Fresheye Magazine. October Edition 2023

A new vision horizon...

It’s time to combat the doom and gloom!

Life has been incredibly hard for all the past few years, but finally there seems to be more positivity, optimism and gratitude for life as it is. A sense of normality has returned, and we have grasped it with both hands!

With travel taken off pause, loved ones have been jetting off to far-flung corners of the earth to experience handfuls of rich culture, adventure and entertainment once again. It’s an aspect of our lives which many of us missed, and now it’s our reality to enjoy again! Of course, there are always obstacles to face when it comes to getting back into the swing of things, but it seems we are less prepared to dwell on these somewhat minor aspects now, after all that has played out across the globe in recent years.

The film and theatre industry has risen from its knees and is back to entertaining and playing out stories for us all to unwind to after a long day or heavy working week. A stark contrast to the time when we were all confined to our houses for months at a time.

Live music is another joy which has

returned with abundance! With festivals, shows and stadium tours now back and bigger than ever! It feels good to be enjoying each other’s company again and soaking up the atmosphere of all that is around us.

One hot ticket this summer was for Coldplay and their Music of The Spheres World Tour. I was lucky enough to bag a golden ticket to one of their London shows, and I must say they didn’t disappoint! The band that all ages has grown to know and love

See the horizon more clearly...

by Sophie Fitzjohn.

created an experience we could all only dream off a short time ago.

The evening in a nutshell was one of pure joy, wholesomeness and somewhat disbelief - a stadium full of 75,000 people engulfed in celebration; It was a ‘had to be there’ moment.

The whole arena was lit with glowing multicolored wristbands amongst the backdrop of a mid-summers’ sunset, surrounded by thousands of people consumed by Coldplay’s most loved songs, which echoed around the jumping stadium – it was an epic moment of pure happiness and realization of what we’d all been missing.

It’s been a summer of resetting our wellbeing in any which way we feel important to us. Whether that be at a concert, the theatre, spending time with the people we love or alone, travelling, celebrating or just appreciating the small things. It’s a somewhat refreshing perspective to have. Even with so many things continuously interrupting our attention and day to day lives, a new vision has been formed from all we have lost and learnt throughout a very turbulent period of time, and now it’s ours for the taking!

Sophie says.....

“Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward.”

Nelson Mandela

Armani Man

New season Italian fashion, by Dennis Sterne.

Ablank page and a pencil: such has been the starting point of every Giorgio Armani collection since 1975. Armani drafted his menswear masterpiece decades ago, but the cycle of fashion means that it is constantly subject to revisions, elisions, alterations, and edits; every season sees a new layer placed over the one before. This one contained a direct reference to his very first menswear collection in the close up print of raffia weave used in roomy blousons, pants, and bags, but that archival gesture was not the point. “The collection surely recalls the past, without making it all about the past,” he said afterwards.

Handwriting

Collarless jackets in gently textured seersucker, lattice framed grip bags, layered logo silk shirting and foulards, silkily

flowing oversized pearl-toned trenches, slingback loose-weave espadrilles, breezy separates in tie-print silks, and a garment dyed indigo twinset were amongst the wearable narrative devices offered. Armani said he had his models carry their straw hats rather than wear them because they are more of a beachside piece than something for the city: similarly he said he avoided shorts.

Vibe

Anear-all white section included an especially magnificent field jacket and cargo pants. This was Armani turning back to his blank page and readying his pencil for the next chapter. As he pointed out, it is by filling those blank pages, over and over, that he taught himself how to become a designer in the first place. www.armani.com

Giorgio Armani Spring Summer 2024

This collection reiterates the code while weaving a new storyline. Forms are soft and lengthened.

Intertwining threads either actually woven or evoked in prints that imitate knots, weaves with a summery feel, and geometric motifs for rhythm.

Purbeck Lodging

Experience nature with a luxurious lodge to retire to.

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Living

Burnbake lodges - Sanford

Burnbake Forest Luxury Lodges are hidden in a wildlife haven oasis, where rabbits hop at your feet. Enjoy birdsong as you unwind over an alfresco lunch or BBQ supper on your fully furnished decked terrace complete with your own private bubbling hot tub. Move inside and you will find a spacious, open plan living space, top styling, oak furniture, cosy sofas, flat screen television and a wood burning stove for toasting toes during the winter months. And, yes, there’s free WiFi!

Photography: Dennis Sterne. i-phone 11

Dorest living is best at an abode in the forest. Hot tub, outside bbq and on suite bathrooms all for your piece of mind.

