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This weeks Mooks report is about a young lady who’s putting an indelible stamp of innovation on contemporary ideologies. Meet Larita Engelbrecht, a visual artists living and loving in Stellenbosch, who has an obsession that’s currently in excess. Visual excess in overdrive.
By Jessica Hazel Those of you who find yourselves in the big smoke this January should take a trip to the National Portrait Gallery before the months out for the last chance to check out over 150 photographs of England’s finest rock ‘n’ roll treasures, from Beatles to Bowie and Hendrix to the Stones, it’s well worth a look as at least 100 of the images have never been seen before.
So, aside from being a couple of rad Berlin correspondents for Mooks, we also dabble in a touch of Art Direction and Production – actually, that is predominantly what we do. Last Friday, we shot our third seasonal shoot for Mooks and we reckon it’s our best so far. Steve Ryan, our delightful photographer and all-round good guy, did a stunning job at capturing some beautiful shots for you all to feast your eyes on for the upcoming winter 2010 range.
Anna Delany’s photographs have featured in the Mooks Report quite extensively over the past few weeks, and since credit is always owed where credit is due, it’s time to give this New York-based photographer a spotlight of her own. I suspect that Anna has been getting up to mischief for the 24 years that span her entire lifetime, and luckily she’s had a camera around her neck enough times over the years to document her shenanigans. It also helps that by nature Anna is completely fearless, which often translates into incredible photo opportunities and in her hands, images of gold. She’ll think nothing of nonchalantly dropping pieces into conversation such as, “so I think I might head to the Bronx to take some photos of the underground subway lines,” (note: this involves literally crawling down into the subway tunnels, often filled with rats, crackheads and other questionable creatures).
Bed-Stuy – do or die. This Brooklyn neighbourhood has been made famous by the rhymes of local figures such as Biggie and Mos Def, and also immortalised in picture thanks to Spike Lee and his seminal films such as Do The Right Thing and Crooklyn. Dozens of recognisable names have grown up in this area – Chris Rock, Michael Jordan, Aaliyah, Jay-Z and Talib Kweli to name a few – that New York Times states it as the “largest predominantly black neighbourhood in New York City”.
Aryan Kaganof is incendiary. www.kaganof.com www.kaganof.com/kagablog/ His films, poetry and novels are exquisite, candid and shocking….It would be Journo-transgression to turn this interview into anything else but what it is now. My questions, His answers. Crude and honest. I’m a big fan of honesty, and so is Aryan, I found out. Here’s a snippet of my interview with this extraordinary individual whose name is not even Aryan. A friend, an inspiration, a bit of a mystery. Check it yo |
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