ETHA RAVEWEAR [2022-PRESENT]
DON LETTS & GARDNA - EVERY TIME THAT I LAND
EARLY 2022, MYSELF AND ARTIST GARDNA BEGAN OUR VISUAL PROJECTS FOR HIS ‘TIME & SPACE’ ALBUM RELEASE BY VISITING DON LETTS IN LONDON TO SHOOT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FIRST TRACK. DON HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT FIGURE IN THE MOVEMENT OF PUNK\REGGAE CULTURE; THROUGHOUT THE LATE 20TH CENTURY HE BRIDGED THE GAP BETWEEN THE OUTCASTED COMMUNITIES BY BEING ONE OF THE FIRST RASTAFARIANS’ TO MANAGE SUCH AN OUTLANDISH STORE SUCH AS ‘ACME ATTRACTIONS’ - "where the interaction between the different factions became more important than selling merchandise, even though at that age it was a deadly combination." AFTER THIS VENTURE HE WENT ON TO SHOOT HUNDREDS OF MUSIC VIDEOS WITH BANDS SUCH AS THE CLASH, MUSICAL YOUTH, THE PRETENDERS ETC. AND CEALED HIS LEGACY AS A PIONEERING DOCUMENTER OF THE PUNK & REGGAE ERA.
MENACE TWO SOCIETY
IN 2022, I CONNECTED WITH A NEW AND UPCOMING BRAND ‘MENACE TWO SOCIETY’ TO WORK ON COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN FAVOUR OF PROMOTING THEIR NEW PRODUCTS. FROM A RANGE OF ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY TO CONCEPTUAL MOVING IMAGE, WE’VE BEGAN A JOURNEY OF SHAPING THE IDENTITY FOR THE BRAND THROUGH CAREFULLY TAILORED IDEAS. OUR FIRST PROJECT WAS A BASKETBALL CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE DESIGN OF THE GARMENT THROUGH A RANGE OF PORTRAITS AND CANDID SCENARIOS.
SKIBADEE STUDIO SESSION
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I HAD ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OF SHOOTING A REMIX OF ONE OF GARDNA’S TRACKS FEATURING SKIBADEE. WE LINKED UP AT THE STUDIO WITH SELECTA J-MAN TO MIX IT DOWN AND SHOOT A SMALL VHS TAKE FOR A VISUAL, AND SOME BTS OF THE PROCESS. UNFORTUNATELY LATER THAT WEEK SKIBADEE HAD PASSED AWAY. TO HAVE SHARED A MOMENT WITH THE MAN THAT PIONEERED THE CULTURE I LIVE BY WAS SO INSPIRING. HE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ICON AND WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE CONVERSATION.
COLD PRINTS COMMISSIONS [2020-2022]
IN THE THE LAST 2 YEARS MYSELF & COLD PRINTS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY OVER A NUMBER OF EDITORIAL-STYLE PHOTOSHOOTS PROMOTING A RANGE OF NEW DESIGNS AND CAPTURING THEM IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT REFLECTS OUR CULTURE. THIS PAGE IS A REFINED SELECTION OF THE MANY SHOOTS THAT TOOK PLACE.
GUISTE X COLD PRINTS CULTURE CON
IN APRIL 2022, INDEPENDENT BRANDS’ GUISTE AND COLD PRINTS SET UP THEIR FIRST COLLABORATIVE CONVENTION IN SHOREDITCH, LONDON. FEATURING A SELECTION OF THE UK’S WAVIEST DEVELOPING BRANDS IN AN IMMERSIVE WALK-IN EXPERIENCE FOLLOWED BY AN INTIMATE UNDERGROUND LIVE SHOW PERFORMANCE INCLUDING NAMES SUCH AS NOVELIST, DXVL, BAWO AND MANY OTHER PIONEERS OF THE BRITISH MUSIC CULTURE.
