Netherlands Collaboration

While I was in the Netherlands putting together my Afrovibes exhibition around the city I was put into touch with local artist Kitchell Samuel & local fashion designer Naomi by the Afrovibes team. As a last min addition to the festivals exhibition we decided to do a short fashion series with models and other artists from the Netherlands artist residency program.

Nomi -

Nomi by Naomi creates a unique fusion between people, cultures, fashion and lifestyle. The first Nomi By Naomi Collection debuted in spring 2008. It showed a mix of colourfull fabrics fused in modern urban designs. Nomi by Naomi’s collections embody an effortless but elegant, Afrocentric lifestyle, marked by Nomi design print and pattern mixing, fine detailing and the combination of different opposites. From her very first collection onwards, Naomi has created modern iconic pieces, such as the hooded scarf, the ‘pannelbodycon’ dress and the statement pencil skirt, which are and continue to be, cornerstones of women’s wardrobes, and can take women from day to evening wear in no time flat. Her designs inspire women to feel smart, confident and unique, where she herself is inspired by the strong, confident and independent women of our past and present modern society.

http://nomibynaomi.com/

Kitchell - 

Melanin Kris, is an English and Dutch “spoken thoughts” artist who deals with storytelling. Through his charismatic attitude and catchy flow, he knows how to captivate his listeners. Musical influences such as hip hop, jazz, funk and Afro-Futurism strengthen the power of his stories. Stories with a mostly intimate load. Art, film and photography are the resources that Kris commitment to themselves and to strengthen his philosophy.Melanin Kris is inspired by music heroes like: Outkast, Michael Jackson, James Brown, Kendrick Lamar, Gill Scot Heron, Mos Def and others. From these heroes and everyday life he gets inspiration for his lyrics and the music and art (film and photography) which he produced in support. In recent years, Melanin Kris, with its own repertoire stood in the support of, among others Thundercat ( Flying Lotus), Blitz The Ambassador, Def Jam Poet Black Ice, Bamba Nazar and DJ Osunlade. At this time, Kris busy writing new music together with poetry. In the autumn of 2015 will appear new music.

  http://www.melaninkris.com/

These images are the results from our shoot. 

Here are some behind the scenes photographs from my time with the crew. Not too many images as its tough doing the shooting and the BTS. I usually travel with a camera, 2 speed lights and a tripod. I would have liked more light for this shoot but due to time limitations I could not get anything rented and had to use what I had. I used the tripod as a light stand and used the flash for some back light while I lit the models from the front with
my second speed light.