We Are Disposable YEAH

At the end of last year I received the very exciting news that I was chosen to be featured in the upcoming book We Are Disposable YEAH, published as a joint venture between We Are Disposable and YEAH magazine.  The book is made entirely of photos taken with disposable, film or lomocameras.  I feel especially excited to be part of this project as film based photography is a personal love of mine.  Even though I shoot digitally for all my fashion work, personally I favour black and white 35mm, to me there is something much more intimate about it and its wonderful that people are still celebrating a medium many are declaring dead.  To me film photography will never die; its an art form not a piece of software,  Technology expires art remains.

The photo chosen was one I shot just before Christmas a few years ago at the ice rink outside the Tower of London.

Camera: my lovely little Minolta x300

Film: Ilford 400

My photo on the left hand page...

Its a really gorgeous book and I feel very privileged to be included in it.  Its available now from www.blurb.com 

Welcome to my blog

A bit about me:

This seems as sensible a place to start as any; I am 24 year old fashion photographer based in London.  I have a BA(combined honours) Film Studies and Photographic and Digital Media, though I refuse to say where from as the course was appalling and would want anyone to ever consider going there!   

Since graduating from uni I have been working on my style which I think it can now best be described as conceptual fashion.  Fairytales were the original inspiration for my early work, dressing my friends up as story book characters for art projects.  This then evolved to more fashion focused imagery but still maintain fantastical or conceptual elements occasionally side stepping into alternative and gothic imagery for which I have a very personal interest.

As well as fashion photography I have also had experience in portraiture, live event and wildlife photography, the latter being very dear to me.  I volunteer for the RSPB as a photographer which has given me the wonderful opportunity to travel to reserves around the UK documenting the wonderful work they do.

I hope through this blog to give you an insight into my working life, what goes into shoots, behind the scenes pics and advice for any photographers just starting out as well as general info about the fashion industry, films and art.  If there is any specific advice anyone would like please feel free to email me at rhian[dot]cox[dot]photography[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk.

Below are a few of my images from the last year of so, while I am pleased with them this year I hope to go further in creating strong conceptual fashion images.