the fallen angel social club

show girls

2011-12-11T15:02:00.000-08:00

well its a been a while... real life getting in the way and all that ...

Some variations of the same image from a recent shoot in my attic of doom ... enjoy xx

victorian porn

2011-07-10T15:15:00.001-07:00

found in a suitcase ...

2011-07-06T15:14:00.001-07:00

found in a suitcase ... well thats kind of the feel I'm aiming for with this one. Or maybe it was found between the pages of an old book.

Many thanks to the wonderful Anna Elizabeth who was both mua and model for this.....

The Fallen Angel Social Club & Jeffery-West

2011-06-12T15:13:00.000-07:00

Ladies and Gentlemen …

It gives me great pleasure to announce that I am currently exhibiting my photographs at that most infamous and renowned of shoemakers , Jeffery-West.

For the next eight weeks my images will be on the walls of the Jeffery-West shop situated at Number 21 ,County Arcade , Leeds.

After that they will be heading southwards to the Piccadilly branch.

I must say I am really excited about this. The Jeffery West shops are wonderful and I honestly think they make a perfect venue. The two seem are somewhat destined to go hand in hand… the majority of the images on show belong to the "fallen angel" collection .. and lo and indeed behold, Jeffery-West offer a limited range of "fallen angel" motorcycle boots (items of lust if ever there was)

Gothic Victoriana abounds in both the shops and my images. Somewhat more nudity in my images I suspect, but to be honest one never knows.

So go visit the Leeds shop… revel in its sumptuousness and buy some of my photographs ….

~Simon

And the winners are.....

2011-06-07T04:47:00.000-07:00

Huge Drum Roll...

The lucky recipients of the six signed postcard images are.....

Nikki Soppelsa & Jill Zaheer

Ladies if you let me have your contact details I will ensure the images reach you via carrier pigeon at the earliest convenience

Kindest Regards

~simon

Lucifer’s Boots

2011-05-29T03:11:00.001-07:00

Well its been in the planning stage for a little while now , and there will be more details to follow soon (the Devil is in the details after all …) but a rather wonderful thing is happening…

I am proud to say that (some time very soon ) I will be exhibiting my works in collaboration with the rather wonderful Jeffrey West Shoe Company .

So it’s with great pleasure I can say “watch this space”…

And while you are at it watch this one as well……

http://www.jeffery-west.co.uk/

Obligatory Nude image to hold readers attention...

Univers d'Artistes

2011-05-18T15:24:00.001-07:00

One of my all time favourite blogs .... and not just because hes kind enough to have a few of my photographs ..... its because the owner is a gentleman of fine taste and collates some of the finest nude photography available to mankind....

http://www.universdartistes.com/

Cassie Jade

2011-05-07T14:45:00.001-07:00

theories and apparitions

2011-04-29T16:14:00.000-07:00

beats somewhat antique

2011-04-15T14:45:00.001-07:00

the ever lovely Ms Tun

remarkably remiss

2011-01-26T05:02:00.001-08:00

in posting anything ... real life got in the way for a little while but normal service, or some approximation thereof, will be resumed shortly...

~s

more fallen angels...

2010-11-09T14:44:00.001-08:00

St James Infirmary ...

2010-10-22T05:22:00.001-07:00

actually

2010-10-16T11:07:00.000-07:00

when you think about it ... the fallen angel social club sounds a wonderful name for a house of ill repute ...

going to do a second shoot to get all the images that got away from me previously ...

Until then .....

more ill repute

2010-10-06T14:28:00.001-07:00

a crop to show the detail and a full length

fallen angel social club

2010-10-02T13:48:00.000-07:00

fallen angel social club ... a house of ill repute by any other name ..

Ms. Judd

2010-08-01T14:05:00.001-07:00

The somewhat ubiquitous Ms. Judd.

Univers d'Artistes

2010-07-28T00:19:00.000-07:00

A link to a rather wonderful blog, Univers d'Artistes.. A wealth of wonderful images and words

And in this particular case some particularly kind words about myself , written by Christian Pelier, a true gentleman and a kind soul (Une âme gentille et un vrai gentleman)

http://www.universdartistes.com/2010/07/simon-loach.html

~simon

scratches on an old jazz record...

2010-06-30T13:03:00.000-07:00

I always maintain the photos I like best are the ones that sound like scratches on an old jazz record...

And as Mona likes jazz it seemed a fitting title for the post ...

The Orangery

2010-06-21T13:44:00.000-07:00

Hannah doing her best to avoid the dust of the centuries .. and the occasional bit of broken glass etc

letter to god

2010-06-15T00:27:00.000-07:00

My habit of reusing and swapping around titles for images can get confusing on occasion ...

mona innominata

2010-06-09T01:21:00.000-07:00

"Come back to me, who wait and watch for you
Or come not yet, for it is over then,
And long it is before you come again,
So far between my pleasures are and few.
" ~ Christina Georgina Rossetti

its been a while and then some

2010-06-06T14:01:00.000-07:00

Letter to god ....

