APRICOT

'I am grateful for the blue collar worker whose existence allows artists to not have to work at menial jobs.'

BEN BRIAND.

DIRECTOR. WRITER. PHOTOGRAPHER.

Ben Briand is an Australian film director, known mostly for his work in films and commercials. Briand has recently created a trilogy of three short films that you MUST see. APRICOT is a delicately crafted visual experience, that actually left me in tears after only 10 minutes and 39seconds. It is beyond beautiful, and more real than any other short film I have every witnessed. I had to share his creation with you!

Ben Briand’s work is astonishing. There is texture in his work that I have not seen in any film. He possesses the ability to create pictures that are visually remarkable, yet he avoids illusion and instead nurtures unparalleled emotion from the viewers through honest and simple characters. Braind’s work largely explores his two favourite themes of memory and identity.

Briand also does a lot of commercials and still images which will amaze you as well! The raw, vintage beauty of his photos will leave you inspired and wanting more. I also recommend checking out his work for the Lover, Autumn Winter 2007 collection[ http://www.benbriand.com/splash/lover/l_index.html ] this too blew me away. The colours, the models, the clothing, the music, the props is just perfect. His commercial work is never a pressured marketing stunt but rather captures the audience with its beauty and uniqueness.

If you fall in love with his art like I did and want more, you should see his other two recently developed short films back 'Castor & Pollux' and ' Some Static Started' and check out his website too – it will soon be added to your favourites list I assure you!

www.benbriand.com

the breakfast club

"Dear Mr. Vernon,

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong, but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us. In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.
Does that answer your question?


Sincerely yours,
the Breakfast Club."
[extract from the film The Breakfast Club]



The Breakfast Club



Im so glad my best friend is a VIP at her local blockbuster and MADE me watch this! I credit her for my love affair with this 1980's film. I am a sucker for films involving youth rebellion, the 'awkward' years and the  standard teenage search for identity (mostly because i can relate). But this movie is in a field of its own. It involves five entirely different high school stereotypes who are locked in detention together. They start of divided but end up discovering that they are a lot more alike then they ever could have imagined. 

Each character has their own style, the way they dress and the effort they put into their appearance all reflect who they are, their personalities and their social status. Theres the athlete, the nerd, the 'weirdo' who wears unflattering dark coloured clothes with the intent of hiding her body, the princess in designer clothes that accentuate her tiny frame and the grunge (or seattle scene) criminal who wears the cheapest mismatched clothes that have holes everywhere because he is too lazy (or too broke) to buy new ones! (pretty much sounds like my wardrobe)
Its amazing how 

Judd Nelson as 'Bender'

an outfit can completely define each character and sets them apart in social situations.

There is a mix of humor and brutal honesty in this film, i definately recommend you make your parents watch this too because it will give them an insight into our adolescence. I also adore Judd Nelson, who plays Bender, in this film because he plays the eratic, defiant and unconventional criminal. And if you knew me any human with the power to stand up to authority and uncover truths through confrontation tend to fascinate me. He is that friend who manages to tap away at your insecurities and brings them to the surface forcing you to deal with them then and there. He is strangely beautiful!

PLEASE watch this movie!! Its amazing, and a classic







this.

“…And these children

that you spit on

as they change their worlds

they're immune to your consultations

They’re quite aware

of what they’re going through…”

DAVID BOWIE

copy cat.

Here I am inspired to write simply because I am pissed off.

I have seen so many people claiming to be fashion addicts, investing in the most expensive, most current and most elaborate pieces of crap to wear on their bone thin bodies who cannot deal with someone else being as up to date as they are. I BOUGHT THIS BAG FIRST, who gives a shit. You know who had them first? The fucking designers! If you are the one who thought of the idea first, if you slaved over the sewing machine until your masterpiece was complete and you wish go to the extent of copyrighting it, fair enough. but in reality most, if not all the things you purchase aren’t original, they are duplicates of something that someone you have never met designed for people to wear. KEY WORD: People (i.e. NOT JUST YOU) If you truly believe in and love fashion and the fashion industry then you would thrive on someone else purchasing the same things as you because 1. It helps support the designer (who you obviously want to succeed long enough to find out whether their next collection is better than their last) and 2. It is a sign of admiration if someone ‘copies’ your style. dont be a fashion hog, people wont like you and i imagine it would get pretty lonely for you on top of the pedestal you've created for yourself.

wow breathe karalee....

a mask MUST be warn

karalee reed.
i found this and couldnt think of anything better to define me - i wish i married Kurt Cobain

• i am threatened by ridicule
• i am overly concience of the sincerity in my voice
• i like to have sex with people
• i love my parents yet i disagree with merely everything they stand for
• i understand and appreciate the value of religion for others
• my emotions are affected by music
• punk rock means freedom
• i use bits and pieces of others personalities to form my own

[extract from Kurt Cobain journals]



Trent Mitchell photography
MUA - Ness Falzon
Model - Karalee Wisse