Photography by Tegan Crowley
Artist Statement:
35mm film photographs captured world wide. I love the relationship and dynamic between the photographer and their subject. Unseen chemistry flows between the two via the small lens. There's a sense of magic recording such meetings on 35mm film - you're never quite sure exactly how it will turn out, but you're left with the feeling of the intimate bond you created. You hold onto that feeling right up until the moment you're holding that very print in your hands.
Portrait by Candlelight
It was mid July in New York City. I sat sweating in my friend’s stuffy Lower East Side apartment. We shared angel hair pasta and prosecco for dinner, then I arranged tea light candles around his living room. A cinematographer by trade, he had framed me through his lens many times before, but tonight he sat as my subject and in the low light I spied him through mine.
Stoking the Fire
Having worked intimately on 3 films together, we find ourselves sparring opposite each other again. Housed in an old common room once belonging to a cult, we fill our days wandering the vast property, past the lake, up and down the dried sunburnt hill, and over to investigate each of the little settlements scattered across the plot. By night he stokes up the fire and lights his cigarette. We drink red wine brainstorming how our new story will unfold. In the low light I click and capture my old friend forever on 35mm film. Our story goes on.
Stretch
For years she crowned me her muse, but tonight by the firelight she stretches becoming mine.
Soliloquay
'Spell On Me' was the new single from Soliloquy, written about his entangled relationship with unrequited love. Deeply connected with the content, I wrote the music video drawing from my experiences of a similar time. "Goddamn you put a spell on me."
SAPPHO
"Did you know you can eat banana skins? I was reading an article explaining how nutritious they are. Apparently they're savoury to taste and are really high in vitamin B." - Phoebe. Once the front woman of a successful band, she now ventures out on her own.
Coney Island Kids
It's mid July. The sun glares down as I squint along the boardwalk. Feeling zen from the hour long train ride, I explore the infamous playground. Three kids seemingly alone play together atop the railing. Set before the ocean and sunbathing Americans, I wonder if they are locals, and indeed what that must be like. I watch as they sit perfectly poised talking between themselves. Seconds from when I click my film, they run back down the boardwalk.
Executive Producers
Daniel Henson
Sue White
