I HAVE MEASURED OUT MY LIFE WITH COFFEE SPOONS BY VICTORIA PEARSON AND ANNA POGOSSOVA
There is a semi-deflated black orb gathering dust on a shelf in my home that taunts me whenever it veers into my eyeline. Its pearlescent sheen and accompanying yoga mat are silent and still, but may as well be shrieking and shaking with the force at which I’m confronted by their daily cry: We have been abandoned. Victoria Pearson considers how history will remember our time.
SENSE OF AN ENDING BY GRACE O’NEILL
Even for women who hadn’t bought a magazine in years – and of those, we know, there are many – there was a sense of something ending on Tuesday. In one deft manoeuver three of the final stalwarts of the Australian fashion magazine landscape were wiped out. Harper’s BAZAAR, ELLE, InStyle. Gone, gone, gone. Grace O’Neill laments our loss.
NINE NANNAS BY JAKE TERREY
Here are nine healthy Nanna's. To these women, this period of time has been tough. To break up the bad news we thought to pay them a (distanced) visit, and drag Jake along too.
ESSENTIAL WORK BY DEREK HENDERSON & GRACE O’NEILL
If there’s any kind of creative legacy that marks this moment we’re in, we hope it’s this one: a return to something delicate, understated and familiar.
INTO MY ARMS
In consideration of their unwavering embrace, we asked a handful of Australian photographers to capture that which is constant, comforting and common in the time of Corona.
Self Portraits by Claudia Smith
I value respect. I am inspired by history. I am challenged by ideas about how people see themselves, how I see myself.
AUSTRALIAN STORY BY STEFAN WELLSMORE
For over 10 years my mother has worked as a nurse in remote communities around Australia, and more than five of those years she has spent with her husband in Maningrida.
A Place To Call Home by Michael Brunt
Farmland hugs the cliffs that wrap and wind their way around the impending shore. Your nostrils are greeted with the distinct, rare blend of cow manure and sun-dried seaweed. The breeze picks up and you know you’re home. Photographer Michael Brunt explores the blueprint of identity in 'A Place To Call Home'.
LAID BARE – HELENA VESTERGAARD BY BEC LORRIMER
Helena on being raised all over the world, her mental health and the change in her identity since starting a family.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS – A Project with Sarah & Sebastian by Jake Terrey & Ed Triglone
SIDE-NOTE presents ‘Close Encounters’, a visual exploration of our varying ideas of near and far within the context of entrapment, freedom, destruction and protection.
IT'S ICONIC - A PROJECT WITH R.M. WILLIAMS BY PETER VAN ALPHEN
Now more than ever, our thirst for authenticity has solidified the value of timeless design. Photographer Peter Van Alphen casts a modern eye over Australian heritage brand, R.M Williams.
MADE UP BY DEREK HENDERSON AND MATILDA DODS
Make up, and the beauty industry when subtracted from narratives of both mass consumerism, and oppressive beauty standards, contains the potential for rebellious lightheartedness. The personal is political, but that does not mean that either can’t be fun. The new identity of the beauty industry is fun, embracing its inherent frivolity and its revolutionary potential as a political force.
CLOTHES MAKETH THE (WO)MAN BY DARREN MCDONALD
Photographer Darren McDonald shoots German beauty Anna Mila for Edition N°9, IDENTITY.
THE WAY YOU MOVE BY GRACIE OTTO
A look into expression of self through dance for Edition N°9, IDENTITY. Gracie Otto follows French Caribbean ballerina and model, Ines Joseph, and captures what has represented and defined her since she was a child.
ALL ARTIFICIAL COLOURS AND FLAVOURS BY ANNA POGOSSOVA
Photographer Anna Pogossova takes a look into the history of artificial flavours in her still life series for Edition N°8, FLAVOUR.
ABOUT THE BOYS BY ISAAC BROWN
'Tell me what's your flavour...' In our first stand alone menswear story, Isaac Brown and Alex Bainbridge consider individuality in a portrait series that looks at the varying dispositions of four young men, their drivers and desires.
FLYING SOLO BY JAKE TERREY
A tribute to all things unexpectedly great and coincidently very delicious.
INTO THE WILD BY MICHAEL BRUNT
The unmistakable taste of discovery - the lure of the unknown and the impetus of risk comes of age in Michael Brunt’s quietly curious curation of pictures.
h2O by Daniel Nadel and Edward Triglone
"She is both, hell fire and holy water. And the flavor you taste depends on how you treat her." - Sneha Pal.
THE MAKERS – A PROJECT WITH NOBODY DENIM by kids of bill
Kids of bill delve into the mechanics of Nobody Denim's Melbourne factory and laundromat in the first instalment of, 'The Makers'.
SWEET DISPOSITION BY KELLY GEDDES
The rich and the bitter, the bright and the dark, the all-consuming and the already consumed. Kelly Geddes considers form, flavour and the far less forbidden, allegory of fruit.
HOMECOMING – A project with Bassike by kidsofbill & Peter Van Alphen
The journey home is a curious one, full of questions and contrasts. Swinging from sun dappled nostalgia to the things we selectively forget, going home is a mixed emotion that is as comforting as it is loaded.
Closer by Darren McDonald
Darren Mcdonald takes on the intimacy of identity and the stillness of being with New Zealand born, New York based model, Emma Kate Boyd.
The Night Laundry with Jess Gomes
“In my line of work preparation is key. Let me break this down for you, let me break it down in 4, 3, 2, 1..." Watch Australian actress, model and entrepreneur ‘get ready’ for Gracie Otto.
GROWING UP BY MICHAEL BRUNT
Photographer Michael Brunt considers the mysticism of a future forged in child's play.
RVHU – ‘WE’RE ON FIRE’ BY kidsofbill
Two young adults in search of freedom decide to flee a cult, setting in motion their eventual demise. SIDE-NOTE presents, 'We're on Fire' a film clip by kidsofbill, for Melbourne based contemporary RnB artist, RVHU.
‘WAIT’ BY VICTORIA ZSCHOMMLER, HENRY COUSINS & MATILDA DODS
My experience of childhood often felt like living in a constant state of anticipation. There was always something I was waiting for.
FREE FALLING BY TĀNE COFFIN
There’s nothing so surreal as free falling; a hurtling kind of floating full of contradiction, at once peaceful and full of panic.
HER. VICTORIA LEE BY DARREN MCDONALD
Darren McDonald explores the intimacy of the interior: of mind and space with Australian model Victoria Lee, for SIDE-NOTE Edition No 7, Anticipation.
THE TIME BEFORE BY PETER VAN ALPHEN
There is nothing like the sweet, latent promise of good times; the tickle of butterflies in your stomach, the extravagant ideas about where the evening will take you, or with whom.