Sunday 30 December 2012

Envisioning world's end


Everyone has a different vision of what the end of the world might bring. Or, the dystopian landscape that might follow if our world hinges on the edges of destruction but we’re still around to see it, still around to fight for our own survival. That’s the more interesting vision, because the alternative is pure nothingness and little creativity can come from that.

On the eve of the predicted world’s end (or at least, the end of the Mayan calendar) we bring you another photographer’s musings on post apocalyptic dystopia. Simon Ackerman’s shoot doesn’t beat around the bush with its title, End of the World, telling us exactly what was playing on his mind when he shot it.




















Set against London’s recognisable Battersea – an ideal location for this kind of vision – it’s styled by Joey Bevan to a mix of toughness and sportiness, functional and futurist aesthetics. If Mad Max were set in London, this is how it might look.

Written by Tania Braukamper - Fashionsing.com

http://www.fashionising.com/pictures/b--envisioning-worlds-end-37660.html


Photography by Simon Ackerman @ www.simonackerman.co.uk

Photography Assistant: Olu Ogunshakin

Creative director & Fashion Stylist: Joey Bevan @ www.joeybevan.com

Wardrobe Assistant: Michelle Adams

Hair: Danny DeFreitas @ www.dannydefreitas.com (Using Annabelles Wigs &

Hair Extensions and Joico Haircare Products)

Make-up Artist: Louise McCarthy @ www.louisemccarthy.com

Model: Ruby Slate Balthazar @ Nevs


Friday 19 October 2012

Alexander Wang Backstage - New York Fashion Week: Spring 2013

Back in NYC again and this time for the Spring NYFW. Shooting backstage at  Alexander Wang is always going to be full of big names, supermodels Magdalena Frackowiak, Joan Smalls, Monika Jagaciak, Bette Franke, Karmen Pedaru and Liu Wen were all getting prepped for one of the hottest runway shows in New York City.



































© Simon Ackerman 2012
www.simonackerman.co.uk

Sunday 22 July 2012

Shooting Around New York City

This trip I had a little more time to get some travel photos. There was a mix of weather to play with as there was sunshine, rain, moody clouds and blue sky all throughout the week. Here are some of my favourite shots:


Lower Manhattan and the Empire State Building viewed from the Rockefeller Center Observatory.


Empire State Building from street level.


Sunshine on a rainy day in Chinatown. 


Freedom Tower at night shot from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 


Rockefeller Center. 


Taxis on 7th Avenue opposite Madison Square Garden. Shot on an iPhone 4S.


Rats of New York shot with Instagram. 


Flatiron Building shot with Instagram. 


Central Park shot with Instagram. 


Lower East Side, my home away from home in Manhattan. 


My roommate and superb city guilde Edward Arrocha AKA Eak The Geek. 


Chinatown shot with Instagram. 


Empire State Building in B&W. 


West 39th Street and the walking man. 


Manhattanhenge. 


Abstract buildings. 


Stand Up For Religious Freedom.


Wall Street. 


Freedom Tower shot from Greenwich Street. 


© Simon Ackerman 2012