Stories by Lucy Brown

STORIES.

Lucy Brown - London coLLege of fashion 2012

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I Am A 21 yEAR Old pHOTOgRApHER lIvIng In lOndOn. BORn And BROUgHT Up In CAmBRIdgE, I sTARTEd TAkIng pHOTOs Of my

fRIEnds And fAmIly On A smAll dIgITAl CAmERA AROUnd THE AgE Of 13 As wEll As IndUlgIng In THE myspACE gEnERATIOn

Of TAkIng sElf pORTRAITs And ExpERImEnTIng wITH pHOTOsHOp. I sTARTEd ORgAnIsIng “pHOTOsHOOTs”, UsIng my ClOsE

fRIEnds As mOdEls And fIndIng lOCATIOns And UsIng ClOTHEs fROm OUR Own wARdROBEs. I REmEmBER BEIng fAsCInATEd

wITH TRyIng TO mAkE my fRIEnds lOOk BEAUTIfUl And wAnTIng TO sHOw Off HOw I sAw THEm THROUgH Own EyEs . I EvEn-

TUAlly TOOk my A lEvEls,

spECIAlIsIng In pHOTOgRApHy And spEndIng EndlEss lUnCHTImEs On my Own AT A

COmpUTER, EATIng swEETs And TEACHIng mysElf pHOTOsHOp, REsEARCHIng Any And All pHOTOgRApHERs wORkIng In THE

fAsHIOn IndUsTRy fOR InspIRATIOn And gUIdAnCE. wHEn I fInAlly lAndEd A plACE AT lOndOn COllEgE Of fAsHIOn, I wAs

COnvInCEd my pATH wAs sET, And I wAs On THE RIgHT TRACk TO pURsUE A CAREER In fAsHIOn pHOTOgRApHy.

HOwEvER, mORE OfTEn THAn nOT I wAs sEEIng THE nEgATIvE pARTs Of THE IndUsTRy And fEElIng dIsCOURAgEd. I dECIdEd

THAT fAsHIOn wAs nOT my CAllIng, And THAT I wAsn’T THE lEAsT BIT InTEREsTEd In THE ClOTHEs fEATUREd In my pHOTO-

sHOOTs. I CAREd mORE ABOUT THE mOdEls, wHAT THEy wERE lIkE And HOw I COUld CApTURE THEIR pERsOnAlITIEs. THIs

REAlIsATIOn wAs ExTREmEly HARd TO UndERsTAnd AT fIRsT, BUT sOOn fElT mORE lIkE A wEIgHT Off my CHEsT. I COUld fO-

CUs On TAkIng pHOTOgRApHs sOlEly fOR mysElf, And fOR my Own plEAsURE. TOO OfTEn I sEE OUR gEnERATIOn Of dIgITAl

CREATIvEs lEARnIng THEIR skIlls AT An AlARmIng RATE, 16 yEAR Olds pROdUCIng RETOUCHIng wORk THAT RIvAls HIgH-End

CAmpAIgns And TEsTIng mOdEls fROm AgEnCIEs wHEn I COUld Only dREAm Of gETTIng An EmAIl BACk AT THAT AgE. I THInk

THAT TRUly gREAT pHOTOgRApHy RElIEs On THE pERsOn BEHInd THE CAmERA, THEIR THOUgHTs, THEIR ExpERIEnCE And THEIR

pERCEpTIOn Of THE wORld. TOO OfTEn THE CAmERA dOEs All Of THE wORk, wHEn REAlly IT sHOUld BE A TOOl.

THIs pROjECT fEATUREs THE wORk I’vE BEEn dOIng OvER my fInAl yEAR AT lOndOn COllEgE Of fAsHIOn. IT mARks THE End

Of my Own dOUBTs ABOUT my CAREER And I Am All TOO ExCITEd TO sEE wHERE I wIll BE A fEw yEARs dOwn THE lInE. I

fOCUssEd On Old fABlEs And fAIRyTAlEs my gRAnny UsEd TO TEACH mE As A CHIld, wHICH I HAvE sUBCOnCIOUsly UsEd fOR

InspIRATIOn fOR A lOT Of my wORk.