2010-05-27T06:19:00.000-07:00

"Oh dear god I’m writing this letter to you
Cause I don’t have a clue
Can you help me?

I’m sitting here
Simply trying to figure out
What my life’s all about it
Can you tell me?

I never wanted to be
The person you see
Won’t you tell me who I am?

....

I never wanted to be
Some kind of comic relief
Please show me who I am"

courtney love... 2010

its been a while

2010-04-29T13:23:00.001-07:00

a silly piece of vanity

2010-04-02T04:44:00.000-07:00

but if anyone cares to vote for me...

http://jgallery.org.uk/exhibit-art/vote.asp

I actually can't remember ...

2010-04-01T05:04:00.000-07:00

who this is ....

protège-moi ....

2010-03-29T13:36:00.001-07:00

I've been stuck at home for to long ... anyways going through the archives so I don't start climbing the walls .... one of the lovely Joceline

all clothing the models own :-) ....

ain't no easy way...

2010-03-24T06:08:00.001-07:00

ain't no easy way...

how very true... Ive just tried to link one of the best songs from one of my favourite bands and fuck me but its having none of it..

so imagine your watching Black Rebel Motorcycle Club "ain't no easy way" ... or watch it on youtube... the video is highly recommended and full of inspiration ... I need some cold war Russian surplus gear for my next shoot now ....

~simon

faraway tree...

2010-03-07T01:42:00.000-08:00

I drive past this tree on a daily basis and have stopped to photograph it several times over the years... This time I used one of my lubitels and used a couple of extra textures to bring out the tree that was really there all along

best wishes

simon

strangely...

2010-02-28T15:17:00.001-08:00

the things I drag my friends into ... and strangely they usually agree

Holly

2010-02-22T14:38:00.001-08:00

Ivoryflame in a slightly different light so to speak ...

leftovers from an old chest of drawers...

2010-02-20T15:19:00.000-08:00

Anyone can take a photo in focus... its far more fun not to

property of a lady

2010-02-19T08:22:00.000-08:00

going through some old images and found this one of Hannah .. I'd never paid it much attention to be honest and now that feels remiss !

Was shot on 120 film and then the odd texture added here and there

ain't no grave...

2010-02-12T15:09:00.000-08:00

A model with clothes on but going beyond the call of duty and getting soaked to the skin and generally freezing to death etc

Victorian Light Leaks ....

2010-02-06T06:16:00.000-08:00

The delightful derriere of Joceline Brooke -Hamilton. Shot on 120 film and then accidentally opened to the light when I had utterly forgotten there was film in the camera :-) .. If only i could work that into some sort of repeatable technique ..

july 1921

2010-02-02T14:53:00.001-08:00

Rebecca Imogen Tun , (professor to be) of linguistics, model and rather talented photographer as well

http://www.tun.co.uk/rebecca/

in the dark

2010-02-01T14:29:00.000-08:00

Pasqua kindly lent me her father's old barbers chair for this.. I had to faithfully promise no harm would come to it whilst filming ... :-)

belief in spirit

2010-01-03T13:59:00.000-08:00

I was reading "Faces of Living Dead : The Belief in Spirit Photography" by Martyn Jolly at the time

2010...

2010-01-01T05:39:00.001-08:00

can thus far go fuck itself....

fallen angel

2009-12-26T09:57:00.000-08:00

Kim Wood

2009-12-05T03:21:00.000-08:00

If you arent familiar with Kim's stuff may I whole heartedly suggest you go take a look at her web site

I for one love it

The particular link goes to Kim's video inspired by the relationship between Arthur Munby & Hannah Cullwick .

I tried taking some photographs that where around a similar theme... they didnt work out. An idea I might well revisit at some stage soon

The book "Love and Dirt: The Marriage of Arthur Munby and Hannah Cullwick" has sat on my shelf for far too long I must get round to reading it .

~s

http://www.kimwood.org/onmyknees/index.html

nasa and tom waits

2009-12-05T03:09:00.001-08:00

Spacious Thoughts from Anti Records on Vimeo.

the aforementioned hall... a nice view of my room

2009-12-01T10:23:00.000-08:00

edit : I should have mentioned mine is the top floor far left window

I like this .....

