
Model: Mirash
Make up artist: Christina

Model: Mirash
Make up artist: Christina
The best bars in Melbourne are hidden in the many lane ways, usually without any signs at all. Croft Institute may be one of the trickiest bars to find, located at the end of a narrow alleyway, yet it’s always packed.
The famous laboratory bar is located on the ground floor, travel up the stairs to the top floor and you find a second bar and the dance floor. The top floor has a different design, more of a gymnastic theme. And a grass covered bar.
The ladies bathroom
And the bar upstairs.
New work with a fantastic team.
Model: Olivia Constantinides
Make up and hair: Karolina Danielson
Stylists: Dee Omar, Deeonic (designer of the dotted dress below), Johanna Folmer and Nikeisha Andersson, one of Sweden’s coolest filmmakers.
I hadn’t been horse riding since I was a kid, but you can’t visit Iceland and not go horse riding. So off we went.
I was perhaps slightly optimistic when I put on my camera thinking I would get some nice photos from the excursion. The landscape was stunningly beautiful with frozen lakes and snow covered hills and heaths, but the paths were slippery.
The five gaits were new to me and I can’t really say I had much control of the speed. It didn’t feel like an option at the time to give the horse free reins and photograph. I believe I looked slightly less graceful than our young guide, who told me she was a horse whisperer. Yet another thing to love about Iceland, the stories, the magic.
I absolutely loved this place and the contrast between the rolling snowy mountains and the smoking hot water. The photos are taken at the Blue Lagoon, 30 minutes from Reykjavik, Iceland. It’s a geothermal spa with massive outdoor pools and fabulous SPA treatments. I would go back any day.
Singer-songwriter Ingela released her new album, Image of You at Strand last week. It was a great gig and the video to Flickering Lights was screened.
I photographed the album cover to Image of You a couple of months ago and here are some photos of Ingela and her band from the release night. Image of You is available on iTunes or through Ingela’s website.
Sven Johansson, producer of Image of You, is in the middle of the last photo. To his left is Elina Johansson, aka Dear Euphoria, and to his right Emil, part of Koko.
Related posts: Ingela – Image of You
Some shoots are super organized; some are not.
We had been to an album launch and waited on the subway in the middle of the night. The traffic was slow and we ended up taking a few photos.
Emil Lundgren and Sven Johansson form the band Koko and their first album will be released shortly. I’m sure you will hear a lot more about them. Good stuff.
I saw Circle of Memory, an installation by Eleanor Coppola last summer. It’s an installation of grief, but as you always find when you come close to death and loss, you also find love and hope.
Circle of Memory was a quiet installation that gave room for silence and reflection, yet very powerful in its form. Visitors had left hundreds of notes, declarations of love, casually stuck to the walls of straw. An overwhelming declaration of love which was deeply moving.
Eleanor Coppola returned to Stockholm to give a speech at the International Women’s Day yesterday. I had expected her to talk about Circle of Memory. Instead she talked about finding her creative voice, as a woman, as an artist. It was even better, very honest and once again, deeply moving.
Johanna worked at L’Oréal for many years and she is amazing with color. Unique – Hair by Johanna is her first own salon, located in Kristianstad (Sweden).