Sinclair & Hill

Years ago Sydney Photographer Alexia Sinclair fell in love with a fashion label that I felt reflected my own personal style and attitude. Hence forth, I placed my tush and faith in the denim of Sass and Bide. Recently Myer did the same, paying the two inspiring founders of Sass and Bide $42 million for a 65% slice of their business.

Naturally, Alexia was thrilled to be commissioned to photograph the beautiful designers behind Sass and Bide, Heidi and Sarah-Jane in a cover shoot for the ACP business magazine IN THE BLACK. August 2011 Issue.

With haste Alexia began building a huge nest in the studio that would house the two inspiring women and symbolise their ‘nest egg’. Serving as a stage for our shoot, it was decorated with scissors, ribbons and tape measures as though the little birds had collected the trinkets of their trade.

In late 2010, Alexia Sinclair was commissioned to create the imagery behind M&C Saatchi's latest campaign for the Qantas Frequent Flyer program and American Express Cards.

The images ran in National Australian newspapers, along with double page spreads in the glossies and Qantas' inflight magazine The Australian Way.

Exotic Birds is an editorial spread Alexia Sinclair shot for Marie Claire late last year. It Juxtaposes the flamboyant with the everyday, Alexia spent one week shooting Australia's best Burlesque dancers in their everyday environment.

You can see the full spread in Marie Claire's June 2011 edition, out now! Grab em while they're hot!

National Photographic Portrait Prize 2011 25 February - 26 April 2011

The NPPP exhibition is selected from a national field of entries. The annual exhibition, now in its fourth year, reflects the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects. The exhibition will tour to selected venues across Australia.

Napoleon from the royal dozen is still exhibiting (until 26 April 2011) in the National Portrait Gallery along with a beautifully curated selection of NPPP finalists. If you find yourself (or live close by) in Canberra, then we'd love to have you drop by.

It's my pleasure to announce that Macbeth has been selected as one of the top 100 photographs as selected by Graphis. The book, 100 Best in Photography (2011) is now on sale.

Alexia Sinclair's segment on ABC's Art Nation, featuring work from her upcoming series The Royal Dozen.

Alexia Sinclair was commissioned to shoot the 2010 campaign imagery for New Zealand Opera's upcoming performances. Here's some behind the scenes footage from the Macbeth shoot followed by the final comp.

An interview by idealog magazine at semi-permanent last week. If the video doesn't work below, works on some browser head over to: http://idealog.co.nz/tv/creative-regal