Philip Barbosa shot this great portrait of artist Dave Gillstrap and client at SW1 in 2005. Dave had just finished the cutting on her leg and Phil decided to go for a very intimate pose to show the connection between the two. The photo loses a lot of detail with resizing, but take note of … Continue reading
I met Philip in Toronto, the evening before the first MODCON event. Shannon and I had thrown around the names of plenty of well known photographers to document the event (Joel Peter Witkin was contacted but couldn’t comply with our requests) and the job finally fell into Philip’s capable hands. We were all so goddamn … Continue reading
Photo of Corinna at SW1 by Philip Barbosa. Corinna sat for a grueling all day session at the first SW event in Philadelphia. Her bamboo back piece (which was done primarily by Brian Decker with help from Jesse Villemaire) is one of the most iconic cuttings to come out of the events; quickly becoming an … Continue reading
photo by Philip Barbosa. To my lovely, strange, hilarious impression doing, epic story telling, sweeter than aspartame, knows more about Hinduism than Hindus and more about the Romans than the Romans and your history teacher combined, could charm the pants (habit?) off a nun boyfriend: I (and many others) love you more than the day … Continue reading
I first met Sara shortly after moving to Philadelphia. Brainy, adorable and as sweet as a jellybean. She was photographed at SW1 by Philip Barbosa in what we thought was going to be the next big fashion trend. It turned out we were wrong, but what can you do. Her cutting was done by Luis … Continue reading
Philip Barbosa photographed my friend Lolli at SW1 . The branding on her abdomen was done with a disposable cautery pen and was fully healed when this photo was taken in May of 2005. Healed brands can change a lot over time; the scar tissue will continue to build or break, spreading much thicker than … Continue reading