retains a very distinct style and look. I highly recommend you check out his photo blog http://chrisfotog.tumblr.com/ and instagram @chrisfotog
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a day in paris
photography: Ophelie Rondeau model: Kelsey
We’re very excited to include this set shot by self taught visual artist and film photographer, Ophelie Rondeau. She appeared as our photographer crush on social media a while back with a set of beautiful, effortlessly feminine yet very simple Polaroids and instax. This set, shot in Paris with model Kelsey, echoes that same perception of beauty through raw simplicity that permeates all her work. We expect more wonderful things to come from this photographer, who’ll hopefully be heavily featured in the next “Instants” issues of Afterparty Magazine.
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http://www.ophelierondeau.com/ http://www.krustywheatfield.com/
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photography: Fraser Simpson model: Holly Stone
Portrait and fashion photographer Fraser says he likes I like to shoot people with a keen sense of style and create something that, above all has atmosphere. The brief for this shoot was to create something that had a an out-of-date, grainy, fuzzy look on film. The bold, high contrast look of this set, with the stark location and casual poses certainly adds up to create plenty of atmosphere to a point that’s almost cinematic yet isn’t trying too hard at all.
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photography: Ramees Farooqi model: Amber Jade
Ramees sent this set over with a long discussion about his influences and the desire to experiment. As a regular shooter of analogue who’s influences have been Avedon and Bailey, the rougher, more lo-fi look of this set really stands out. Ramees says he shot this set not a as a reaction to bright, colour digital, but as a counterpoint to his existing work and new ideas he’d had for composition, styling and mood. The way he put it is: “I wanted to do the opposite... Whereas they [his newer influences] tend to shoot in colour and presumably digital, I opted for a Canon AE-1 with Ilford HP5 film which I self processed. I deliberately left the final images untreated.”
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