Destination : Italy 2013

On the 7th of February 2013 i shall embark on a little trip to Italy. Leaving the sunny shores of Durban, South Africa.

My most important travel luggage - my camera gear! Hopefully i get a few good shots to share when i return.

A little taste of some of the images I hope to stumble upon;

Lana Del Rey

“The road is long, we carry on.

Try to have fun in the meantime.”

-       Lana Del Rey, Born to Die

Lana Del Rey, or Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, describes herself as a “self-styled gangsta Nancy Sinatra”. It’s a strange description but fans have come to love the 26-year-old’s husky bedroom voice with that hint of ominous melody. Better than her distinct voice though, are her poignant and haunting lyrics that speak true artistry.

Lana began singing at clubs at 18 and was signed to a record label at 20. But her real break came when she released her single Video Games on YouTube which went viral and got her album Born to Die released selling 2.8 million copies worldwide. Her music has been noted for its cinematic sound and its references to various aspects of pop culture, particularly that of the 1950s and '60s Americana.

She has endorsed clothing line H&M, serving as the model for their Fall and Winter 2012 collection. And this year, Lana became the face of the Jaguar F-Type luxury automobile. Her creativity even comes across in her cover art, as seen in Born to Die, the Paradise Edition.

Perhaps, Lana is what people have been waiting for when it comes to music – someone to write about those heartbreaking truths of life with poise and glamour.

Kate Moss - The Making of an Icon

My newest book bought primarily for inspiration, through words as well as images. Kate Moss has always been one of my most eye catching models.

Buy the book - it makes an awesome coffee table book.
Avaialble at Exclusive Books in South Africa.

Favourite Quote: Then more visible they make me, the more invisible i become." - Kate Moss

"Years after her discovery at age fourteen at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport and her quick ascent to the top of the supermodeling world and choice luxury-brand figurehead, Kate Moss represents an unusual success story: that of a middle-class teenager who became one of the best-paid models in the world with no apparent effort. Hers is a story of endless reinvention: more than twenty years later, despite tabloid scandals, drug use, rehab, and tumultuous high-profile romances, Kate Moss appears before us as a fresh creation each time, an ideal subject able to adapt to any circumstance, recast herself ceaselessly through self-staging and self-narration, and make the world fall in love with her over and over again.


In Kate Moss: The Making of an Icon, Christian Salmon's insightful text, accompanied by more than sixty gorgeous images, explores this phenomenon-the story of an icon, a muse, a legend, an enigma-and how our culture has created the collective Kate Moss myth." - Kate Moss: The Making of an Icon