Through the window at Smith Street’s Soul Food Café I see her bounding across the street – a veritable ball of energy. Christina Canters, architect and creative communicator, joins me at the bar, her eyes wild from the dash. She’s been busy, freshly registered as an architect and flung over the precipice of a new […]
Meagan Harding – Fashion Stylist & Photographer
“I always fall a little bit in love with my subjects,” Meagan Harding confesses, gazing down the camera barrel as we sprawl on the floor of her Carlton-based studio. I’m perfectly at ease, having spent the last hour being photographed by someone who feels like an old friend. This warm, fuzzy feeling is her calling […]
Harley Manifold outside the box
In the backstreets of Brunswick lies an artists’ lair – a warehouse shared by twenty creatives. Here I meet with Harley Manifold, a visual artist who has well and truly painted himself into Melbourne’s art scene. A genuine gent, he pops a bottle of sparkling and shows me around the gallery space that he and […]
Jessica Knight and her life, in words
For one of the smallest adults I know, Jessica Knight has some might. And by god can she write. That will be the end of my poetry; I’ll let this fascinating creature come out with the lyrical genius. She does so, serenading me with stories over shiraz and complementary popcorn at Melbourne’s Shebeen. “I just […]
My friend, the out-lympian
An impeccably chiseled and taut young man takes his mark, a deep breath, and dives. Thousands of fellow athletes and supporters look on, taking part in this international event of Olympic proportions… with a twist. They are in Antwerp, Belgium, celebrating their sexuality. Ladies, gentleman and miscellaneous, welcome to the World Outgames. This gorgeous specimen […]