In honor of my grandmother, Dee Quirk
Thanks to my dad, Jaan, and Robbie
a dream vision becomes reality
shot on 35mm film
nashville, tennessee
In honor of my grandmother, Dee Quirk
Thanks to my dad, Jaan, and Robbie
a dream vision becomes reality
shot on 35mm film
nashville, tennessee
Gretchen Kaija + Ian Boswell
B I L L I E E I L I S H
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP TOUR 2019
NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
Shot for the Nashville Scene, all photos online
Tame Impala swimming in daydreams in Nashville, Tennessee, diving into an unforgettable Thursday night performance.
“You guys look beautiful, the city looks beautiful, you smell beautiful.”
Photos by yours truly up on the Nashville Scene and in the May 9th weekly print issue.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Down at Mardi Gras this year, I had myself a ball & a biscuit of a time, soaking up sunshine, snappin’ away left and right, sippin’ on lemonade shandies, and stuffing myself with seafood (and po-boys) at every opportunity. A beautiful, blissful week of costumes, libations, friendship, and parading through my favorite streets and old haunts. I spent all of Mardi Gras day dressed head to toe as a rose garden, an homage to my time spent living in New Orleans, the city where I fully blossomed into my true self.
I drove home with not one, but two, full size king cakes in my passenger seat to prolong the sweet celebrations as long as reasonably possible, as well as a couple bags of fresh coffee beans from the French Truck. Now I’m able to wake up with a little taste of New Orleans from the comfort of my own home, at least for a little while.
Upon my return home after three weeks of traveling, I came to discover upon developing my film that my once-trusty point and shoot camera had been a little shaken up, maybe took one too many rough and tumbles, as mysterious black borders and lines unknowingly appeared across multiple rolls of film. At first glance of the negatives, I felt the onset of heartbreak as I realized some photos would be completely lost to time. I paused, took a moment and some deep breaths, and allowed myself to embrace the abstract framing and the creative decisions it allowed me to make with my final photos, lending a hand to the creativity and freedom that bleeds out of the soul of the city of New Orleans.
I’m learning from this as it’s a beautiful little reminder to always be present in the moment and to remember that life ain’t always perfect. It’s not always gonna be what you expect. It’s a little rough around the edges, and you’ve gotta embrace the beauty inside of what you do have and are able to experience.
Laissez les bon temps rouler, they say!
until next year ~
xo
I recently shot the fresh, mod-inspried lookbook for the Spring Summer 2018 Collection: Modern Vintage & The Reclaimed Series for Original Fuzz
models: Rachel Wayne (The Daily Bloom) & Justin Landis (Western Medication)
flowers: The Daily Bloom
styling: Electric Thread
photos: me
Back in the fall, Diet Cig was the cover stars of Bristol Live magazine, based in Bristol, UK.
Cut Worms recently did an "interview" with POND MAG in the style of a playlist, my photo is included from an afternoon during SXSW in Austin, Texas.
"I love film and television. Throughout my life, it has often been through these mediums that I've been introduced to a lot of the music I love. In high school I used to rent movies from Blockbuster all the time and watch them in my basement and sometimes play guitar and write at the same time. I got really into David Bowie after I saw Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic for the first time. I delved into girl groups and early Rolling Stones records after watching Scorsese's Mean Streets. Lately I've been really interested in how music is a huge source of power in film and TV. The music often makes the film or show and, in my opinion, doesn't usually get the lion's share of credit."
- MAX CLARKE