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JOURNAL

The process diary of film director Glendyn Ivin

THESE DAYS

Glendyn Ivin

While in L.A I stopped by These Days, a gallery and shop I really only knew via their Instagram from where I'd learnt not only about the artists they show but a little about the history of iconic building, on the corner of Winston Street and Indian Alley deep in the middle of Downtown L.A.

I wandered in and introduced myself to Stephen who runs the gallery along with his wife and miniture dog 'Mac'. One of those awkward moments that starts with "Hi, I follow you on Instagram..." but quickly turns into warm conversation. (Although it was a slightly more awkward when Stephen realised that he also followed ME on instagram but he thought I was a woman! Ha! Not the first time!). 

Stephen was more than generous with his time, giving me a tour of the gallery and the history of the building, in particular Indian Alley and the encroaching gentrification of the Downtown area (which was most appropriate as Fugazi played Cashout on the shop stereo). I also browsed through Stephen's highly curated selection of new and secondhand photobooks. I could spent alot more time and alot more money there! Thanks Stephen for taking the time. Looking forward to visiting you and These Days again soon. 

I took the above photo waiting for the gallery to open. For many reasons it's one of my favourite shots of late. Strangely when I'm in Australia I shoot 99% with a 50mm and when I'm in the U.S I shoot 99% with a 35mm... maybe it's the bigness that warrants it.

 

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THE BEAUTIFUL LIE

Glendyn Ivin

The Beautiful Lie, the series I set up with writer Alice Bell and producers Imogen Banks and John Edwards will air from Sunday the 18th of October at 8:30pm on the ABC. 

The Beautiful Lie is a contemporary re-imagining of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina starring Sarah Snook as Anna. I'm really proud of the series and everybody who worked on the project both on and off screen. In particular it was great to be re-united with writer Alice Bell and director of photography John Brawley whom I worked with extensively in setting up both series of Puberty Blues. 

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SAINTS

Glendyn Ivin

Drove / road 7 hours in the rain to the middle of nowhere to shoot a short brand film for Saint demin. 

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SELFIE (HIGHWAY 1, pt 3)

Glendyn Ivin

I really had to stop myself from taking photos of people taking photos of themselves. I could have spent all my time doing that and nothing else. I really don't get it. 

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TO MORRO (HIGHWAY 1, pt 2)

Glendyn Ivin

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Three giant chimneys drew us off the highway into Morro Bay. The 'three fingers' as they are referred to by locals belong to a disused gas plant that dominates the small harbour town along side the equally impressive Morro Rock.

Was great to watch the light change from late afternoon through till dark. To watch the colours intenisfy and shadows shift. Also had some great fish taco's for dinner!

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categories Photography, Under The Influence, Inspiration

HIGHWAY 1 (pt 1)

Glendyn Ivin

Have spent the last few days road tripping from L.A to San Francisco via Highway 1. Totally. Fucking. Incredible. 

The top photo is the first photo I took on the trip just north of Malibu and the bottom was taken three days later on the approach to Half Moon Bay. I'll put up a bunch of photos from the trip over the next few days /weeks.

(...bummed about the noise in the bottom image. As much as I love Leica cameras, their ISO sucks... even on the latest M240 you still have to absolutley nail the exposure at anything above ISO800 and I just missed it on this occasion... still love the shot though.)

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HAPPY FOURTH!

Glendyn Ivin

My first 4th of July in the U.S was even better than I thought it would be. Nat and I ended up at a friends house in Pasadena where the Rose Bowl hosts one of the larger fireworks displays in L.A. It was a warm and very still night so when the fireworks exploded the smoke just hung in the valley air. This made the whole event even more beautiful. Huge, brightly coloured explosions were continually pumped into the massive cloud, diffusing the lights and explosions on a scale I've never seen before. It looked more like the birth of galaxies than cracker night.  

Driving home across L.A from Pasadena to Venice Beach that night all of L.A was alive with fireworks. Racing along the freeway was like driving through one extended firework display. Stunning. 


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categories Inspiration, Photography, Saturday Night Fever, Under The Influence

LA LA

Glendyn Ivin

Spending a week in L.A then taking a casual drive up north to San Fran and beyond... 

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NEW

Glendyn Ivin

Welcome to the new Hoaxville. A cleaner, bigger and hopefully better place to post my work and other things that I find myself drawn to and under the influence of.

(Importing the old Hoaxville into this new skin has been a bit hit and miss, formatting falls apart here and there...)

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