2009-11-18T08:55:00.000-08:00

a stay of execution so to speak

2009-11-06T11:40:00.000-08:00

"many a slip twixt the cup and the lip" as they say.. the aforementioned wicked and evil property developers may not have snapped up the hall just yet ... there is still a little life left at least in the dear old building

Its a shame that other things keep getting in the way of organising my next shoot there... I can feel a period dressing up piece... something from the 1920's dustbowl depression era

Yes something along the lines of carnivale .. but a hint of Englishness about it

~si

2009-09-13T07:22:00.000-07:00

A mixture of 120 film for the main image and bits of digital found objects for the textures etc

madness of angels

2009-09-13T07:13:00.000-07:00

If you haven't read "madness of angels" by Kate Griffin I can truly recommend it as an excellent read. Set in London, it concerns the adventures of Matthew Swift, urban sorcerer and a rather wonderful read it is ...

They say never judge book by its cover, I dont I usually judge a book by its title and this way I tend to rarely get let down

~s

quite frankly fuck it

2009-09-07T13:27:00.001-07:00

photobucket seem to randomly decide every second or third image of mine is an offense to public decency and then take it upon themselves to delete them ... fuck alone knows why but its starting to annoy me

one of those weeks I guess......

cest la vie

2009-09-05T12:44:00.000-07:00

so they've sold the hall and with it my studio ... I shall rant and I shall rage but at the end of the day thats life

best wishes as always

~s

a sin you swallow for the rest of your life...

2009-08-28T15:03:00.000-07:00

"her hair was as black as a bucket of tar ....her skin as white as a cuttlefish bone .."

2009-08-27T03:58:00.000-07:00

"The devil dances inside empty pockets
But she never wanted money or pearls
No, that wasn't enough for Lucinda
She wasn't that kind of girl "

The controversial nature of nipples...

2009-08-24T14:33:00.000-07:00

My most recent post had an image I'd taken from a recent shoot and was a b&w image of a naked woman reclining , cropped from just below her breasts. This morning I find photobucket have removed it as its unsuitable. One really has to ask why ... Is the sight of a bare nipple so offensive ?

Very Bizarre.....

back and forth...

2009-08-24T06:57:00.000-07:00

"You see things in life and you'd be surprised what you see.
Life.. Your whole life is changes.
You go through changes in your life.
One second, you got it made.
Next second you're down in the dumps.
And it goes back and forth throughout your whole life.
One second you got the most beautiful girl in the world,
Next second you don't even have a girlfriend no more.
And it goes back and forth and back and forth, you know?
And this is life, man, it's changes.
This is what you gotta go through throughout your whole lifetime.
I'm going through changes
and it goes back and forth and back and forth, you know?"

Back & Forth. Unkle

Change is that most double edged of swords...

2009-08-23T15:31:00.001-07:00

As far as places go...

2009-08-23T15:05:00.000-07:00

As far as places go to write ones blog entries it doesn't get much better than this.

Im currently renting a room/studio in an old 16th century hall just a mile from town and civilisation. The place has around god knows how many rooms which it shares out as artists studios on the top two floors, and some form of therapy center on the ground floor. My room is one of two habital rooms on the very top floor. How long this will last for who knows ? The place is up for sale ... it will be flats for the great and the good, or torn down and redeveloped as a hotel or some similar terrible fate. The old maxim holds true .. enjoy it while it lasts

In the interim it remains a wonderfully falling to bits house on the hill. At night no one else comes here .. the majority of the artists seem to be daytime folk and so I have the place to myself. Let me tell you its good for my soul. I'd love to use it to its full potential , use it to photograph models every weekend and to soak up inspiration from its attic rooms at night. I dont. Like so many other things its only when I sit down and think about it I realise Im guilty of neglect.

where was I ? Debating whether to go light a candle and explore some of the attic rooms... Strangely the place does have wi-fi but its capabilities dont reach quite this far up.. I'd have to go down three flights of stairs just to post this and Im quite comfortable where I am thank you very much. The house does have a good vibe apart from one corridor on the floor below. It makes me uncomfortable and is at least partially responsible for why several of the artists dont venture here after dark.

beat poet stop motion video malarky

2009-08-22T03:58:00.000-07:00

A stop motion animation put together by Jonathan McCallum.. the soundtrack a remixed version of Ken Nordine's 'Ageing Young Rebel'... a perfect fit

Awake for a moment from your dark night...

2009-08-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is a rather bizarre and wonderful silent film from the 1920's. The aforementioned good Doctor is displaying Cesare the somnambulist as a carnival attraction and claiming he can supply answers to all manner of questions..... indeed he "knows the past and sees the future.."

On a slightly related note "the somnambulist" by Jonathan Barnes is well worth the read

post the second

2009-08-20T14:00:00.001-07:00

Unfortunately real life has been conspiring against me and ensuring I don't have the even the briefest of moments to write in my journal. Nevermind , for at the moment dear reader, whilst you might not exist... I most definitely do

the all important inaugural post

2009-08-17T01:38:00.000-07:00

Welcome...