Fall of the House of Usher

Late last summer I had the pleasure of collaborating with an extremely talented artist Victoria Trinder I have loved Victoria's work for years; its dark, delicate, beautiful and morose all at the same time, which are, in short, all of my favourite things.

The idea of the shoot was to involve the painting into the shoot, so Victoria started with one painting (painted whilst model Danni was in make up), with no idea of the wardrobe/props I had or the make up Alexandra would be doing (other than our initial moodboard) and then as the shoot went on Victoria added more and more layers to her beautiful painting in between outfit changes.

The title is that of an Edgar Allan Poe story, although it was not shot with the story in mind when I looked at the finished series I could help but be reminded of the story with Danni as the troubled Madeline.  Everything from the ever-darkening painting as a backdrop, to the increasingly wild hair styling and even the feathers echoed another, and most famous of Poe's work; the title just seemed to fit.  Here are a few of the finished images.

Model: Danni @ Oxygen
MUA: Alexandra Kourieh
Designer: Fabryan (black dresses)
Set Design/Artist: Victoria Trinder

Client Shoot: Frank and Faith

Earlier this Autumn I shot a collection for UK based ethical clothing brand Frank and Faith Below are some of the finished images.

Model: Heather Martin
MUA & Hair: Sarah Harris