Is This The New Newcastle?

I had goose bumps the first time I saw prints from this shoot. Jacqui Clancy, our photographer had brought the first raw images up to Blue Lotus Salon - we were preparing for a show and Lisa Lambert-Smith the stylist who also developed the hair styles for this shoot was there, along with Vanessa Swilks, our shoot stylist. We all felt as if we'd created something special. We were so excited because on the day of the shoot we didn't have much time to prepare and had just managed to organise the location - on the roof top of The Grand Mercure here in Newcastle, scrambled up a step ladder onto this concrete slab that juts out over Hunter Street and the light started to go! Jacqui shot a selection of amazing images in about twenty minutes. It seemed to be over before it had begun and we just didn't have any other time to do the shoot. So it had to happen at that point or it just wasn't going to happen. We wanted to tell a story about the changing skyline of Newcastle - the New Newcastle. I think we created an image that reflects an inevitable change that may just be taking hold in this city now - in the people, the landscape and culture.