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Paganin House by Iwan Iwanoff
In case you haven’t heard this Floreat landmark caught fire last night and is in pretty bad shape. I will forever think of this house as the Fini house. Adrian I shot there at least three times during the Fini years, including a memorable winter fashion shoot for Perth retailers of yore, Aherns, on a…
Read MoreAdventure Beckons!
After four years Darren, erstwhile assistant and ideas guy here at the studio, is joining the ever swelling ranks of Acorn alumni. A native of Virginia, USA, Darren came to us via Boston, New York and France. He’s now headed for the bright lights of Amsterdam (no, no, not the red ones you fools!) to further…
Read MorePippin Drysdale – WA State Living Treasure
How cool is that? Pip’s work has been recognised, awarded and collected worldwide. She was made a Master of Australian Craft in 2008 and now she’s been recognised here in WA as a State Living Treasure. Pip’s status as a treasure has been well known to us since we started photographing her works almost 20 years…
Read MoreA Tale of Two Thefts
A couple of days before last Christmas I noticed our front door was open as I came downstairs at 5:50AM. Odd, front doors aren’t supposed to be open in the night while you and your family sleep. Turns out our front door had been forced in the night and along with A MacBook Air thieves…
Read MoreDarren Smith – A Thousand Facets
Some time ago I was approached by sound artist Leah Blankendaal to collaborate with her on an installation based around distortions and refractions. Our ad hoc coffee shop manifesto nailed down one absolute: both of us wanted the exhibition to be experienced in fantastic reality, rather than virtual reality. This series carries a culmination of interests for me. I love pure…
Read More2013 AIA Award Winners
With Rob off on holidays, I ventured out to the WA Chapter of the AIA last night to fulfil my duty to photography, architecture (and champagne) at Perth Concert Hall. My first ever AIA awards night gave me a sense of the full scale of projects happening across WA, as well as a great insight…
Read MoreSan Cisco in Treadlie Magazine
Fellow pilots of human powered vehicles in Australia will have noticed that until a couple of years ago our newsstands catered only to the mountain bikers and two wheeled race fans. Treadlie is the bike mag for the rest of us; commuters, e-bikers, weekend cruisers, polo nuts and, it would seem, a surprisingly large proportion…
Read MorePet Photo Booth
The Perth Fringe Festival has been all the buzz in the office this morning. Rob’s done the Stoney Joe gig, Shirley recommends the Bogan Bingo, and for the last two weekends I’ve slipped off the commercial hat and have been moonlighting as an artist photographer at Pet Photo Booth. Our studio for the…
Read More2012 AIA WA Chapter Award Winners
Last night was awards night for the WA Chapter of the AIA. It’s been a few years since I attended but as a lay judge (in the Heritage category) I felt duty bound to show my face. And fill it with entrée, main and dessert of course. How firmly David Karotkin’s tongue was pushed into…
Read MoreWe’re moving
Our little patch of Townshend Road, Subiaco, has seen a lot of changes since the mid nineties when we set up shop there. In fact a quick audit of the area between Hay St and Subi Oval has us as the oldest business. True fact. Anyways, we’re gorn. We’re leaving East Subi for the gentle…
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