Luna Beauty: A Collaboration
Fashion Photography and Land Art Installation/Exhibition
Laura Alice Hart and Lee Simmons
Exhibition & event
On the nights of 19th and 20th May 2010, Laura Alice Hart and Lee Simmons embarked on a fashion photography and land art collaboration on the bed of the River Thames. Simmons worked by the light of the moon to create abstract, coloured landscapes. These environments were then illuminated and investigated by the fashion team; the model becoming inevitably enchanted by exploring her surreal setting.
Hart’s inspired photography captured these fleeting scenes forever, whilst working against the creeping incoming tide.
The exhibition will contain three elements; the fashion photographs, documentation of the event with fading colours post shoot and traces of the original land art through site-specific installations within the exhibition space.
Laura Alice Hart
Laura Alice Hart is a Photographer working in the fields of fashion, portraiture and documentary, creating strong narratives and settings for her subjects to become immersed in. Her current list of clients include; The Observer, The Telegraph, The Guardian and Drama Magazine. Since having studied Photography at Central Saint Martins, Hart has photographed some of Britain’s brightest rising stars, Juno Temple, Rachel Hurd Wood and Eddie Redmayne to name but a few. Hart also has a strong personal photographic art practise which she is equally committed to.
Lee Simmons
Lee Simmons is a conceptual artist often working on self-initiated projects and organic collaborations, including public installations, artists books, drawing and writing. Simmons’ artwork is conceptually consistent whilst physically ethereal, creating metaphors with responsive, temporal interventions that subtly challenge perceptions. Simmons has a degree in Fine Art and a Masters in Design for Environment. Previous works include using sheep, a cliff and the ocean as her painting canvases; commissioned writing and publication with international reach.
www.lee-simmons.com
Preview Thursday 22nd July 6-8pm
8-11pm acoustic music featuring Jim Hutchinson and Patrick Daniel Morgan
Opening times Friday 23rd July by appointment, weekend 24th and 25th 10am-5pm
This will form part of the Cultural Olympiad activities at Trinity Buoy Wharf www.trinitybuoywharf.com
Kindly Supported by: ReproCity Design/Print/Mail
Brodie & Middleton Theatrical Supplies
Trinity Buoy Wharf
With Thanks to the Fashion Team:
Model: Elina M www.profile-model.com
Fashion Stylist: Ines Fravezzi www.inesfravezzi.com
Make Up Artist: Becky Mcgahern www.beckymcgahern.com using MAC.
Studio E, Container City II, Trinity Buoy Wharf.
Hair Stylist: www.stephenlaceyhair.com
Photography Assistant: Bruno Conrad