Studio Photography
A Man of Steel
For the third issue of Academy for Men I was given the brief of ‘Australia.’ BBQs and beaches had already been taken, so Rhys Ripper (ACM editor) and I worked on an idea based around the building of the harbor bridge in Sydney, and the men who built it.
The wonderful stylist Sibil Alpsal came on board with some wonderful pieces. Her interiors know how coming into play, sourcing some delicious props such as the thick tarnished rope, the worn-out satchels and the beautiful lamp bulbs on page 108 (with the star of the day Bob Ellis.
Sean, one of our models did an incredible job not just modeling, but as groomer. A multi-tasking model.
We focused on over sized, utilitarian clothes, casting fresh faced models from Pricillas, as after researching most of the men who built the bridge were mere boys. Boys with mens’ bodies after years of intensive manual labor.
Credits
‘A Man of Steel’
Photography: Cybele Malinowski
Assistant: Justin Malinowski
Stylist: Sibil Alpsal
Grooming: Sean @ Priscillas (thanks Sean!)
Models: Sean, Danny Pratt and Tyson @ Priscillas
Here are links to the shoots in the past two issues of Academy for Men.
Issue One: Optical Illusions
Issue Two: Innocence Lost
Behind the scenes on a hair shoot
Just a few funny out-takes from a shoot for Vita 5, starring the one and the only muse in my life, Imogen
The Model School
Here are some press shots I did for a Sydney band, The Model School. The chalkboard shots are some of my favorite pics this year, as it reminds me that you don’t have to be a hot young pop diva to get beautiful photos. Ideas can be stronger than all the botox and bleach in the world.
We all sat around my lounge room with New Scientist magazines, googling ‘physics maths equations theory,’ scrawling them over a green paper-roll. We went through 4 silver sharpies.
Look! It’s Pushkin. Again She is quite the celebrity!
This was shot at an amazingly retro diner on the Pacific HWY near Mascot called Dino’s.
We also had free reign at a cargo yard near the airport. It was amazing. Planes flying right overhead. Definitely coming back here for a fashion shoot. Quite breathtaking.
