Tuesday, 21 September 2010

charlie le mindu -- SS 2011

here's a little video of the final walk fo the Charlie Le Mindu show..... this is always one of my favorite shows to shoot....
this season he shocked the audience by sending out 2 models completely nude except for a hat, bag and shoes...

LFW

London Fashion Week is in full swing and keeping me very busy!

to see the galleries of the shows I have shot so far click the image below.


Thursday, 16 September 2010

Charlie St Cloud in London

Zac Efron in Leicester Square -- Copyright Anne-Marie Michel 2010

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Friday, 10 September 2010

Venice Film Festival - Day 10

This is my favorite photo I have taken today.... Not a classic red carpet shot, but I just like it.

Shannyn Sossamon on the red carpet for Monte Hellman's film: Road To Nowhere
Copyright: Anne-Marie Michel 2010

Last day of the Venice Film Festival tomorrow..... Looking forward to the award ceremony! 

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Venice Film Festival - Day 8

So far this has been an interesting trip.... My journey into work this morning was spiced up with a bit of flooding.... kept the cameras high and dry and made this video. :)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8j1RWhlizo


Other cool things in the last couple days, I've actually managed to go to a couple film screenings (which is very unusual for me while working a festival!).
The first one I saw was Essential Killing..... Vincent Gallo stars... very cool movie... would definitely recommend. Theres been so many movies coming out about us troops in Afghanistan, and all these 'evil' Taliban people...... Essential Killing gives a refreshing different perspective without trying to make a huge political statement. just a good film.... go see it.
Photo from the 'Essential Killing' Photocall - Venice Film Festival 2010
copyright - Anne-Marie Michel

The film I watched in my photocall/premeire break today was Tsumentai Nattaigyo (which translates to 'Cold Fish').... Japanese horror film from cult director Shion Sono. based on a true story of Japanese serial killers.... its a story of two tropical fish shop owners who become friends and join forces until it surfaces that one of the men is not what he seems. it goes on--plot thickens--- and turns into one of the more disturbing films i have ever seen..... 
Sexually violent... very gory... people regularly being dismembered...rape.. with a tad of twisted comedy thrown in too.
A guy sitting a row in front of me actually vomited.
This film just made me think back to the reading I did for my dissertation at LCF...... One essay in particular on 'Wound Culture'.... (cant remember who wrote it, but if anyone's interested shoot me an email and i'll try to find it.)
Anyways, cant say i'll be watching that movie again in a hurry.

If you want to see the film festival photos I've been shooting click here.

Friday, 3 September 2010

Venice Film Festival - Day 3

Been very busy here in Venice!
The big premieres so far have been: Black Swan, Machete, Miral, and Somewhere.
Here's a few photos that i have plucked from my galleries on my agencies website..... see the galleries here: http://www.featureflash.com

Black Swan Premiere
Quentin Tarantino arrives by boat
Jessica Alba - Machete Premiere