Chris Searl is to be one of the five judges in this years Canon EOS Photo 5 awards.
The site explains the project best:
These five photography briefs are what EOS Photo5 is all about. Inside the official box each year are items which represent 5 seperate photographic briefs. The challenge is to answer the 5 briefs with the most creative and imaginative images you can think of. The past two years of EOS Photo5 have produced some amazing shots, and we are expecting even bigger things from the World of EOS community this year, check out the past winners here.
For 2009, we’ve made the briefs even more challenging to test your photography skills not just your creativity. Each brief has also been assigned a professional judge to provide tips along the way and choose the final ten shots before we open the competition up to a public vote to choose the winners. New to EOS Photo5 this year is the Open Brief* – Practically Black. This is the first time we have one brief which everyone can enter, even if you missed out on one of the limited edition EOS Photo5 boxes.
Chris shot Kit Willow Podgornik for Harper’s BAZAAR. You can check it out in the current issue. Or you could just get a subscription as he has half a dozen pages or more in the next one too.
Myer got the biggest shake up they’ve had since the Jethro Cave parade after-party incident. Vice have art directed Myer’s new look book and they chose Chris Searl to help them with their image overhaul.
Here’s a behind the scenes video that will impress any of you who haven’t ever been on the set of a boring old fashion shoot. They sound glamourous but they’re just bloody hard work. Lucky there are pretty girls and boys involved and some nice folk like the team at Vice.
Well it’s a proud day. Three of my artists have made it to the Creative Sydney Top 100 list. Andrew and Daniel from Collider, Annie, Jonathan and Shane were listed for Tru$t Fun! and Monster Children (Chris) also made the list. There were some really cool characters listed but here are some of the more householdy names who made the list: Margaret Pommeranz, Glue Society, Vince Frost, The Chaser, and Sass&Bide. The list is actually a really good indicator of what’s coming out of Sydney. You can see the whole list with links here.
Chris Searl shot this great POS campaign for Levis. Glue Society put a lot of attention into the overall display in the windows with really cute touches like a mop. Ok so a mop isn’t that exciting but I thought they did a really cool and interesting job. And Chris does an amazing job of drawing out models’ inner coolness, although the casting was pretty incredible. Kellie and Chris were a brilliant combination. Chris was completely Zen (or maybe it was just the 5am call time) and Kellie was her usual bullshit-free self while being completely charming with client and Host. There’s more Levis work to follow so keep checking the blog. And while I am at it, thanks to all of you who are taking an interest in how this little agency is developing. I see you all on the stats and just want to say thanks for your support.
Chris recently shot this amazing image for Glue Society / British Council. The make up was done by a woman who worked on The Chronicles of Narnia. They’re being used across all forms of social media (God it makes me sick hearing that phrase. I don’t know why), and posters etc etc so keep your eye out for them!
Here’s Chris’s latest story from Monster Children. It’s an Autumn story featuring all those between seasons pieces that seem to do just nicely for a Sydney Winter. The styling is by Lucy Goodwin, and the hair and make up by Nadine Monley at Names.
I’m a bit of a 50s pinup fan myself. I’ve got the Bernard of Hollywood instructional photography book for amateur pinup photographers. I just love the innocence and the confidence of those old pictures and that whole genre. Those of you who know Chris’s work might have seen a bit of a theme running through. He has quite a few of these gorgeous, healthy, strong, nymphettes with a come-hither-if-you-dare look about them in his folio and I really think it’s a modern day take on the old genre. And as they appear in Monster Children, the interviews are really genuine yet still cheeky, rather than the usual ‘what’s your favourite pickup line’ drivel that appears in norg-mags like Ralph. They’re pinups with a brain.
The current issue of Australian Creative features this simple little piece about Chris. I sent the editor a few images, and I am really glad that Larissa has picked one that is proving to be a bit of a favourite. The latest edition of Monster Children is out now too. Chris’s folio is available for anyone who wants to see some gorgeous behind the scenes shots of Where the Wild Things Are. Chris was one of a ‘Max’-sized handful of photographers who were invited to shoot on Spike Jonze’s set.
Getting to shoot for your own magazine allows you to create the perfect brief. Chris recently chose to shoot the summer fashion pages for Monster Children on what looks to be empty suburban streets. Truth is it was peak hour on one of Sydney’s busiest stretches of road with the models jumping in and out of the traffic between the change in lights.
Styled by Pat Blue and featuring the Aussie labels Lover, Rittenhouse (Beci’s favourite), Something and Claude Maus, the shoot upends the cliche of shooting swimwear at the beach and uses the shadowy streets as a compositional graphic. Very clever if you ask us.
