Derek Henderson. Bear facts...
Sam Borich - Girls wearing film...
The deadly ones - Liam Bowden and Katie Smith
While we are on the subject of great photography let's celebrate one of Robert Erdmann's favourite references; Sarah Moon. A great photographer in every sense Moon is viewed as a founder of feminist photography - after being the first woman to shoot the famous Pirelli calendar in 1972. Joyce Tenneson in 1989 and Annie Leibovitz in 2000 were the others.
In the early 1980s, 13-year-old Gavin Watson began to take photographs of his mates, the Wycombe Skins. His Dad soon upgraded his Hanimex to an Olympus OM1 and by the time he was 14 the young Watson was snapping his brother's, mate's and girlfriend's every move. His images include thousands of shots that candidly document a subculture which is often misunderstood by the mainstream as being right-wing. A collection of these images, Skins by Gavin Watson, was first published in 1994 to widespread critical acclaim and in recent times his work has been featured internationally in VICE Magazine, and as a core reference for Shane Meadow's This Is England which, like Watson, portrays a ska/rude boy culture steeped in cross-culturalism and style - not racism and the National Front.
His photos show the versatility of rude boy style; as well as the Crombies, rolled up Levi's, braces, Doc Marten's, Fred Perry's and Harrington jackets (that are seen as standard) capped sleeve T-shirts, Trojan Record T-shirts, tweed caps, tartan bondage trousers and cricket jumpers all feature in the extensive archive of his work. In the upcoming Issue 10 of Black Magazine we are proud to have a series of as yet un-published photos from Gavin and an interview with him in London by the ubiquitous Mr Monaghan.
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We love Tim White.
On May 15 at the Letham Gallery in Ponsonby, Tim's creative project of the past four years will come to fruition. True North is a series of photographs taken within the Maori communities of the far north of New Zealand which will emerge as a book, exhibition and video documentary. White liked the irony of calling the exhibition and book True North. “There is no truth in photography. Photographs lie. Words lie. Truth and lies are relative to the observer and the observed" he observes.
In addition to the exhibition and book Whakarongomaikio, which translates from Maori as ‘listen towards ambience’, is a three-part video documentary that experiments where still photography leaves off and explores the sounds and movement of the Northland community where White stayed.
The exhibition True North and Whakarongomaikio open at the Letham Gallery on 15 May, and runs until [5] June.
Vicky & Jimmy welcome the fashion forward
DJ Shaun looking suitably visionary outside Children Of Vision
Loaded Zimbabwe style!
Merts & Mercus catch Kate having a quiet one
Tony, the chillin' cellist
A line up of USOs
Georgia Frost by Michael Schwartz, New York - Black Issue 10
Joshua Jang is in the hood
Local sartorialists will be excited to hear that Alexander Wang is joining the likes of Miu Miu, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Vanessa Bruno, See by Chloe and other internationals at Workshop's Auckland stores. First up is T by Alexander Wang, a diffusion line of super soft luxury basics ranging from tank tops to t-shirt dresses in his signature languid style. Given Alexander Wang's current successes in the Northern Hemisphere collections you can expect to see the style savvy flocking to Workshop Newmarket and Workshop Vulcan Lane in the coming weeks. It's great to see the folks at RCM continuing to expand the retail offer here in Aotearoa - enriching local wardrobes in the process - by adding class labels like Alexander Wang to their excellent Workshop, Workshop Denim and Helen Cherry labels. We're all for a positive approach amidst the naysaying doom and gloom...
The magazine ran its natural course for 10 years until its closure in 1975. Unfortunately, IPC the publishers and owners of the masthead decided in a moment of confusion to resurrect the title in 2000. Large publishers it seems often mis-read the market, timing or even validity of magazines they launch and Nova 2000 died a year later. Best let sleeping mags lie...
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