The bee flies around devotedly hunting for sweet pleasures, thirsty for guilty treats and curious to seek new delights.

As for the bee, this blog will act as my hive and popular culture as my honey.

This is a chance for me to capture life around me and record it in pictures, or in short articles, from an acute and imaginative standpoint.From now on, anything I feel is interesting, inspiring and original will feature
right here. From the internet, to newspapers to people on the streets of the many cities I travel, I want to seize life at its quirkiest, its edgiest, its sweetest.

My spin on topics, my take on trends and how I think your style and your passions will influence popular culture will be at the core of this unique blog. Be it art, fashion, music, people and even cinema -if it deviates from norms and catches my eye, here is the place to find it.

Enjoy hearing about the latest buzz right here..

Devoted to
"la vie",

Yours,

Bumble V.






Friday, 17 July 2009

£50 to be photographed by one of the world's most famous photographers.

Selma Blair
Michael Jackson

Claudia Schiffer


Jude Law



Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rankin is one of the world's most renowned photographers and his intimate and original portraits of celebrities have earned him an enviable reputation. From pictures of Justin Timberlake dressed as a cowboy and Hugh Grant slouching next to naked mannequins to the Queen smiling coyly, he's captured them all. From the 31st July to the 18th September, the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane will host an exhibition featuring a wide range of his works to date from beauty, erotica, celebrity, charity and commercial images.

The exception to this exhibition is an ongoing interactive concept, which requires unique audience participation. He has decided to choose 1000 individuals, whose outlandish style, fascinating character or curious life stories he considers exceptional and purely British. The chosen applicants will have the opportunity to be photographed by the artist himself in 15 minutes in a live process as the exhibition goes on. The chosen candidate arrives on site, gets dolled up, made up, captured by the photographer and within 15 minutes has their picture hanging on the wall. Before all this, the individual sends in a picture, explaining why they think they have the qualities desired by Rankin to be shot. A fee of £50 is charged, of which 100% goes to Oxfam.

The photographer has chosen to do this as a commentary on the increasing fabrication of beauty and glamour in our celebrity fanatic society. His fascination for the transformation of a normal individual into an object of worship is what he hopes to portray in this 15 minute process, no doubt making allusions to Warhol's 15 minutes of fame.

The portraits produced on the day will be hung as part of an ever-changing exhibition and uploaded online to the Rankin Live! website. If you think you have what it takes to be photographed by the revered photographer, you can apply online at rankinlive@rankin.co.uk. If you're at all suspicious, Kate Moss said of the photographer "You can trust him. I trust him". Well if you say so Kate...
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