Arts Writing

articles about art, design, photography, illustration, fashion, filmmaking and comedy…

An interview with professional skateboarder, model and photographer, Ishod Wair about falling in love with photography and his debut photo exhibition A Year Thru the Lens which opened in December 2023.

Ishod Wair for Monster Children

I sat down with photographer, Chris Mann in his London home-studio to talk about is photography, obsession with shooting film, inspirations and his book Valley of the Moon.

Chris Mann for Monster Children

An interview with Melbourne-based designer Sam Chin about her label Smile + Wave, the importance of making clothes for everybody and navigating through a heavily male-dominated industry as a woman.

Sam Chin for Monster Children

Annelise Hickey for Monster Children

Interview with the filmmaker, Annelise Hickey on her directorial debut, Hafekasi, which premiered at 2023’s Tribeca Film Festival.

Corey Young for Monster Children

A conversation with short filmmaker and skateboarder Corey Young about his recent part in Cameron Fraser’s, Arcadia, his obsession with cinema and his upcoming untitled short film.

I spoke to Australian illustrator and co-owner of Come Sundown and Labour Recreation Rest, Marcus Dixon about illustration, designing Pass~Port graphics and his two companies.

Marcus Dixon for Monster Children

An Interview with stand-up comedian, actor and skateboarder, David Quirk on his life as a stand-up comedian, his newest show Cobra, doing an award-winning show in a skateshop and comparing comedy to skateboarding. I took photos of David around his house to accompany the interview.

David Quirk for Monster Children

John Cruckshank for Monster Children

An Interview with John Cruckshank, the stand-up comedian, actor, and skateboarder, who is most famously known for his viral series Redfern Electrical. We spoke about everything from his comedy career to working on a cruise ship to his latest show Quiche Sandwich and more.

Guy Williams for Monster Children

Somehow New Zealand’s funniest man, Guy Williams started skateboarding, after meeting him and fanning out I asked him to do an interview and this was the result. An interview that gets his hilarious takes on skateboarding and the behind-the-scenes scoop on his TV show New Zealand Today.

Ben McQueen for Monster Children

Interview with tattoo artist, skateboarder and now director Ben McQueen about his new docuseries ‘Let it Kill You’, a show that explores the intersectionality of skateboarding and art.

An interview with Melbourne-Based artist and tattoo artist, Coco Star Sims about her practice, inspirations, shrimp vision and more for Office Magazine.

Coco Star Sims for Office Magazine

Matt Dunne for Monster Children

Interview with photographer and owner of Tall Poppy Press, an independent photobook publisher based in Melbourne. We spoke about Tall Poppy, photography, the Australian art scene and it’s visibility on a global scale.

An interview with photographer of life, Trevor Wisecup about his views on street photography, ethics, New York City, documenting human emotion and more.

Trevor Wisecup for Monster Children

I called New York-based photographer Alain Levitt, to talk about his debut photobook, New York: 2000-2005 and that golden era of New York City for Monster Children.

Alain Levitt for Monster Children

I spoke to New York-based, photographer Efron Danzig about her debut photobook, Diary #1. We had a really nice time talking about our mutual enjoyment of photographer Nan Goldin and the band Hole.

Efron Danzig for Monster Children

Leading up to the Blender Gallery exhibition, ICONS at the Monster Children Gallery, I spoke to Tali Udovich, the owner of Blender Gallery and curator of the exhibition to talk about ICONS.

Tali Udovich for Monster Children

To coincide with the release of the third book in the City Confessions series, I called up photographer, Ed Templeton to talk about the City Confessions #3: Paris. A book that is Ed’s visual documentation of the streets of Paris taken over the last 23 years.

Ed Templeton for AnOther Magazine

A conversation with legendary photographer, skateboarder and artist, Ed Templeton about his magnum opus, Wires Crossed. A book that is a documentation of his life as a professional skateboarder.

Ed Templeton for Monster Children