Spotlight Emily Wylde: Pastel graves & carols for the dead

Dia de los muertos or Day of the Dead has seeped in to the pop culture consciousness with sugar skull imagery and make-up tutorials 10 a penny.  And while pop culture certainly had its own influence on the traditional Mexican…

Dia de los muertos or Day of the Dead has seeped in to the pop culture consciousness with sugar skull imagery and make-up tutorials 10 a penny.  And while pop culture certainly had its own influence on the traditional Mexican holiday (we can thank James Bond’s Spectre for the large parades less than a decade old)  - Dia de los Muertos is far from calaveras (skulls) and pageantry. When Scottish photographer Emily Wylde was invited over by Bran Symondsom she couldn’t have quite expected how much of a culture shock it would be.  A year later, she’s set to preview her first solo exhibition “Dia De Los Muertos” showcasing an array of intimate and often surreal snapshots from her time in Mexico.

Rowan Joy: Like a Daydream

Minimalism takes a back seat in Scottish designer Rowan Joy’s collaboration with florist Linzi Deprez. High fantasy, high fashion and high surrealism, “Like a Daydream” blends together the perfect storm of glitter, colour and a TON of flowers. Credits: Clothes:…

Our Founding Daughters

Date for your diaries babes! Dropping in just over a month will be an exhibition of some of the finest,freshest,fiercest up and coming female fashion photographers working in Scotland today.  Featuring Levi Macdonald, Emily Wylde and Nuala Swan – the…

Erwin Blumenfeld

There is a cracking wee documentary on fashion photography Erwin Blumerfeld at the moment which I would implore you to watch. BBC4 docs are always fantastic but the one on Blumenfeld offers a wonderful introduction to one of the greatest…

Scottish Fashion Awards 2012 – and the winner is…

Last night marked the 7th annual Scottish Fashion Awards, and it was bigger and better than ever. Moving to the SECC the SFA has an audience of over 2000, with VIP guests from around the world in a whos who…

Criminals

Thursday morning and I’m standing in a bath tub with a sock covering my head. This sounds like the start to a very bad horror film, or the end of a very good night. I’ve been asked to be part…

on sebastian kim – photo inspiration

Another pe-schedueled post…I know I know I’m terrible, but tomorrow we’re shooting promo images for In the Company of Wolves, and odds are I’m running about like a mad woman/am recovering from a hard weekends birthday drinking/have not slept in…

on in the company of wolves 2011

Oh the shameless self promotion. You of those who follow me on twitter will be more than aware by now that I’m currently in process of putting together another In the Company of Wolves with my soul sista and co-director…

on guy bourdin

I feel it’s pretty sure when it comes to photography, 3 gentlemen reign mighty in my heart. Helmut Newton, Miles Aldridge and the mighty Guy Bourdin.Guy Bourdin was a french fashion photographer, and was one of the most influential fashion…


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