GARDEN STATE
Words: Sarah Pratt
Garden State has won the hearts of many, but if you have a moment to peruse the world wide web, you will find a few people were left far from impressed: ‘As the plot line developed, I found myself feeling more and more sedated. Brain cells committed suicide. Feet fell asleep. Medication sounded like a good idea.’ Haters gonna hate. But a lot of good has come out of Garden State, there’s the soundtrack – obviously, but there’s also one scene that inspired the creation of today’s submission. We think it looks pretty rad, and so we thank you Zach Braff, despite all the other stuff, we thank you for this. If you too have a cinematic inspired series you would like to share then send us an email to submissions@spookmag.com
WHO: Nicole Goodwin.
AGE: 21.
FROM: I currently live in Melbourne but grew up on the South Coast of New South Wales.
EXPERIENCE: This will be my seventh year taking photos.
JOB: I work in retail and I am about to start a BA of Fine Art at RMIT.
WHERE: All these photos were taken in a studio in East Hawthorn.
TIME: From the first to the last shoot, it took around 5 months to complete.
PEOPLE: All of the models are my friends except for one of the guys who filled in for one of my friends who bailed last minute. He was just hanging around so my friend asked if he’d let me take his photo and he said yes.
CLOTHES: I made all of the clothes myself! The girls clothes are a lot better than the guys [laughs].
CAMERA: These were shot on a Yashica MAT-124G on Kodak Portra 160NC film – 120 film/medium format.
WHY: I saw the film Garden State a while ago and there is a scene in it where Zac Braff is standing against a wall and his shirt matches the wallpaper, I thought it was a cool idea and just kind of went with it. I was studying at the Photographic Imaging College last year so this body of work was used as my folio and was exhibited in the end of year exhibition.
FAVOURITE: My favourites are the one of Holly Barrow (the girl with the orange hair wearing glasses) and Jessie Burrows (the girl in the green). The way they are posed mimic famous paintings – Holly like the girl with the pearl earring and Jessie like Mona Lisa – I think it’s very fitting as they both look very painterly.
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