Rattex Featured in Haute Couture Photo Shoot

Our sister company and renowned Amsterdam-based fashion photographers, Petrovsky & Ramone (P&R) came to Cape Town earlier this week to shoot a variety of commercial projects. While they were down here, they also took the opportunity to do an haute couture (that’s ‘high fashion’ to you and me) photo shoot in Khayelitsha which featured your boy Rah as well as other members of the Pi-Unit, including myself.

P&R brought their team which included Venus (stylist), Simone (model) a make-up artist and an assistant – and a car-load of clothes. It was one of the hottest days we’ve had in Cape Town in a while, with temperatures reaching 36C. Despite the conditions Simone somehow managed not to pass out despite being heavily made-up, often wearing many layers of clothing and having ‘mud’ and newspaper stuck to her hair.

We helped P&R find five locations to shoot. Everywhere we stopped, crowds of people gathered round to stare (and often laugh) in amazement. After seeing Simone one young boy asked, “Is it a girl?”, wondering whether she was real or a mannequin.

Venus (the stylist) said that she was inspired by the way women in Khayelitsha put their clothes together. She wanted to mirror that in a couture way with her styling of Simone. P&R asked some of these ladies to appear in the photos, which they were happy to do despite being a little embarrassed by all the attention.

We all had a great day and the photographs look amazing. Check out some behind the scenes photos…

The team arrives in Khayelitsha (click for larger image).

Rah, Kritsi and Vux (click for larger image).

Last-minute make-up (click for larger image).

The bed shot (click for larger image).

Watch out for traffic (click for larger image).

Chillin’ at Soso’s while the model changes clothes (click for larger image).

Mini shoot (click for larger image).

Change clothes (click for larger image).

Rah gets his fashion swag on (click for larger image).

Work it! (click for larger image).

Khaltsha couture (click for larger image).

Khaltsha couture (click for larger image).

The last shot (click for larger image).

Check out the full set of photos (107) on Flickr

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Behind the Scenes with Rattex at the Obrigado Shoot

Last week Rattex did an editorial photo shoot for Obrigado, the magazine of our favourite coffee shop, Vida e Caffe.

Obrigado’s editorial and creative director, Georgia Gardner, told us that the theme of the shoot was ‘animals’. We arrived on location (the boxing gym on Harrington Street) and Rattex was immediately interviewed by Miles Keylock. The stylists then got to work on Rah, dressing him as a couture kung-fu rat. It was crazy, but Rah pulled it off with his usually kasi swag.

We’re big fans of Obrigado magazine, the quality of the photography and overall creativity is high grade. You can check out the Rattex editorial in the April edition of Obrigado, available at all Vida e Caffes. Check out some photos…

Harrington Street boxing gym (click photo for larger image).

Rah breaking it down for Miles Keylock (click photo for larger image).

The stylists get busy (click photo for larger image).

Harrington Street boxing gym (click photo for larger image).

Shaolin Rat (click photo for larger image).

Georgia checks the progress (click photo for larger image).

RATtex (click photo for larger image).

That’s how we rrrrrrrrrrrroll!!

New Ben Sharpa / Dplanet Press Shot

Check out the latest press shot of me and Sharpa taken by Anne-Sophie Leens.

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New Ben Sharpa Press Shot

Check out the new press shot of Ben Sharpa by Anne-Sophie Leens…

Feel free to download the high resolution version here.

Sharpaganda! (click for larger image).

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Behind the Scenes at the Ben Sharpa EP Cover Shoot

After a busy week of recording with Ben Sharpa, we just about had time to shoot the cover for his forthcoming EP which will be released in Europe to promote his tour in June.

The concept of the EP cover is that Ben is under surveillance by secretive forces for his anti-establishment views. We created a fictitious journey for him that started in the centre of Cape Town and ended up at the airport, shooting him covertly from various hiding places.

As always, Anne-Sophie directed the shoot and took the photos. She got some great shots so expect another amazing cover.

Here’s some shots from behind the scenes…

The car park shot (click for larger image).

Anne-Sophie shoots Ben (click for larger image).

Watching Ben in the car park (click for larger image).

Posing in the car park (click for larger image).

Watching (click for larger image).

Watching Ben at the airport (click for larger image).

Chilling during the shoot (click for larger image).

That’s how we rrrrrrrrrroll!!