First:
Go to Soft Spot on Myspace and listen to the song Half a House!
The two faces above, though one smiles at the camera while the other cheats a slumber, are the very same faces that once stood side by side and mused of adulthood in a bathroom mirror. I applied her lipstick and braided her hair and she sang along to Jewel’s Pieces of Me with a sound far surpassing an adolescent’s mimicry.
We were twelve. We made grandiose wishes and aspirations for our future and whispered them in each others ears with the scarcity of a birthday wish that would vanish if uttered aloud. We believed we could do anything. We counted the days to the moments to the seconds until we would be all grown up and could fast forward to the truly magical parts of our lives.
Sarah the singer and Molly the artist. Eleven years later and we are still side by side, though this time the rouge I apply wasn’t stolen from my mother. This time we are in Montauk, in the wardrobe room of her first music video, and later, while dressing the set, I cannot help but absorb the whimsy of the scene. Stacking mattresses one by one, I build a bed for Sarah to rest upon like the Princess and the Pea and realize that our once distant fairy tale will surely exceed the duration of the shot.
Please grant me the patience to wait for the first edit of this video. I will be sure to post it immediately! Until then, this is the most I can do without spoiling all of the amazing surprises! We have waited our whole lives for this. I think you can make it a few more weeks!
Above, wearing a headpiece made especially for this shoot by the lovely and talented Savannah Wyatt and resting on layer after layer of vintage quilts supplied by Amanda of Really Roseberry Vintage! (as well as the majority of antique props used to dress the set!)
Sarah with her paternal grandmother’s vintage tea set, wearing clothing from Malin Landaeus Vintage Archive.
We decided that you cannot go to Montauk without fulfilling the quintessential romantic-escapade-on-a-bed-of-ice experience. I’ve also added to the list: venturing to the beach at night and brainstorming shots while gazing at the stars.
Below, the amazingly talented and wonderful director and my very dear friend Ryan Dickie, shown on set with a misses Sarah and a mister Bryan. So much love for these three. So much excitement for this project.
And so, so much to unpack.
xoxo