Burnbake is a magical, woodland oasis surrounded by dramatic coastlines, blue flag beaches, coves, ridges and valleys at the gateway to the World Heritage Jurassic coastline.

Kitchen: The kitchen has everything you could possibly need to cook up a feast, glasses for indoor and outdoor use, a dishwasher for afterwards and little essentials such as dish clothes, washing up liquid and tea towels. Big name supermarkets can deliver* right to your door and they have a small shop on site which opens from April to October. A small selection of basics are stocked in Reception during the winter.

Living

With a choice of two or three bedrooms, each Luxury Lodge has a master bedroom with a sumptuous king-size bed, two robes, slippers and a full size en-suite bathroom. The other bedrooms are arranged as twins but one can be made into a double on request.

Dog note: Burnbake Lodge understand that your dog is a big part of your family and would love to join you on your Burnbake break. And with dog friendly Knoll Beach close by, miles of fabulous walks and local pubs who welcome your pooch pals, naturally they will not want to be left at home.

Award winning contemporary, stylish, architect designed Luxury Lodges in Dorset. Perfect for an intimate holiday retreat.

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Executive note: For something extra special, Burnbake Executive Lodges are more spacious yet with large open planned living spaces on the ground floor and a larger decking area. Set in their own woodland glade for greater seclusion, they are equipped with an even higher level of furnishings, and an additional flat screen TV in the master bedroom.

Award amongst many: Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice 2020. Tripadvisor gives a Travellers’ Choice award to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travellers and are ranked within the top 10% of properties on Tripadvisor.

Burnbake Lodges feature a steaming hot tub for magical moments under-the-stars,

Alan Schaller is a London based photographer who specialises in black and white photography. His work is often abstract and incorporates elements of surrealism, geometry, high contrast and the realities and diversities of human life. fresh eye Photography

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Alan Schaller

“I chose everyday urban locations as my backdrops, reimagining them using a combination of the right subjects, light, shadow, perspective and the shape of the environment itself.”

Publications who have featured his work include The Guardian, The New York Times T Magazine,

Alan regularly has exhibitions, showing recently at the Saatchi Gallery, The Leica Galleries in London, Boston, Washington D.C., The Edit Space in Milan, and The Leica Galleries in Sydney & Melbourne.

Brands he has worked with include Apple, Philips, Huawei, Union Coffee, Kew Gardens, Nokia, Huntsman of Savile Row and London Fashion week. He is an ambassador for Leica Cameras.

He co-founded the Street Photography International Collective (SPi). It was set up to promote the best work in the genre, and to give a platform to talented yet unrepresented photographers.

Asides from photography, Alan has written articles for the Independent focusing on humanitarian issues.

Favourite cities for Street PhotographyLondon, Havana, Istanbul, New York, Kyoto.

Advice for new photographers - Have fun with the camera. Put in the hours, think for yourself and keep a camera on you all the time.

What camera? Leica M Cameras. Mostly the Monochrom Typ 246. I also use the Leica M10-P. I use a vareity of Leica M lenses.

A multi instrumentalist with a background in music production, a field he worked in prior to photography.

Influences - Robert Doisneau, Henri

Cartier-Bresson, Ernst Haas, Mary Ellen

Mark, Elliott Erwitt, Sebastio Salgado, Cecil Beaton, Fan Ho, Don McCullin.

Alan’s Instagram following now exceeds 1M people.

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Chanel Couture

Note: The idea of the Parisienne as a fashion ideal has a rich history. One of the reasons couture continues is, in a sense, to keep history alive, to retain manners and means of creation that would otherwise have been erased.

Chanel 23/24 A/W Couture

CHANEL Couture winter ’24 is a study of French allure.

The French Girl is an undeniable icon: An elusive figure of perfectly tousled hair, a sultry accent and clothing that always looks chic. It was this portrait of the Parisienne that took centre stage in CHANEL’s Haute Couture winter ’24 collection, with Artistic Director Virginie Viard paying homage to the flag bearers of French allure. nspired by a Parisian allure, the CHANEL Fall-Winter 2023/24 Haute Couture collection imagined by Virginie Viard unveils a portrait of a delicate yet bold femininity. The collection, presented on the riverbanks of the Seine, is adorned with embroidered fruits and flowers motifs reminiscent of the still-lives dear to pictural arts. Silhouettes play with masculine codes, mixing together rigour and asymmetry, a self-confident and discreet figure.

