The wonderful thing about free-for-all shoots trying to find a portfolio of pictures--is you can get a lot of different looks and styles. I grew up in the 80's and looking back at that time....well it wasn't the best of times even though I had great fun...I complained about the music which --for the most part(sans the great punk and new wave stuff) was awful....I know--so many people loved those hair and metal bands. And the styles were so plastic and fake it was real hard finding anyone who was authentic and true. They were there for sure, but culture seemed to leave them behind somehow. Perhaps it still does. But those styles--that moussed and messy hair style with hard line edges to features made for some cool photography--(80's photography was pretty darn good!). So for some reason, all of a sudden, I wanted to mess everyones hair up and try shooting portraits and glamour-style shots. I'm not entirely over this phase either(so beware models!) I don't want to create retro photographs as much as create something new from retro ideas--this is an interesting thing to try and we'll see if it ends up pulling off in the long run. SayerMotter Photograph by Richard Sayer.
PS--and the title of this post--perhaps this is a movie that needs to be made--start learning Laurie Anderson tunes Jessica!
PS--and the title of this post--perhaps this is a movie that needs to be made--start learning Laurie Anderson tunes Jessica!