I have been very fortunate in being approached by the esteemed designer, Elizabeth Emanuel (known amongst other things for creating Diana Spencer’s wedding dress), to photograph her archive collection. I will also be photographing some of her current collection in the near future.
It is a real pleasure for myself and team to be working with such amazing creations, which are works of art in themselves.
The images will build up iover the next few weeks, culminating in a portfolio which I hope to be incredibly proud of.
Thanks go to the people behind the scenes, including Andrea Perry Bevan for hair and make-up, Lee Wood-first assistant, Penny Willcox as second-assistant and models so far,Gillian Robinson; Jessica Croasdale; India Hobson; Emma Sudell with others to be added.
At the same time, some of the images will be used for the ‘Make A Wish Foundation’ to promote their ‘Electric Dreams’ project.
Here is what the ‘MaW’ project is about. - Together with the Make a Wish Foundation and Comet we propose a very British celebration of gadgets. The project is called ‘Electric Dreams’ and is being curated by Suzanne Bisset. We aim to explore the many emotions we associate with the gadgets in our lives. This will be expressed via a collection of portraits by a host of influential fashion and art photographers. The exhibition launch will be at The Hospital in Covent Garden. In addition to the exhibition Ideas inc will publish a specially commissioned coffee table book which will be sold nationally with 100% of all proceeds from the cover price and 100% of all proceeds from the exhibition sale (edition of one to be auctioned for Make a Wish).Make-A-Wish grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening illnesses. This year the charity is celebrating 21 years of wish granting. Make-A-Wish was founded in the UK in June 1986 and, since then, we have granted over 4,700 wishes. At any given time, over 20,000 children in the UK are living with life-threatening conditions and our aim is to grant 21 wishes a week by the year 2010. Whether a wish is to be a princess or a policeman for a day, own the latest computer equipment, meet a favourite celebrity or just enjoy some special time away from home with their family, a wish come true brings so much to a child’s life and provides memories for the family that last a lifetime.Through this project, with book sales and other activity Comet’s target is to raise £250,000 for Make a Wish as they continue to support Make-A-Wish UK, the Company’s chosen charity throughout 2008.
Thanks for looking and for all support.
Andrew