Ship Song Project

During 2011 Photographer Simon Harsent shot a personal series titled ‘Into the Abyss’ which Janai provided wardrobe for. When hearing about The Ship Song Project (campaign created around The Sydney Opera House and creative agency Three Drunk Monkeys) Simon suggested the series as an opportunity to incorporate with the famous building. The end result thanks to some expert retouching by Cream Studios, is a film and song, which represent a unique collaboration between some of the most amazing artists in Australia – not to mention the world. 

UBank

Our first major ‘green’ project had Janai and Jo team up with photographer Simon Harsent and The Monkey’s agency to shoot UBank's latest home loans campaign. “Have you let your home loan go?” was the tag line used across a series of lifestyle vignettes depicting everyday home loaners covered in algae and moss. Left stagnant, this swamp of ground cover creeps over the floor, furniture and the unaware couple, until they are almost unrecognisable. Using specially imported live moss from Tasmania and copious amounts of glue sticks, Janai and Jo meticulously attached the greenery to any available surface to create this overgrown effect.

Unwired

We worked on these about 18 months ago with Three Drunk Monkey's and Simon Harsent. Location wise it wasn't entirely enjoyable but in hindsight they look great with lots of texture and depth. It is nice to see advertising that does involve complete gentrification of society.

The Australian

I shot these very simple portraits last year with Simon Harsent for The Australian. All natural light, depth of field and reflections.

Mission Australia

These are four executions from a beautiful campaign we styled this year for Mission Australia, shot by Simon Harsent and art directed by Dan Oliva. I worked with model maker Ed Horne and a team of craftspeople to produce six pairs of wings in one week. Mission Australia had previously established the wing metaphor but had only executed it in CGI. It was great to go back to basics and shoot this all through camera. The campaign depicted individuals whose lives had changed as a result of Mission Australia’s intervention, crafting these huge wings out of everyday materials found in their environment.