I started working on some shoots inspired by INXS songs back in 2010 (after many years of thinking about it) and as with most things photography related it took another 12 months for me to get around to doing the first shoot. I’d picked my favorite songs, created a few playlists for various devices and put them on repeat as often as i could stand to listen. Then it was just a case of letting the songs, along with the environment i was in, direct the concepts.

Pretty Vegas

Pretty Vegas came on when i was on a bus late at night, looking out the window and seeing a pretty young thing, all dolled up for her night out on the town, vomiting in the gutter.

Model: JennieF
MUA: Yassmin Abdo

Thumbing your way to Vegas, dirty
And screaming like you’re back from hell
…
It ain’t pretty
After the show
It ain’t pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go

Dancing On The Jetty

Dancing On The Jetty was inspired purely by Anya (the model) and her love of life.

Model: Anya

Watch the world argue
Argue with themselves
Who’s going to teach me
Peace and happiness

Suicide Blond

This one slipped into my head fully formed one afternoon as i was about to get into the bath.

Model: Cupcake

Suicide blonde was the color of her hair
Like a cheap distraction for a new affair
She knew it would finish before it began
Woah baby, you lost the plan
…
You wanna make her, suicide blonde
Love devastation, suicide blonde