Love Letters.

from my man.

digital reproduction by Mark Wells

Still.

My first shoot with the fabulous Emma Summerton.

We we're introduced by our muso boyfriends, instantly I liked Em and her images. She was able to capture something very honest and beautiful at a time when I felt invisible.

This was just the beginning of a long photographic friendship.

And still a couple of my favourite images to date.

© Emma Summerton photography

One 'Elle of a hair do.

 Returning from the crazy Taiwan adventure was a pleaseant feeling coming home to this story published for Elle Magazine.

3 hours in the Hair and make up chair to create those wicked dreads. I kept them in for 2 weeks. It drove my agent crazy. ;)

 Photography by Ben Watts  

This is my "Time to Shine".

 Casting for Bianca Steffani was very interesting. There was a relatively long line of girls outside the building waiting for the client to arrive. Across the street were a couple sitting and watching us in their car. Thinking nothing of it, I chatted and shared ciggies with some of the other girls. Eventually after 20 min - half an hour, we we're ushered into the studio. At a large table sitting poised ready for "the judging" are the client Bianca, a hair/make up artist and photographer, Kenji Maeji.

At a casting each model is given time to show their portfolio of modeling images, hand over comp cards and have a brief discussion about what they have been up too, who they have been working for etc etc. If you have ever had a job interview, then castings are this very thing, however you can be cast for modeling jobs from one a week to 8 or so a day, sometimes even more. It can be a stressful experience and obviously very competitive. At most castings your interview "time to shine" is all over within 10 - 20 mins. If you're unlucky (or this case, very lucky) the interview can be over with in a spilt second.  At this particular casting as I enter the studio, Bianca expresses very openly, and I haven't even hit the table yet, "Oh, YOU already have the job! I did the casting whilst I was sitting outside in the car." "  

And I didn't even get to a chance to say" Hello my name is....." 

Bianca Steffani Campaign Spring/Summer 94'
Photography by Kenji Maeji

The Chameleon.

Photography by Ben Watts

Hair and Make up Nicholas Morely

Macushla Burke for Girlfriend Magazine 93'

Frequent Flyer Points.

1993 I spent my days flying back and forth from home to Sydney. Clocking up those points.....

Coffee Shop campaign on postcards

image by Kenji Maeji

Styling images for Sharon Parker 

Test Sydney '93

Models Inc..... continued

Lesson #2 Booker: "Macushla, you're not wrapped up in cotton wool anymore!"

Me: *sob sob*a hard and fast reality check. I was out in the big wide world and had to grow up quickly. Living away home, the jobs were coming in and it was getting serious and a little competitive, time to get "modelling" Cush.

 Girlfriend Magazine

Australian Collections Magazine

Models Inc.

 I moved into Vauclause model house in Sydney, the day after schoolies week. Models inc. was a large white Grecian style home. Many of these rooms were rented to young models from all over the world.

My most fond memories of my days staying there are;

 $2.80 Lambrusco bottles of wine, bus rides to castings all over town, my first magazine editorials & reading "Interview with a Vampire."

Dolly magazine Advertorial

Photography by Carlotta Moye

Lesson #1 do not drink cheap bottles of wine the night before a shoot.

Surfers and Swimwear

City Beach Surf Pro video 92'

footage by David Tomasello

music by Def FX

Wild Swimwear Campaign

No news is bad news.

Sunday  Mail Style section.Each month throughout the year, I was booked for the newspaper style section. This paper was released at 12pm on Saturday nights, most of the time I stayed up late so I could collect the new- fresh copies from my local 7 Eleven.   

Macushla Burke & Kate Lilliecrapp

Some things never change!Loved this one. 

 I still have and occassionally wear the Harley belt.

Modeling buddies and "partners in crime"

sometimes I really got into it!

Stick'n it to Santa Claus.

Retouching??

* Please note all images are taken on film cameras. This meant we had to wait for polariods to develop  before commencing to shoot, there was no retouching faces, eye colours, lip shapes or skin tones. Models had to be fit and healthy, no liquify to make someone look thinner. All shoots took time and it was very important that the team were well versed in their craft.

Images by Ian Golding

Hair and make up by Liz Golding