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Amazonian position4/5/2023 ![]() ![]() And at the end of the interview David sets what I reckon is the strangest Creative Challenge we have ever had from a guest! In the course of the interview David talks about his ‘best AND worst blog post,’ which you can find here. He also shares practical tips from his book The Heart to Start, including what he calls motivational judo, a powerful and counterintuitive approach to outwitting your own perfectionism and procrastination. ![]() In this interview David joins the dots between 2004 and today, and shares how he found the heart to get started – and to keep going in the face of obscurity and adversity. It’s also for you if you find yourself looking at the achievements of your creative heroes and top performers in your field, and comparing your own situation with theirs, and wondering what you could possibly do to compete with them.īack in 2004, David was in this position himself – sitting in a cubicle in Nebraska, reading the blogs of successful people he admired, and wondering if he’d ever make it out of the cubicle and create the life he dreamed of.įast forward to 2018, and David is a best-selling author and the host of the popular podcast Love Your Work, living the internet dream as a writer and creative entrepreneur in Medellin, Colombia. As a stylist, designer and consultant she has worked with multiple brands including Dior Hommes, Hermes, Calvin Klein, Nike, Louis Vuitton Men’s, Karl Lagerfeld and Helmut Lang.If you’ve ever looked at a blank screen or canvas or an empty rehearsal room or auditorium and felt paralysed with fear and self-doubt, then this week’s interview with David Kadavy is for you. In 1995 she was appointed Senior Fashion Editor at Harper’s Bazaar in New York, a position she held for 14 years. Melanie Ward originated the early Nineties “grunge movement” with photographers David Sims and Corinne Day. On the work front, she was very hardworking and totally dedicated to working on the image with as much passion as us. She has spirit, a personality, a great sense of humour – someone you want to spend time with. She is beautiful in every way, inspiring to dress and photograph. She is so real there is no artifice or pretence. The images became iconic, a personification of a youthquake, the so-called 3 rd Summer of Love, with Kate as its muse. There was a new democratic freedom to express yourself, be different and also be true to yourself. The Face cover of Kate wearing the crown embodies a seminal, defining moment in fashion and the music scene, the zeitgeist of the Nineties. There was no middle ground for any of us. I recognised them as collaborators who, like me, liked to challenge themselves, push boundaries, didn’t give up easily. ![]() We spent a lot of time together, as I also did with David Sims at that time. I also remember using Birkenstocks for that particular editorial and buying the Amazonian feather headdress which we photographed on Kate. I collected up a mix of clothes I liked – some mine, some vintage, customised, even some designer – and put them on Kate. I always wanted the clothes to look effortless, real, character-driven like the subject was wearing their own clothes and we were documenting them. There was no grand plan to start a whole new Cool Britannia moment, we were just having fun. It felt totally organic: friends hanging out, dressing up and taking photos. “We went out to the beach at Camber Sands a few times.
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