"After agreeing to look at my fashion portfolio, the editor said: Well, you've got beautiful models here. Can you make boring DJs look as interesting? He commissioned me to photograph drum'n'bass DJ General Levy, and it ended up on the cover of the magazine. As a result, I picked up work from DJ Mag."
"My friend styled the shoot, which was based on 60s and 70s TV shows and movies we grew up watching, involving strong women fighting evil – things like Wonder Woman and Charlie's Angels. This one is based on Jane Fonda's character Barbarella in the 60s sci-fi film, which is one of my favourites, with outfits designed by Paco Rabanne."
"Back then, I was shooting on film, of course, and I cross-processed the E6 slide film in chemicals meant for colour negatives, which gave this supersaturated but grainy quality. I didn't want the photographs to look too real."
The photographer shifted from fashion to music and people photography in 1994 after discovering Touch magazine. An editor challenged them to make DJs visually interesting, leading to a cover shoot with General Levy and subsequent work with DJ Mag. While photographing clubbers at Ministry of Sound, they encountered Goldie. Shortly after, a stylist friend arranged a shoot with a girl band member at the photographer's house. The shoot drew inspiration from 1960s and 1970s television and film, featuring strong female characters like Wonder Woman, Charlie's Angels, and Barbarella. Shot on film with cross-processed E6 slide film, the images achieved a supersaturated, grainy quality that avoided photorealistic representation. Early work involved direct collaboration between photographer and subject without PR interference.
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