Berlin-based film maker and head of video for the London-based art collective, Bare Bones, Matt Lambert, has turned his attention to the darker side of photography for his latest shoot.
No stranger to the distorted and disturbing, Lambert, who has put his macabre stamp on work for clients such as Dazed and Confused, MTV, and Mercedes-Benz in the past, teamed up with stylist’s Ash Esfarani and Jackee Word, to produce a shoot that could easily be mistaken for a documentary on London’s toughest thugs rather than a fashion shoot taking place under the comparatively quiet Berlin night sky.
Shot in an abandoned school hidden in a secret location somewhere in Berlin and with a hard as hell model, Jonas Wolfgang, thrown into the mix, this series could have easily turned into something a lot more sinister. However, with styling that manages to blend vintage sportswear with underground, conceptual labels, to make it look more like a film still, and with Lambert applying his knowledge of tones and depths, the end result is something that is as striking as it is beautifully silent.