Photography

That day in the garage… it got greasy

Part of our ‘Best Of’ Ten Years one small seed Issue, in partnership with PUMA, is the Urban Eniquity fashion spread (Issue 22). We commissioned German photographer Guido Schwarz to shoot an industrial grime-inspired fashion story… Girls, Guys, Grease, this was no ordinary garage set.

Backstage Epilepsy by Photographer Waldo Pretorius

Only some witness the final product and the few moments of perfection from the viewers’ seats of the catwalk. Designers spend months immersed in their work to bring their visions to life at the show. Filmed at the 2013 SA Fashion Week and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, photographer Waldo Pretorius‘ short film, Backstage Epilepsy, offers a...

WE LOVE SEXY INTERVIEW I: ELANI JACOBS

Elani Jacobs is a photographer from Bloemfontein whose photographs that she uploaded to onesmallseed.net have featured in many Images of the Week selections, and in November, 2012, her album One Last Shoot became Album of the Week on onesmallseed.com. More recently, her eye-catching portraits of women have also been in the spotlight through our media...

More Than Photography

Brad Evans and Travis Jensen are two talented photographers who decided to portray San Fransisco’s Tenderloin district — an undeserved neighbourhood considered to be ‘rough on the edges’ – by paying it some long due respect. See how their project developed in this short film by Jonas Normann of sidewalktalk.dk. Length 05:57

Music uncorked: Sound in a Bottle

Life is becoming music. Tama Art University student Jun Fujiwara, has invented a bottle in which sounds are trapped in and then mixed to make novel music. In the spirit of the ‘i’ revolution where iPods, iPads, iTunes and such make an experience as personal as possible, this sound in a bottle takes the concept...

CBGB at SYNW

The night of January 16th saw the weekly event – See You Next Wednesday at The Assembly – paying tribute to the legendary home of punk – none other than the historic CBGB. Initially intended for country, bluegrass and blues, the New York City night club soon favoured the disorderly. It saw bands like The...

The Fashion Movie Project – Videos Revealed!

The Fashion Movie Project is a collaboration between 10and5 and the Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design. The idea was simple: get young Cape Town-based photographers to team up with a styling team from Elizabeth Galloway as well as a local fashion label. The aim? To make a short fashion video with a Canon 7D....

| Video Interview | “Langa”: A photo-essay by Luke Daniel

In issue 25 of one small seed magazine, we featured a seven-page spread on local photographer Luke Daniel’s most recent project, entitled Langa. On 19 October we caught up with Luke again for an interview at Cape Town’s Iziko SA Museum where his Langa photographs were being showcased as part of the Land and Cityscape...

Inge Beckmann | What’s Your Story?

Severely beautiful, mysterious and dark are some of the words used to describe Inge Beckmann, but behind all of that which makes her so fascinating is the hunger of a very human individual who truly loves everything she does, and she’s done a lot… As Avant garde and versatile as they come, she’s gone beyond...

Adidas calling South Africans to #represent!

Launched on September 3rd 2012, adidas has created a campaign – All Originals #Represent – calling on South Africans to represent the brand with originality, creativity and passion through loading videos, images, audio and mantras as a crew (two or more people) to its campaign website. Uploading must be completed by 7 October 2012. (video)...
LOUIS VUITTON - Tribute to Muhammad Ali - ''Dream''

LOUIS VUITTON – Tribute to Muhammad Ali – ”Dream”

Louis Vuitton‘s new Journey campaign, paying tribute to Muhammad Ali with word artist Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) and calligraphy artist Niels Shoe Meulman. Length 01:37 LOUIS VUITTON – Tribute to Muhammad Ali – ”Dream” from Benedicte Luneau on Vimeo. Source : vimeo
Jess Cross | Vinyl DIGZ

Jess Cross | Vinyl DIGZ

one small seed followed California-born Jess Cross around Cape Town and discovered her innate passion for music, art and records. Jess talks of music being a form of art, and art being the most beautiful way to bring people together. After studying Critical Theory Social Justice at Occidental College Jess had the realization that is...
Self-Made Shoot

Self-Made Shoot

Behind The Scenes of the photo shoot, self-made for issue 23 of one small seed. Length 03:14 (22 May 2011) Self-Made Shoot from one small seed on Vimeo. Assistant Photographer: Jakub Fulin Stylist: Justin Jurd Assistant Stylist: Bianca van Rensburg Hair and Makeup: Talia Barak Models: Katerina @ m1 models Daniela @ base models Filmed...
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