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THE LAST RESORT BY SASKIA WILSON

THE LAST RESORT BY SASKIA WILSON

A collection of images taken in Greece over 2016 and 2017 documenting the polarity in human experience in a country which is both a global tourism hotspot and a nexus of the European refugee crisis.

ON THE ROAD EAST by HUGH STEWART

ON THE ROAD EAST by HUGH STEWART

Last August we went on a family road trip across the US. We started in Los Angeles, backing out of the Cal Mar motel in Santa Monica for what was meant to be a drive to Palm Springs and back...

GOING THE DISTANCE BY JACLYN ADAMS

GOING THE DISTANCE BY JACLYN ADAMS

New York City has been romanticised by lyrics, cinema and poetry that re-posts and captions will keep alive for all of social media’s eternity, even if the attributed are perpetually rolling over in their graves with every double tap of Instagram’s beating heart.

THE CHOP BY NICOLE BENTLEY

THE CHOP BY NICOLE BENTLEY

An audacious haircut has repeatedly played catalyst to unchartered career opportunities and, for some, even personal growth. Nicole Bentley And Rosie Tupper ring in Edition No. 6, GOING PLACES, with 'The Chop'.

THE GOLDEN AGE

THE GOLDEN AGE

A story that considers the influence of the Elizabethan period on popular culture and fashion, not without a modern gaze and a gentle nod to it's various cinematic interpretations.

THE ALAN WHITE ALBUM

THE ALAN WHITE ALBUM

Alan White’s illustrious 25 year career across London, New York and Sydney has produced some of the most memorable and iconic fashion moments in both the editorial and advertising worlds. His prolific output as both a hair stylist and educator is merely touched on in 'The Alan White Album’ produced in collaboration with Lagoon Collective and culminating in an editorial that pays tribute to White’s favourite era, Punk.

Sentiments of Youth by Levon Baird & Jack Milenkovic

Sentiments of Youth by Levon Baird & Jack Milenkovic

Memories of place, object, texture and colour, of cherished possessions and rituals of dressing. Within an environment of familiarity, the series explores conscious recollection, both observed and experienced. 

You Used To Call Me On My Shell Phone by Jake Terrey

You Used To Call Me On My Shell Phone by Jake Terrey

One must not confuse a lack of clothing with a low key approach, summers in the late 80s, early 90s were anything but, we pay homage to a time less posed but certainly more preened.

A Future Now Passed by Anna Pogossova & Sophie Fletcher

A Future Now Passed by Anna Pogossova & Sophie Fletcher

An unlikely assortment of household consumables, vivid in colour and varied in form, bring sentiments of what is past into a narrative of now.

Then and Now – A Fashion Retrospective by Daniel Nadel

Then and Now – A Fashion Retrospective by Daniel Nadel

Like all art, fashion is an ever evolving ever retrospective interaction between the past, present and future...

Perception of Self: Which You is True? by Jesse Lizotte

Perception of Self: Which You is True? by Jesse Lizotte

With the current cultural shift that is so accepting of gender fluidity, and the fashion industry continuing to blur the lines between mens and womenswear with entire 'ungendered' collections hitting the runway, is it time we start relying on our unobservable behaviour to show which you is really true..?

Still. Life by Levon Baird

Still. Life by Levon Baird

Setting out to juxtapose the living with the artificial, Levon Baird presents a photographic series that is anything but real, "...except that those are real flowers, and the moments these photos were taken really did happen".

Seeing Beauty by Daniel Nadel and Tatiana Farley

Seeing Beauty by Daniel Nadel and Tatiana Farley

The esoteric nature of how we consume information today has obliterated the singularity of the beauty code.

Make Out. A Series by Jesse Lizotte

Make Out. A Series by Jesse Lizotte

Five couples, on intimacy and each other.

Within The Big Picture: The Varying Intimacies of Experience by Levon Baird

Within The Big Picture: The Varying Intimacies of Experience by Levon Baird

Simultaneous narratives collide in Baird’s reflection on the experience of coexistence. If a picture tells a thousand words, how many more does it take to tell the tale of the individual?

My Children Will Know Love, by Tim Ashton

My Children Will Know Love, by Tim Ashton

In his most personal point of view, Photographer Tim Ashton captures the kind of intimacy that extends beyond two people, in a beautiful collection of pictures of his family.

On Intimacy, by Jake Terrey

On Intimacy, by Jake Terrey

A study in form with sentiments of touch, fragments of a fuller picture and the varying perspectives of a non existent distance.

Sundance Kids by Stefania Paparelli

Sundance Kids by Stefania Paparelli

“They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you.” 
― Zadie Smith

Making Sense of the World: Saara Sihvonen by Jaclyn Adams

Making Sense of the World: Saara Sihvonen by Jaclyn Adams

“As for hearing, the sloth is not so much deaf as uninterested in sound.”  Yann Martel - ‘Life of Pi’.

The World of Pain: Shannan Click by Pierre Toussaint and Tatiana Farley

The World of Pain: Shannan Click by Pierre Toussaint and Tatiana Farley

Pain, a basic yet emotive human instinct designed to ensure our survival can often make surviving a death sentence of its own.

Taking the windy path: Tess Haubrich by Pierre Toussaint and Noelle Faulkner

Taking the windy path: Tess Haubrich by Pierre Toussaint & Noelle Faulkner

Without spoiling too much, it would seem that for most of her career, Sydney-based actress Tess Haubrich has been typecast as the girl that, well, dies.

Still Waters Run Deep by Mark Morgan

Still Waters Run Deep by Mark Morgan

The voice of God himself, Morgan Freeman, once observed, “Learning how to.. really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.” 

Knowing You, Knowing Me: Sarah Ellen by Georges Antoni

Knowing You, Knowing Me: Sarah Ellen by Georges Antoni

We talk to actress, influencer and social media star Sarah Ellen on the business of obsession, staying grounded and why she comes with a filter.

Youth Allowance by Hannah Scott-Stevenson

Youth Allowance by Hannah Scott-Stevenson

In questions of art and commerce, the words of 17th century French philosopher, Joseph Joubert still ring true: “Ask the young, they know everything”.

This is Australia by Peter Van Alphen

This is Australia by Peter Van Alphen

Our remote location, often billed as Asia-Pacific or Oceania, is one not mimicked anywhere else in the world and we’ve proudly built a lifestyle around that.