since you been gone

flowers (i know, i want a greenhouse!)
work
nothing to do at work
explore the forest
around ma hood
days with beautiful souls
around the city
night and creativity with beautiful friend
wedding shooting
sick in bed
chocolate to cure
trippy bathroom delish breakfast (eggs benny w/ mushrooms spinach and goat cheese!)
canada day chilling

Remember those crazy things we saw in the metal shop(2nd photo)? saw them  later that week being transported on a truck...they look like trees i think!

miss you!

2 in 1

These photographs are just simply amazing!

From the stillness of the models and set, to the colours, to the artistic direction, it all seems to fit seamlessy to create very powerful images.

I love finding new things that peak my interest and keep me on my toes, and help me evolve as an artist and photographer - or just purely as a person - so i found this very inspiring!

Here is what Suzy Bubble had to say:

"Photographer Peter Lippmann has collaborated with Christian Louboutin a number of times on campaigns, exploiting his still life set-up expertise. [...] Each A/W 11-12 Louboutin shoe or accesory worked into the portrait also ties in with the character of the painting as well as the woman depicted. 

Re-enactment of famous artworks in a fashion editorial context isn't anything new of course but there's a certain distinct lushness that Lippmann brings to the portraits, and it is clear that he is interested in capturing the light and certain characteristics of the original paintings in his photographs as opposed to creating straight forward replicas.  There is also the surreal aspect of seeing a Louboutin shoe in say an 15th century Renaissance portrait or on Whistler's mother's lap [...] but it's quite interesting to see when more traditionally symbolic or allegorical items such as a cross or a skull has been replaced by those famous red-sole shoes - something that the legions of women who worship at the alter of Louboutin won't have a problem with."

From The style Bubble (go here to see the photos next to the inspiration and their title/artists, it is good)

appropriate...

I remember.

But will I in ten, twenty, thirty years?

Saturday

A few words to describe the last week/today: 

laryngitis delirium, no voice, raspy voice, projector madness, frustrating, jokes, dancing, treasure fingers, hectic, styling, voodoo, witchy, new creatives, new collaborators, sick results.

Photos are a little preview of some possible edits from the shoot i did today(soon on the website or also some on flickr) - already have some different versions in store, they may stay like that, they may be totally different, i just had to play around with them today at least a little bit, and share!

Off now for a very much needed soul/body reboot.

Tuesday is the day

Most amazing vv trip ever, gold unicorn figurines, watches, velvet tuxedo suits, summer skirts, coffee tops, sandals, red coat, wide legged pants, leather shorts, and i forget...

Preview of the shoot in Polaroid form.

Whole shoot soon to be on the website!

Sunday

Beautiful people, beautiful spirits, beautiful afternoon.

Chilling with the Vortex Voodoo Poet Magic babe that is Caro.

Then came the sensational homemade Sushi (thank you Scott!) 

and impromptu polaroid shoot with the beautiful Kelty.

Overall for what seemed to be a pretty boring Sunday,

life delivered.

Check the Polaroids here!

Hippie Vortex Rich Bitch Catholic Sinner

From the shoot last Monday, took a few Polaroids.

Blackboard mural by me, hippie swag by Caro.

Blonde Abbey

 = 

amazing.

I did a drawing a while back

before I even really knew who she was.

I had seen her before,

but didn't get how great she is (or i think)

until i did drawings from an editorial,

and, 

love.

She did this about a month ago, 

but i mean,

  I just had her flash in my mind just now, and had to.

had to look at these.

Images from Hanneli.

Trip

It seems to me

It seems to be

When i leave this place

Allover my face

I want to let it out

I want to sleep.

There were waterfalls

flower islands and caribous

early morning low tides

searching special rocks

old discoveries that seem new each time

family ties and different disguises

feasts and beasts

eagles on posts, train tracks

simplicity and overwhelmingly

I fell again and again

for the fate and faith

eventually, back to a reality

does it have to be?

Rika