Inspired

As is to be expected of a Parisian collection, what followed de Maigret was a parade of tweed, check and tailoring, neat little shift dresses and relaxed silhouettes with dropped waists and slouching shoulders. The palette remained largely neutral — blacks, golds, beiges, greys and browns — with the occasional injection of scarlet, pink or orange. While floral accents, embroidery, metal detailing and yes, even the occasional sequin, were peppered throughout, the collection was anchored in simplicity, with elegant, unfussy design at the core of the collection. Even the CHANEL Bride was understated (though of course, still enviably chic — she is French, after all).

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Spring Summer new season 2024

Yves Saint Laurent’s tailoring legacy is reinterpreted for the modern man.

Kim Jones, celebrating his fifth anniversary with Dior, intertwines his own autobiography with the rich histories of the brand. While Yves Saint Laurent’s silhouettes remain a powerful influence, they are reimagined and transformed to breathe new life into the collection. The merging of masculine and feminine elements, British tailoring traditions, and haute couture techniques reveals the deep connection between menswear and womenswear fabrication.

The Vibe

This artistic vision seamlessly blending tradition with subversion. The collection

transcends boundaries, moving from feminine to masculine, from salon to street, and from the classic New Look to the rebellious New Wave.

The collection exudes a sense of crisp and playful modernity, effortlessly blending practicality with luxury. It playfully flirts with pop excess while simultaneously embracing a mix of formal and casual elements in each garment. The collection elevates seemingly ordinary menswear staples such as the Harrington jacket, polo shirt, crew neck sweater, and cardigan, transforming them into extraordinary pieces through symbolic techniques like tweeds, embroideries, and the signature cannage pattern.

Kim Jones says “Dior is an haute couture house: it is all about the clothes. At the heart of Dior is silhouette, shape, technique, and fabrication of the very highest order. I like to think that in my five years of being here – this is my fifth-anniversary show and collection – I have never forgotten this.”

Collection - merges classic and archetypal menswear items with symbolic techniques that transcend time and styles at Dior.

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Fashion note

Dior Man

The collection pays homage to fashion pioneers while embracing the spirit of today’s world, celebrating the essence of elegance and innovation.

The collection boasts a diverse range of bags, each exhibiting unique shapes, colors, and textures.

Faces that hold meaning

What’s behind a face?

Regardless of mass media driven celebrity, famous faces can evoke what it is to dream and be driven.

Above all, a face is a key reminder of the essence of humanity. fresh eye

Face recognition

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix is an American actor. Known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent films, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American filmmaker, actor, film critic and author. His films are characterized by frequent references to popular culture and film history, nonlinear storylines, dark humor, stylized violence, extended dialogue, pervasive use of profanity, cameos and ensemble casts.

Madonna - American singer, songwriter and actress. The definitive singles artist of the video age and a pop icon, one of the most commercially successful artists in music history.

Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO, and Chief Engineer at SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, and Product Architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI.

Elvis Presley also know as ‘The King’. A music and film icon whose natural blend of country, pop, and R&B sold millions and became the cornerstone of rock & roll.

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019

Donald John Trump is an American politican who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

Mick Jagger Strutting, charismatic frontman of the Rolling Stones; the definitive rock star and half of one of rock’s finest songwriting duos.

Lady Gaga - American singer, songwriter, and actress. A thoroughly modern diva whose theatrical performances, outrageous attire, and anthemic dance-pop songwriting earned both wide acclaim and chart hits.

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of President Bill Clinton.

Music Royalty Jay-Z And Beyoncé Named #1 On Billboard’s 2014 Power 100. By redefining the music industry, they received the highest honor on Billboard’s annual Power 100 list.

Queen Elizabeth II Monarch of sixteen sovereign states, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations is Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York.

1926- 2022

Awe Countach

Lamborghini resurrects the Countach name and likeness. While it’s a homologation of the brand’s other hypercars, it’s a surprisingly faithful recreation of the original.

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Lamborghini

Lamborghini claims this powertrain will achieve zero-to-62 mph in 2.8 seconds and a 221-mph top speed. Before anyone texts their Swiss banker about a seven-figure wire transfer, all 112 copies of the 2022 Countach have already been spoken for.

Super drive

Limited-edition 2022 Lamborghini Countach. While it’s essentially a rebodied Aventador with the heart and soul of a Sián, the Italian automaker did an incredible job recreating the original’s iconic design for modern audiences. The reinvented wedge lacks the original’s pop-up headlights and the massive rear wing that adorned it in its twilight years, but the trademark hexagonal wheel arches and scissor doors are both present. Unlike the old Countach, the new one features a small electric motor powered by a supercapacitor that teams with a mighty mid-mounted V-12 to generate a combined 802 horsepower.

