The mystique of Detroit is how abandoned our city appears for a place with so many creative people. Our streets are empty mid-day. Our suburbs have attractions that rival downtown. We have SUBurban sprawl. The creativity of our youth in the city screams to be heard.
The Abandoned In Detroit project is a fashion showcase for designers and related talent. Inspire people to see what Detroit creates!
Problems have come up with the location selected. We are postponing Liquid Silver. A tentative date would be Dec 17.
There is a Dec 4 fashion show "Fusion Nights" to be held at The Jazzloft above 525 Monroe in Greektown above Golden Fleece. Go up the stairs toward the psychic and turn left into Xodos.
Details regarding these shows can be directed to poppadeluxe@yahoo.com (Ziam Penn).
Remember to be involved with a project is to pull it to you. Ask me how to forward the project. It may be as simple as data entry of contact information. There's going to be a lot of that.
I do not have a line-up for this shoot and I'm looking for responses sent to info@abandonedindetroit.com. Send your name, phone, email, portfolio IDs, and talents (model, photog, makeup, hair, stylist, ...).
When I say line-up I'm not talking about hourly slots and such - we run the group shoot in a less structured manner which keeps the models together more. There are opportunities to get individual and smaller group photos in the time for the group shoot.
The location we will use is in Eastern Market and will be around the space used for the Liquid Silver show on Nov 26. So that is one way to see the location before we have a shoot there. One thing about using this space is I would like to contribute to the people offering the space. So I'm asking everyone to contribute $10. We can buy some food and drink with that too - since the shoot runs 11am - 8pm (9 hours). This is not the typical location I use for an AID shoot - but it can give the right feel with some set setup. The advantage here is that it will accomodate many people, it has heat, it has power.
At some point this winter we will have a shoot with more dramatic conditions for those more adventurous souls interested.
Note: this blog entry was updated Nov 17.
I'll admit that I've been holding these shoots with insufficient notice sooooo.... Sunday, December 18 is going to be the next Abandoned In Detroit group photo shoot. I would love some assistance in setting up this shoot because I'm going back to work (part time) and that means less organizing time.
I may hold a few smaller shoots here and there to build content for people that happen to be travelling through town. So if you are local talent and see a fast AID notice go up and have the time to attend I would welcome you.
There's a gallery of proofs from the 24 hour notice November 2 shoot. Timing on that shoot got a bit messed up, but we pulled some nice photos from the shoot. 6 models in attendance and 4 photographers. My appologies to Katie, Tony, and Carl whom I was unable to meet earlier.
Seeking runway models for funky urban chic (avante guarde) fashion shows in Detroit.
Try-out night Thursday, Nov 10 @ 9pm for 1.5 hours.
Location: The JazzLoft above Golden Fleece Restaurant in Greektown. 525 Monroe St, Detroit 48226.
Contact me (Stephen) via phone at 248-721-4289.
Runway shows to be held Nov 13 (benefit) and 26 (Liquid Silver). Additional runway events and photo opps possible.
An opportunity to meet people involved in the Abandoned In Detroit project. Please email contact information (name, email, phone, portfolio IDs) to info@AbandonedInDetroit.com for future emailed opportunities. This includes stylists, designers, makeup, hair, photographers, ...
Event producer is Ziam.
Compensation is exposure.
Model height and appearance is not as important as PRESENCE - you have to have a funky sense of style and be expressed!
A portion of proceeds from AID events is donated to Detroit charities. We are holding these to promote Detroit's style.
I received notice that Mairi Elle & Stina were travelling in from Columbus, Ohio and interested in being part of Abandoned In Detroit (AID). So I rounded up some of our local talent and brought together a photo shoot within 24 hours.
Things got a little messed up on the start time and coordinating who was to be where and when. So one model, Katie, was shooting with Tony Aria and Carl Oxley III late in the afternoon.
Evening arrived and we had Danielle, Amy, Andi, Mairi Elle, Stina shooting with Mike (TimeFragment) and Stephen (Fuzzytek). The evening shoot was a bit challenging photographically held with candlelight and flashlights. Click here for proofs of Fuzzytek's photos.
Please message info@abandonedindetroit.com if you are interested in being part of a December 18th Abandoned In Detroit shoot. We are very interested in bringing designers and stylists into our shoots - we have sufficient models for you to showcase several outfits at one time rather than generating individual images. We are shooting artistically for art / fashion exhibition purposes.
