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GROWING UP BY MICHAEL BRUNT

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

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

‘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

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

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

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.

SHE’S LIKE THE WIND BY DIVYA BALA AND LEVON BAIRD

SHE’S LIKE THE WIND BY DIVYA BALA AND LEVON BAIRD

Once, summer meant endless feverish days bookended by the briefest winks of velvet night; a humming cicada song over a metronomic percussion of ice cubes against sweating glass; salt waves that washed overhead like a pulse and the echo of heat from every side and from below.

Coast Watch by Tim Swallow & Ed Triglone

Coast Watch by Tim Swallow & Ed Triglone

The Australian weekend away is, for many, dotted with memories of bare feet, bare bodies and balmy summer nights. With his affection for surf culture, photographer Tim Swallow heads south with model Jessica Strother and a half packed back of breezy summer separates.

IN HONOUR OF UNCELEBRATED LAST TIMES BY LAUREN BRUMLEY

IN HONOUR OF UNCELEBRATED LAST TIMES BY LAUREN BRUMLEY

When habits vary or trends fade, we’re not always aware of the change. Tastes may shift, but there is still a finality to them. We just may not notice the transition.

OUT OF OFFICE BY DAN ROBERTS

OUT OF OFFICE BY DAN ROBERTS

My whole life is spent “Going Places”. Most of my year is spent in the fashion capitals of the world, like New York, London, Milan and Paris. Endless hours on planes, a new view from just another hotel window, or listening to traffic and the hustle and bustle of city life.

THE HOLIDAY BY NICOLE BENTLEY

THE HOLIDAY BY NICOLE BENTLEY

Summer skin, kissed by sunlight and the delicate luminescence of sweat, tempting us to a place less travelled and a time more pure. A destination bound wardrobe of vintage inspired prints and textures - fluid, feminine and forever in demand.    

THE LAST RESORT BY SASKIA WILSON

THE LAST RESORT BY SASKIA WILSON

A collection of images taken in Greece over 2016 and 2017 documenting the polarity in human experience in a country which is both a global tourism hotspot and a nexus of the European refugee crisis.

ON THE ROAD EAST by HUGH STEWART

ON THE ROAD EAST by HUGH STEWART

Last August we went on a family road trip across the US. We started in Los Angeles, backing out of the Cal Mar motel in Santa Monica for what was meant to be a drive to Palm Springs and back...

GOING THE DISTANCE BY JACLYN ADAMS

GOING THE DISTANCE BY JACLYN ADAMS

New York City has been romanticised by lyrics, cinema and poetry that re-posts and captions will keep alive for all of social media’s eternity, even if the attributed are perpetually rolling over in their graves with every double tap of Instagram’s beating heart.

THE CHOP BY NICOLE BENTLEY

THE CHOP BY NICOLE BENTLEY

An audacious haircut has repeatedly played catalyst to unchartered career opportunities and, for some, even personal growth. Nicole Bentley And Rosie Tupper ring in Edition No. 6, GOING PLACES, with 'The Chop'.

THE GOLDEN AGE

THE GOLDEN AGE

A story that considers the influence of the Elizabethan period on popular culture and fashion, not without a modern gaze and a gentle nod to it's various cinematic interpretations.

THE ALAN WHITE ALBUM

THE ALAN WHITE ALBUM

Alan White’s illustrious 25 year career across London, New York and Sydney has produced some of the most memorable and iconic fashion moments in both the editorial and advertising worlds. His prolific output as both a hair stylist and educator is merely touched on in 'The Alan White Album’ produced in collaboration with Lagoon Collective and culminating in an editorial that pays tribute to White’s favourite era, Punk.

Sentiments of Youth by Levon Baird & Jack Milenkovic

Sentiments of Youth by Levon Baird & Jack Milenkovic

Memories of place, object, texture and colour, of cherished possessions and rituals of dressing. Within an environment of familiarity, the series explores conscious recollection, both observed and experienced. 

You Used To Call Me On My Shell Phone by Jake Terrey

You Used To Call Me On My Shell Phone by Jake Terrey

One must not confuse a lack of clothing with a low key approach, summers in the late 80s, early 90s were anything but, we pay homage to a time less posed but certainly more preened.

Between Takes with Alexandra Agoston by Edward Triglone

Between Takes with Alexandra Agoston by Edward Triglone

Alexandra Agoston in front AND behind the lens for SIDE-NOTE Edition N°5, Nostalgia.

A Future Now Passed by Anna Pogossova & Sophie Fletcher

A Future Now Passed by Anna Pogossova & Sophie Fletcher

An unlikely assortment of household consumables, vivid in colour and varied in form, bring sentiments of what is past into a narrative of now.

Then and Now – A Fashion Retrospective by Daniel Nadel

Then and Now – A Fashion Retrospective by Daniel Nadel

Like all art, fashion is an ever evolving ever retrospective interaction between the past, present and future...

Perception of Self: Which You is True? by Jesse Lizotte

Perception of Self: Which You is True? by Jesse Lizotte

With the current cultural shift that is so accepting of gender fluidity, and the fashion industry continuing to blur the lines between mens and womenswear with entire 'ungendered' collections hitting the runway, is it time we start relying on our unobservable behaviour to show which you is really true..?

‘First Impressions’ by Melanie Mahony

‘First Impressions’ by Melanie Mahony

In the age of Instagram, it’s more than likely anyone new you meet has either already seen your online persona, or will look you up afterwards. 

Still. Life by Levon Baird

Still. Life by Levon Baird

Setting out to juxtapose the living with the artificial, Levon Baird presents a photographic series that is anything but real, "...except that those are real flowers, and the moments these photos were taken really did happen".

Pighead by Kids of Bill

Pighead by Kids of Bill

If we accept that our experience of the world is as much about judgement as it is the sum of our sensory experience, how heavily can we rely on seeing and hearing to reach an objective truth? In our first collaboration with Sydney based filmmakers, KidsofBill, Samuel Stevenson and Harrison Friend consider the imprecision of perception.

Playing With Fire by Luke Shadbolt & Eli Murphy

Playing With Fire by Luke Shadbolt & Eli Murphy

All things begin, end and begin again in fire. From the earliest dawning of humankind’s consciousness, fire has represented the most powerful and unrelenting source of change known to us.

Seeing Beauty by Daniel Nadel and Tatiana Farley

Seeing Beauty by Daniel Nadel and Tatiana Farley

The esoteric nature of how we consume information today has obliterated the singularity of the beauty code.

Make Out. A Series by Jesse Lizotte

Make Out. A Series by Jesse Lizotte

Five couples, on intimacy and each other.