A duplication of imagery and scale acts as a means of equating the objects and the subjects. A collection of Montreal’s creativity overlooked by the international fashion industry – Alex Black
Alex Black for Lampoon 25 – the Transparency Issue
Title: Scanning it’s like Roaring
The editorial gathers together pieces of inspiration found in Montreal’s nooks and crannies; from styling found in the students work archived at La Salle’s fashion school, to objects of intrigue hand crafted by local Montreal artists and street casting recommended via a network of friends. The project was done in collaboration with Lignes de Fuite as a mentorship space where recent fashion school graduates could involve themselves in the creative process and in the making of an editorial. Through that, the local community became a resource in sourcing everything and everyone
The use of the engulfing white studio space and scanning techniques creates an anthropological feeling in the documentation of these found objects. The duplication of imagery and scale acts as a system of equalizing subject matters, the objects and the subjects. The images are meant to feel like an archive, a catalog of the interesting creative outlets Montreal has to offer but are overlooked by the international fashion industry
Alex Black
Alex Black is a New York based Director and Photographer originally from Montreal. Alex has been published in i-D and Nylon, among others. Her videos have been on SHOWstudio and Vice’s Thump. She has had shows at Fast Retailing, Helmut Lang’s New York flagship store, Lomography NYC, and was awarded the 2017 Rangefinder Portrait Award and 2017 Emerging Photographer Award.
Credits:
PHOTOGRAPHER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR: ALEX BLACK @alexblackstudio
STYLIST: TISHANNA CARNEVALE @__tishanna__
ART DIRECTION: GUILLAUME PROTEAU-LANGLOIS OF PROTOCOL STUDIO @protocol.studio
CREATIVE PRODUCER & TEXT BY: MORGAN KENDALL @morganekendall
PRODUCTION COORDINATORS: GIOVANNI CACI @giovanni.b.caci & JASMINE GAMACHE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: MILAN TANEDJIKOV @lignes_de_fuite
PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT: JESSY COLUCCI @jessycolucci
HAIR ARTIST: CYRIL BEYNET
HAIR STYLIST ASSISTANT: TANYA TREMBLAY
MAKEUP ARTIST: CAROLE METHOT @caroletheartist
MODELS: CAMERON ROGERS & COCOTTE @cocottereal & HARRYFACEMAJORS @harryfacemajors & KAI HUYNH @y0k6i & LOIK @mokogaga & ORIANNE CHERY @orianne_chery
SPECIAL THANKS TO FRANCOISE ELIE OF EFFE @3ff345 FOR ALL YOUR HELP & FOR PROVIDING CLOTHING
SPECIAL THANKS TO JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAUDETTE FOR ALL YOUR HELP & FOR PROVIDING STUDIO EQUIPMENT
Editorial Team
