December 9, 2008
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MJS & Milan
So what took me to Milan? Well I've been a huge fan of Matthew Jordan Smith (MJS) for some years now ever since his first appearance on America's Next top Model. I had the pleasure of meeting him briefly at WPPI in Vegas this year after his excellent seminar and when he announced on his blog recently he was launching an exhibition at the Wave Gallery in Brescia, near Milan I couldn't resist going to take a look. It was a visual delight showcasing some of my favourite MJS imagery from his portfolio and well worth the visit. It also had me reflecting on my own gallery appearance during the Next Level London workshop back in August and how great it made me feel seeing a piece of my work displayed. I'm now seriously thinking about having my own exhibition someday, maybe at a gallery near you!
An hour drive and we made it to the beautful city of Milan under a blanket of evening fog. We were fortunate to stay in the Duomo area in the centre of the city and apart from the nightmare parking, not helped by the fact we couldn't speak or read italian, it was a great location. We sampled the delights of Italian cuisine at the atmospheric Al Treno Di Mezzanotte restaurant where I had my first Creme Boule! The next day we tried to cram as much as we could into what little time we had left in this city of style. Although taking an open top tour bus around Milan in close to freezing temperatures probably wasn't one of my best ideas, I've just about got feeling back in my fingers and toes!! For a city that is a magnet for the fashion world we had the illusion that everyone was going to be super stylish and draped in high fashion designer labels in fact the reality was very different and the shopping experience ceratinly wasn't anything to shout about. Of course the best places to shop are the likes of Louis Vuitton, Prada, Armani stores all the places my euros would have left my pockets at an alarming rate! However the grandeur of the city, great architecture, some REAL italian pizza and the BEST hot chocolate I have ever tasted made up for the rather muted shopping experience and sealed off a this mini-adventure, Belissimo!
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Comments (10)
It's great that you live so close to majesty B! I love the collage of photos in this post! I'm so jealous! hehe! I can't say it enough B, you're an inspiration!
Sounds way fun!! Glad you had a great time. Images are beautiful!!
B, how cool! I'm so jealous Milan is just a hop for you. What an experience to see one of your favorite photographer's exhibit in such a beautiful city. It sure looks cold there, and I'm impressed at how much site seeing you packed up in such short time.
Bandele you travel too much! LOL...you want cold come visit us, you might want to get out of those sandals though.... Great collage! Good for you! Good to see you are alive.
wow, sounds like an awesome trip filled with inspiration and a nice get-a-way!! I'm sure you will have your own exhibition and or gallery one day!! I think MJS will be at WPPI again.
Wow, sounds like it was awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience. Hope to see you soon my friend -
aww man!! if only it was a wee bit later, we coulda met up in milan! i'll be in venice and surrounding areas from 18-28th of this month... i'm serious you should do it since airfare is so cheap sometimes with the deals here. i kept seeing tickets for 20 euro to diff places in the UK from berlin anyways.
WO! this is awesome I knew it.. see my guess below....I love MJS too and one of my colleagues checked it out the 1st week he was there ..It is amazing !! Nice to be so close to Italy.. Europe is sweet like that..It looks like this exhibit will be in Japan too I think Tokyo.....Maybe I will catch it there!
What a nice romantic escapade too ...:)!!! lol all this "we" "we" "we" good for u!!!
BTW I love the collage!! Great shots too!
outstanding =) what an experience that must of been. Sounds like you had a marvelous time aside from the bitter cold. I agree with Scott that one day you'll have your own gallery too =) Looking forward to seeing you in your territory, well near your territory. Not sure how close Ellesmere port/Cheshire is to Birmingham. =)
I HATE YOU!! Do you ever have to work? Every time I hear from you, you're off to another adventure! I want your life! :) Wow, what an experience. I love your images. Next time come to Denver. I miss you.