Heros Issue

i-D heroes issue

the last of the english roses

a tribute to Peter Doherty.

contributers... we just love Pete oh we do...

Grace Lovelady knows a good face when she sees one along with a great taste for music. Growing up and listening to the likes of The Strokes and The Libertines gave Grace the excellent idea of putting together this tribute fashion shoot for her hero, Pete Doherty.

At only 19 Grace has already begun photographing iconic people within fashion and music such as Mick Jagger and Penelope Cruz.

Lydia Davies will style everybody up in here! Styling the most sought after celebrities such as Kate Moss and Agnes Deyn has become a daily routine for Lydia. She shrugs it off though and drowns herself in her hourly Starbucks whilst desiging and coming up with yet more “thumbs up” outfits and accesories for the celebs to take onto the red carpet or on screen.

Jonny Bishop is one of the most sought after commercial photographers at the moment. You will know him well for those quirky and cool Converse ads been seen across the web and on-screen. Jonny is creative, clever and has arrogance to style his look. You will always catch him with his guitar and camera...just in case.

Paul Walsh is the photographer responsible for our most iconic front covers. He is well respected within the i-D family is most wanted on all our photography shoots. As well as being huge in the industry, Paul has just piublished a book of his most amazing fashion shoots. Including portraits of Michael Jackson and those oh so brilliant commercials for Chanel.

Gayle Hockin can find locations just as well as she can gulp her tequilla. Her eye for capturing beauty within landscape is inspiring along with her ability to drink and drink and drink. She may be the party animal amoung us but her contribution has been one of the most important ....just because she chose the one next to the pub.

Faye Fryer is the author of the biography, “Who the F*** is Pete Doherty?”.

Her knowledge on our Peter is outstanding and we couldn’t have done this shoot wihtout her. We needed real inspiration and hers was amazing. Faye is also real nifty with styling models hair and makeup. She also did a few of ours whilst on set too. Real contributer right here!

'playground - the whole world is ours are you still bowling around after dark? blowing your hope and slope in the wind I lit a little fire from your chimney spark I knew I’d never see you naked again and the whole world is our playground the whole world is our playground take diablo by the horns and stamp on his fire again I heard that song on the radio I’m all for losing my mind try not to think about you every minute or so but eh – they play it, play it all the time and the whole world is our playground the whole world is our playground take the night by the hand set it on fire again'

there she goes

music when the lights go out

down in albion

i stand before her amazed

'Hold me in your arms and I want for nothing . . . but your sweet scent, your soft, supple body & skin & I in disorder, “boring” you with the junky business . . . writing again and making love all day with your beautiful self — Lay there, back to me, defiant in your defiance.

Well fuck you, I love you & I do and I do and I do'

‘For my own sake – because it feels like they have the power to cut off my head – I must become a hero, organize my life and obtain from it what they deny me. If I live, in order to continue to live with myself, I must have more talent than the most exquisite poet. These people can only put up with tamed heroes – they don’t know about heroism'

i cherish you my love

polka-dots fill my eyes

'I would betray my fate before I would my heart in fact I’d betray the whole world & all in it before betraying my heart'