MAGNUS STRANDBERG

Also student at University of Art and Design Helsinki Magnus knows what is he doing and how to do it. See his new collection at NÄYTÖS10 at Taik in May.

Artworks: Magnus Strandberg

DIANA LUGANSKI

Photographer: Diana Luganski

Style: Alisa

All is full of beauty in Diana's works.

BERLINSTYLE

BERLINCOLORS

OBSERVATION °2

Jil Sander / Undercover by Jun Takahashi

OBSERVATION °1 (OLD ONE)

Richard Avedon / Andy Warhol / Jean-Michel Basquiat / Viktor&Rolf

"Jean-Michel Basquiat painted Andy's scars on this turtleneck, probably inspired by the famous Richard Avedon photograph that revealed them."

LIFE IS ELSE WHERE/WHERE ELSE

photos: Alisa

style: Suvi

model: Mau

Everything happens for a reason - I have proved that. When I was reading Milan Kundera's Life is elsewhere I realized that I want to make a photo shoot, that reflects the mood of the book. 

I then asked my friend SUVI (Poutiainen) if she wants to make a styling. She ended up with some outsider and melancholy themes. We had the same mood. I asked SUVI afterwords some questions about her life. 

me: 1. I know you are only 21-years old, but you've made many interesting things. Can you tell me something about your life?

Suvi: Well, I moved to London to study at London College of Fashion straight from high school. After the first year I wasn't sure whether or not I wanted to continue. So when Daniel (Palillo) asked me to work at Wunder I decided stay in Finland. 

      For the first year Daniel and I shared the buyers duties but when last fall Daniel decided to concentrate on his label I became in charge as the buyer. Then finally this March I bought half of the shop and now we share the ownership with Tomi Heikkilä.

      All the while I've also done some stylist jobs as well.

me: 2. Who are your favourite photographers?

Suvi: I'm not very good at name dropping! Let me think... Maybe David Sims?

me: 3. And now back to our photo session. What was your idea for the styling?

Suvi: I can't really remember how we came up with the idea of using the story of Christiane F. as a starting point for the photoshoot... But anyways, the idea was to use the aesthetic of the movie Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, which portrays the lives of these teen-age-junkie-prostitutes in late 70s Berlin, as an inspiration for the styling and the whole theme as well. 

     However, our setting was a lot less urban than that of the movie which is located mainly in the central railway station of Berlin. The photos are all moments captured from film -therefore they're not as staged as regular fashion images. 

     In fact, what makes the shoot interesting to me is the fact that I know that somewhere there is a film with the sequences make up the timeline between the images but they are just no where for me to be seen.