JOURNAL

Satisfaction

It's a great satisfaction to have a perfectly efficient day. When I say “a day” I mean 24 hours of course. Here is an example of how it is when traveling with Heidi Klum. We flew overnight from LA to London to go straight to the studio for a photo shoot with Rankin.Heidi and Rankin work so well together, we had numerous covers shot within no time getting us to our hotel, Soho Hotel, for an early dinner. I was especially pleased as my daughter is now studying in London... Read more...

A Rest in Sydney

I'm in Australia for 3 weeks. It's holiday time with family and friends. My days start by hand feeding the native Kookaburra birds that flock to our verandah of a... Read more...

David Bowie is...

David Bowie is a "must see" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum London with Bowie's private archives of decades on exquisite moments.David Bowie is…also a lot about hair. My contribution to the big star celebrations was on my recent shoot for Louis Vuitton. It's a haircut I did with a real kick from the 70's, better known back then as a "mullet or shag "cut.David Bowie and Jane Fonda are possibly the 2 artists that made this cut most popular. Here I made a mix of both the Bowie and... Read more...

Flashback on the Polish Sand Dunes

Remember my story in January about the Mirage on the Polish Sand Dunes? Here is a behind the scenes ¨making of ¨ and on my Facebook you can view the result of... Read more...

Connections

Fun and efficiency can work together. That's what happens when the same group of professionals are booked together time and again on campaigns. As time passes we become a team. Director... Read more...

Popita

This story was published last month in "Tush". Our model Hirchy's hair was one length and rather fine, so to push it to correspond to the strength of the styling and... Read more...

No, I'm not a travel agent…just a very busy hairdresser.

So leaving Santiago with regrets I went straight to Hamburg in Germany to work with a very fidel client. I must have caught a terrible flu changing planes and destinations,... Read more...

The Black Box Project

To turn the page on 2012 I have chosen to tell you about an original work which was exhibited around the world last year, The Black Box Project.It was the idea of the advertising agency Schindler Parent for the swedish paper company IGGESUND. They choose 5 creative directors amongst the hottest ones of the moment. Marc Benhamou was one of them and he engaged me to be part of his team along with Philippe Salomon as the photographer. The concept was to fill up the black box!Marc,s idea was to... Read more...

A Day in Bristol with Martin Parr

© 1997 Martin ParrFor me the secret of traveling is not where I'm going but who I'm meeting and what I'm doing there. So even if Bristol wouldn't be the city I'd choose to go to for a great time, it's where I just spent a great Monday. Imagine, who's a better guide than Martin Parr himself to introduce me to that little corner of England. I've already mentioned to you on my blog how much I like his work. I have visited his exhibitions, collected his books and here I... Read more...

Wendy's scissors

All material Copyright © 2009 Latchmere Productions On this perfect autumn Sunday, misty and colorful, I'm sitting near my chimney with a crackling fire and wondering what I should write... Read more...

Inspiration & References - "Slick Licks"

These are the hair references and inspiration I used recently for the HUNGER shoot that was published this month. Take a look on my Facebook, Slick Licks. The spirit of the... Read more...

Beautiful Bouffants

Cheveux Chéris at Musée du Quai Branly Paris An interesting exhibition on hair ranging from themes of intimacy, seduction, religion, sociability, culture, rebellion and belonging. Especially well curated was the ... Read more...