I took the chance to do some fashion shootings during my travels to Singapore.
Weekend Knack magazine , Nikon and PGAV Photo Gallery in Brussels wrote out a nationwide competition to all Belgian photographers (Weekend Photo Award #1) in June 2008. The winning prizes were big and the recognition even bigger. The theme was street fashion, which seems simple at first, but has many possible interpretations.
I decided to take my Lomo LCA equipped with a Colorsplash flash out on the town and shoot people on the streets of Singapore City (where I was on holiday at the time). The concept was to consistently double expose street textures and lines over fashionably dressed people that caught my eye on the street; allowing the street arrows, lines and textures to be physically present in the clothes. The idea was to melt the clothes and the street into a single frame that represented my vision on street fashion.
The pictures have a voyeuristic and almost paparazzi feel to them. It’s the feeling we are all daily confronted with when living in a big city. Interestingly some of the people seem to evoke a victimized expression, as if they were reluctantly dependent on their materialistic possessions. The people photographed are wearing new, spotless designer clothes as if they were on a real fashion shoot. The women have an allure reminiscent of mass media advertising. To which extent has consumption, mass media, capitalism and public perception changed the urban landscape of South-East Asia and its ever-growing cities?
My work was selected as one of the nine finalists being the only analogue entry! A selection was exhibited at the Photo Gallery in Brussels (10/2008).
22 comments
vstephanie
these shots are sick!
comezone
congrats! im glad about the fact of being the only analogue finalist. great gallery! excellent theme to combine and so is the execution.
in order of likeness: 7, 6, 12, 13 are my favorites. cheers!
vicuna
Great idea and fantastic shots! Congrats Max!! :)
lomosexual_manboy
A great idea accomplished. Big pat on the back to you.
thaiseb
Great analogue pics, and the #10 is excellent !
sumlom
i really like the idea! congrats!
mattcharnock
Congrats dude! Great album too!
maxpinckers
Thanks guys!!
graefin
The doubles are so wonderful! Your idea was great!
-a-l-b-e-r-t-o-
Simply Fabulous!
mephisto19
really great shots!!!!
anelfandhiszippo
Cool gallery, 6 & 13 are my favourites I like the arrows pointing.
u-t-e
Fantastic indeed!!! I love the shots!! The idea is great!!
xbalboax
wow great work! congratz
wil6ka
hot!
vickiegonzalez
:D
ndroo
Great work!
quaisoir
nice work....pretty creative!
eyecon
Super great work - you are really talented!
fash_on
great idea, great shots :)
ashankar
esterch
Nice photos :)