Underneath the Countach’s retro bodywork, which is made of lightweight carbon fiber, is a modern powertrain. Mounted in the middle of the car is an electrically assisted 6.5-liter V-12.

TTEACH Plaques Launches

50 Plaques & Places Exhibition

TTEACH Plaques, an acronym for Transatlantic Trafficked Enslaved African Corrective Historical Plaques is a descendantled initiative founded by Gloria Daniel.

TTEACH Plaques campaigns for reparative interventions and permanent plaques to contextualise Cathedrals, Churches, Universities, Schools and memorials that falsely honour those who profited from the transportation and enslavement of African people.

50 PLAQUES & PLACES is curated by Gloria Daniel and supported by SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media. The exhibition places a spotlight on 50 sites incontrovertibly tied to the transatlantic slave economy. Academics, Artists, Activists and African & Caribbean descendants including: SOAS University of London Professors Gina Heathcote & Vanja Hamzic, Artist Jade de Monserrat, Singer/ Songwriter/Producer Dave Okumu, Writer Jody Burton, Alissandra Cummins of The Barbados Museum & Historical Society and The Black South West Network are some of the confirmed participants.

“50 Plaques & Places draws together multiple voices - artists, poets and descendants of both the enslaved and enslavers. Everyday people who recognise reparative justice lies not in the hands of the ‘Gatekeepers of Britain’. The price of justice cannot and must not be exclusively determined by the heirs of the perpetrators. 50 Plaques & Places strives to claim that space, inviting its audience to demand multiple sites of conscience”.

Gloria Daniel

The Exhibition will run from the 5th - 28th of October, coinciding with Black History Month, and is at The Tabernacle in West London.

The continual hostile environment perpetuated on the Windrush Generation, the refusal of the British Government to fairly compensate for this 21st century injustice and the global outrage at witnessing the 2020 brutal murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and so many more led to the creation of TTEACH Plaques.

Gloria Daniel embarked on a deeper exploration into her family history, with her initial guidance coming from her late cousin Jon Daniel. Jon had traced their lineage all the way to their great-great-grandfather, John Isaac Daniel, who was born into slavery under the ownership of enslaver Thomas Daniel.

“By our names we will KNOW you, not historians but descendants here to correct history”

Gloria Daniel John Isaac Daniel was a survivor of the British trafficking of over 3.5 million people. TTEACH Plaques seeks acknowledgement and atonement from the families and institutions that profited from enslaving and trafficking of these African people and their descendants.

“Memory is not governed by (a) statute of limitations... collective memory especially is the very warp and weft of the tapestry of history that makes up society. Unravel and jettison a thread from that history and society itself may become undone at the seams” says Wole Soyinka, The Politics of Memory: Truth, Healing, and Social Justice.

For Further Information Contact: Vicky Daniel and Jo Reynolds

vickydaniel@me.com

jo@joreynoldspr.co.uk

No.15

Impressive - A16 Bionic powers all kinds of advanced features. Like computational photography used for 24MP photos and next-gen portraits. Voice Isolation for phone calls. And smooth performance for graphics-intensive games. All with incredible efficiency for great battery life.

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iPhone 15 note - Want to quickly capture the moment before it’s gone? You no longer have to switch to Portrait mode. If your subject is a person, dog or cat, iPhone 15 automatically captures depth information. So you can choose to instantly see your photo as a portrait, with an artful blur effect. Or later in the Photos app.

All-day battery life. For all the things you want to keep doing. The new USB-C connector lets you charge your Mac or iPad with the same cable you use to charge iPhone 15. You can even use iPhone 15 to charge Apple Watch or AirPods.5 Bye-bye, cable clutter.

Capability - Now the Main camera shoots in super-high resolution. So it’s easier than ever to take standout photos with amazing detailfrom snapshots to stunning landscapes.

Focus-pocus, magical new portraitsMore detail and richer colour make a dramatic difference in your portraits. And now you can tap to shift the focus between subjectseven after you take the shot.

Apple

For the Pros iPhone 15 Pro is the first iPhone to feature an aerospace-grade titanium design, using the same alloy that spacecraft use for missions to Mars.

For iPhone 15 Pro Max, a 5x Telephoto camera with the longest optical zoom of any iPhone ever to fit in our compact Pro camera system.

Now you can take sharper close-ups from further away like a phenomenal photo of your friend or a goal in your daughter’s football match.

iPhone 15

The innovative new design features back glass that has colour infused throughout the material. A custom dual ion-exchange process for the glass, and an aerospace-grade aluminium enclosure, help make iPhone 15 incredibly durable.

All-new 48MP Main camera. For breathtaking, smilemaking picture taking.