NYLON - May 2008 - (Page 36) contributors m att gl aze b r o o k Matt Glazebrook left Nottingham, England for New York when he was offered a place in—and more importantly, he notes, a fellowship for—the master’s journalism program at New York University. From there, he embarked on a career in music journalism, writing for Salon, amNewYork, NYLON, and RockDaily.com, which he says “is my day job, where I write mainly about Nickelback.” For this issue, Glazebrook interviewed Be Your Own Pet (page 100). “I was a little nervous—imagining they might be all surly and teenage, but they turned out to be quite charming, and are obviously well brought-up kids. Also, the guitarist said he liked my boots,” Glazebrook recalls. “I did feel a bit of a dick when I ordered a beer though, because they couldn’t.” As for musical ambitions of his own, Glazebrook has none. “Other than dressing like I’m in a band,” he says, “all I can do is bash out three chords on the acoustic and maintain an extensive list of possible band names in case I ever do learn to play.” ben rayner For Ben Rayner, taking pictures is both his profession and pastime. When not working on editorial shoots for French Vogue, Vice, Dazed and Confused, British GQ, and other publications, he likes to focus his lens on dogs. “It’s one of my favorite things to do,” he says. “In fact, I just took a photo of a dog on the train. It was huge!” Rayner has now built up such a vast collection of dog photos that he’s working on a book, but, surprisingly, his only pet is Peanut, “the best cat ever.” For this issue, the photographer shot the London section of “On the Edge of Tomorrow” (page 126). “I wanted engaging, natural portraits of each actor, and my focus was to always try and get something out of each person that shows their personality.” Rayner says he would love to shoot Bruce Springsteen. “Oh, and Lil’ Wayne, too,” he adds. “I’d love to follow him and Bruce on a tour.” It’s safe to presume Rayner means separate tours. ri kke j ørge n se n Danish illustrator Rikke Jørgensen trained as an architect at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, but maintains that her greatest achievement was actually mastering the tractor at age six. “I had to have big, wooden blocks under my feet so I could reach the pedals,” says Jørgensen, who grew up on a farm and has since moved to the less tractor-friendly city of Copenhagen. For this month’s Counter Culture (page 92), she created a black-andviolet Bond Girl-esque painting for a striking backdrop to the beauty products. “I like to create a delusional visual, whereby a lot of detailing ends up creating a larger scale of simplicity,” she explains. “The main idea was to get that old ’60s movie feeling into the story, to create a universe full of the kind of nostalgic beauty that I love so much.” l auren bl an e “I guess you could say I trained in fashion closets!” says stylist Lauren Blane. Describing her own style as “ghetto fabulous,” she managed to create a more simplistic look for each of the actors shot in London for “On the Edge of Tomorrow” (page 126). “All the actors were enthusiastic and open to suggestion,” she says. “With Jamie CampbellBower, understated was an old T-shirt; with Paloma Faith, it was a Phillip Lim dress and a leather strap-on shoulder pad! It varies so much.” Blane, who also works for Wonderland and Man About Town, is no stranger to styling challenges. “Thankfully this shoot was easy,” she says. “But I once had to shoot on a windy beach in Lanzarote,” she recalls. “Watching a Missoni dress and some vintage accessories fly into the sea wasn’t a great moment.” http://RockDaily.com
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