NEIL MASSEY PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

THE BEGINNING (P.1) 1984-87

THE BEGINNING (P.1) 1984-87

It only seems right to start at the beginning around 1984. I was 13 and at secondary school in Fleet, Hampshire. My older sister Andrea had just started Farnborough 6th form college in the neighbouring town. Her new friends were a bunch of punks, much to my mum and dad's dismay. I was into BMX’s / Arsenal and listening to Electric Dreams and Ghostbusters.

BARACUTA AW/23 FASHION CAMPAIGN

BARACUTA AW/23 FASHION CAMPAIGN

Commissioned by COLD ARCHIVE Productions and Baracuta to photograph the New BARACUTA AW23 Campaign. Shot in 4 locations in East London, for this Campaign we worked with non-models; Boxers at Repton Boxing gym, footballers at Hackney Wick FC, Barbers at Brick Lane's 'Thy Barbers' and an afternoon with the locals in the east end - Birkbeck Tavern.

DIPOSABLE TEENS / THE WAY I AM (2001)

DIPOSABLE TEENS / THE WAY I AM (2001)

DIPOSABLE TEENS / THE WAY I AM (2001)

“The screaming fans, angry protesters, hysteria in the papers - going to these gigs brought with it the teen kudos of causing outrage and panic amongst adults. The noughties had barely begun and two American rock stars were courting controversy to win top spot as the ultimate anti-hero.

In 2001 Marilyn Manson and Eminem took to the stage at London’s Docklands Arena a month apart. In the queue their teenage fans burn bibles, and brandish their middle finger, whilst their parents wonder what happened to their sweet children”.

Manson was...


ROLLEI + BLOODY CHUNKS

ROLLEI + BLOODY CHUNKS

New Rollei Website

 

I'm really excited to share a collaboration I’ve been working on with Rollei. This weekend Rollei launched their new website where you’ll find my work ‘Bloody Chunks’ - The Vietnamese Underground Metal Scene. This body of work was photographed between 2012-14 when I lived in Saigon, Vietnam. Shot using Rollei’s ORTHO 25 Plus medium format film. It's extra special to me as I have been using this film and its earlier incarnation for over 20 years.

In the late 90’s I shared a photography studio in Mount...