MOST Magazine Fashion MAY-JUNE'15 ISSUE NO.9 | Page 14
bandoned Fashion started in late 2011, before I
knew it was even going to become The Abandoned
Fashion Series. In 2008 when I started photography,
abandoned buildings were one of the main things I
photographed as I had a pretty famous one five minutes away
from me- Hellingly Mental Asylum. Fast forward to November
2011 and I had my favorite fashion shoot I had done to
date which happened to be in an abandoned school, this
is the shoot that ended up being exhibited in Milan through
Vogue Italia. My next couple of shoots wasn’t in abandoned
buildings, they were cool shoots but I had made the decision
that I wanted to create a series, I wanted to do something that
people could really follow and get into, something that would
have meaning, an epic project that would have a journey
of its own. For me it was really simple and it naturally made
sense that it should be the Abandoned Fashion Series. I love
abandoned buildings and my favorite shoot I had done was
in one so it just felt right! So it was born.... fast forward two
and a bit years, over 10 abandoned fashion shoots have
been done, across the UK and Europe, from hilltop fairytale
chateaus in Belgium, to derelict courthouses in Liverpool, The
series has so far been published in international magazines
and featured in exhibitions. I have been blessed to work
with some amazing people in the industry so far and I look
forward to working with lots more over the years. When we
do the shoots abroad they are genuinely some of the best
times of my life. People always ask me when the series will
be finished, and I have no idea. That’s the beauty of it. As
time goes on I believe the series will last forever, in the last
year though it’s started to evolve. The original idea was that I
would only shoot in abandoned buildings but some concepts
I have simply don’t involve them. However I still want these
shoots to be aligned with my series. Since it’s my baby and
I like one place to view my fashion work, one body of art. I
don’t care if the name has the word ‘abandoned’ in it. I make
up the rules for my work and I feel it’s the perfect name to
describe my work. I will always shoot in derelict places but
it’s also nice to be free to do other things every now and
then. I look forward to sharing with you my new concepts
as I do them, I will continue to try and impress and push the
boundaries of fashion and art!
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