Five years ago, I was told by a prominent perfumer that 75% of all fragrances are created by white, French men. I am not sure if that statistic was accurate but in recent years women perfumers are becoming as well known as their male counterparts by name, but perhaps not by face.

12 different cocktails, 4 friends, equals 48 cocktails. And we managed to get most of the photos in focus. This project was really just a good excuse to have a few cocktails with some friends. Cocktails have a classic, sophisticated and seductive feel. I wanted to create photos that matched that. Film noir came to

by Matt Frederick

A mysterious dream one night... or was i

. This List Is A Construction Zone – The Work Is Ongoing; Please Pardon Our Dust And Wear Your Hard Hat: . [If Film Noir were a painting it would be Edward Hopper’s ‘Nighthawks’.] . The very first movie I ever saw that one could categorize as Film Noir was likely ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’. I saw it when I was quite young, probably on television’s The Late Show, or something like that. I remember it scared me pretty good. . Some years later I made it a point to see Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Strangers…

Film Noir photos

Art Direction & Fashion Styling for Vicious Magazine

Low key photography | Black and white photo | Shadow photos | Ella Raines lighting a cigarette, 1940s.

My attempt at film noir