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conTenTs1. The LiTTLe MerMaid

2. The ugLy sisTers3. The greedy King

4. The red shoes5. The rich BroTher and The Poor BroTher

6. snow whiTe7. raPunZeL

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The LiTTLeMerMaid

Photography Lucy Brownstyling safiya yekwai

Make-up catherine chaterhair Takanori yamaguchi Model Jenny g at Profile

nothing gave her so much pleasure as to hear about the world above the sea. she made her old grandmother tell her all she knew of the ships and of the towns, the people and

the animals. To her it seemed most wonderful and beautiful to hear that the flowers of the land should have fragrance,

and not those below the sea; that the trees of the forest should be green; and that the fishes among the trees could sing so sweetly, that it was quite a pleasure to hear them.

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dress saBrina BryTesosoncorseT una BurKe

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The ugLy sisTersPhotography Lucy Brown

styling stephanie werrell-smythMake-up suhyun Kanghair yoshi yamamoto

Models carola opeshe and Laura Paine at select

“oh, cinderella,” teased the older stepsister, “wouldn’t you like to come to the ball?” cinderella turned away so

her stepsisters wouldn’t see the tears in her eyes. Both stepsisters looked at each other and laughed merrily at the thought of their dirty servant stepsister standing in

rags at the ball.

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JacKeT charLes of Londonunderwear charLes of LondonfishneTs ToPshoPshoes new LooK

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JacKeT charLes of LondonTrouseres charLes of Londonshoes underground London

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dress charLes of London

The greedy King

Photography Lucy Brownstyling nadia Tan

Make-up Luke watabe and yae senohair Luke watabe

Models amy and rachael at Premiere

“i would like everything i touch to turn to gold.” said the King. The next day when he woke up, he touched

the bed, his clothes, and everything turned to gold. he looked out of the window and saw his daughterplaying in the garden, she came running and he

hugged her and she turned into a gold statue. There were no more smiles left.

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The red shoesPhotography Lucy Brown

styling nayoung LimMake-up emma dennis

Model sissel @ storm

“dance you shall!” he told her. “dance in your red shoes until you are pale and cold, and your flesh shrivels down to the skeleton. dance you shall from door to door, and wherever there are children proud and vain you must knock at the door till they hear you, and are afraid of you. dance you shall. dance always.” “have mercy upon me!” screamed Karen. But she did not hear the angel answer. her shoes swept her out through the gate, and across the fields, along highways and byways, forever and always

dancing.

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whiTe shirT Beyond reTro, PanTs ToPshoP, TighTs aMerican aPPareL, fLaTs ToPshoP, shoes underground London

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The rich BroTher and The

Poor BroTherPhotography Lucy Brown

styling Marika Pagegrooming camilla fez

hair sam BurnettModels oxford at storm and Matt at Premiere

on the same day the two brothers set out on their journey to the city, the rich one on horseback, with plenty of food in his knapsack, the poor one on foot with nothing but a piece of bread and four onions to eat on the way. The road was hilly

and neither could go very fast, and when night fell, they were both glad to see some lights in a window a little distance in

front of them.

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cardigan MarTine rose, T-shirT MarTine rose, Trousers MarTine rose, haT BaiLey

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JacKeT MarTine rose, JuMPer forgoTTen fuTure, Trousers forgoTTen fuTure

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cardigan MarTine rose, T-shirT MarTine rose, Trousers MarTine rose, haT BaiLey, shoes swear

snow whiTePhotography Lucy Brown

styling nadia TanMake-up daiva Kazlauskaite

Model natalia K at d1

“queen, you are full fair, ‘tis true, But snow-white fairer is than you.” This gave the queen a great shock, and she became

yellow and green with envy, and from that hour her heart turned against snow-white, and she hated her. and envy and pride like ill weeds grew in her heart higher every day, until

she had no peace day or night. at last she sent for a huntsman, and said, “Take the child out into the woods, so that i may set eyes on her no more. you must put her to death, and bring me

her heart for a token.”

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JacKeT earL Jean

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raPunZeLPhotography and styling Lucy Brown

Make-up Laura huntModel angelica at Profile

rapunzel, whose long golden hair was plaited, would twist it round one of the bars and drop it out of the window, and the witch would

climb up it. when she left, rapunzel would let down her golden hair again, and the witch would slide nimbly down to the ground. one day,

the King’s son was riding through the forest when he heardrapunzel singing. Mystified, he rode to the tower, but could see no

door, so could not understand how anyone could be there. he decided to stay and watch the tower and listen to the singing. after a while the witch came along and the prince watched her carefully. To his amaze-ment, as she called out, “rapunzel, rapunzel, let down your long hair,”

a long golden plait of hair fell almost to the ground.

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shoes doc MarTenshaT TiMBerLand

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