Mark Greenmantle Photography

Today I printed some recent fashion shots for the first time at a large scale, both as a 30x20inch format and I have to say, I’m wicked happy with the results. Next step will be working out framing options and then you ought to expect to see print sales of the alternative/gothic genre work through Voodoo Lulu.  I’m just started now on designing the front window inserts for the shop as well for branding and can’t wait to have those printed as well. Huge thanks to the wonderful crew at Digilab for their consistently PERFECT prints!  I won’t trust my prints to any other lab.

Violet Vex models for Voodoo Lulu

History Alive is almost upon us, this July 25th and 26th, from 10am till 4pm History seemingly comes alive with some of the most spectacular and accurate warfare re-enactment shows you will catch in Australia.

For its 10th consecutive year, the Queensland Living History Federation (Inc) will present a multi-period re-enactment event… History Alive: a journey through time at Fort Lytton National Park in 2009. See Googlemap.

This time-line event will feature a unique display covering re-enactment and living history groups depicting from the era of Roman Legions through to World War II. History Alive; a journey through time is designed to provide each group with the opportunity to carry out performances, provide living history camps, and to mount recruiting displays.

With participation of QLHF member groups, and many other invitees, History Alive promises to be a spectacular weekend.

The public will once again be able to immerse itself in the the sights and sounds of times gone past – where knights of the holy land can be found alongside the combatants of more recent global conflicts, and skills long forgotten can be rediscovered in presentations of day to day life differing greatly from our more contemporary existance.

Here are some more HA images to wet  your appetite:

Wolfmother are back, with Andrew Stockdale fronting a bigger new line-up of band members, lots of new music and a lot more energy.
I enjoyed the chance to cover their first live gig on Friday night and the energy there was astounding. The atmosphere was intense, with a very excited crowd of 300 packing out the intimate sized Valley studios. The heat was on (and that could also refer to the air-con struggling with the temperature) and Wolfmother delivered a vibrant return that is bound to please. I’m no music writer so I’ll say the rest with pictures.

There are many more shots uploaded to http://greenmantle.biz/wolfmother and the shots are going to be on the Wolfmother site in the next week or two. =)

There’s a trail run of a gothic club called HEX#000000 on tonight at The Globe Theatre on Brunswick Street in the Valley tonight. I’ll be there getting some social shots and portraits done before heading to my usual gig at Club Blink at 299 (also Brunswick St , The Valley). It’s great to see more underground music getting play in Brisbane!

For those of you who have never had to code up a web page, the name of the club refers to the colour black in HTML.

I’ll post up pics either overnight or tomorrow at http://www.greenmantle.biz/HEX/ and as usual, my shots of Club Blink and Club Trash are always uploaded at http://www.greenmantle.biz/BLINK/

I have an exhibition coming up later this year at the Brisbane City Square Library to showcase the varied darker sides of Gothic subculture in Brisbane. This will go hand in hand with a broader look at Brisbane’s goth scene, literature, arts, music, varied fashion and culture. This is being curated by a long time friend and if you have suggestions please leave me a comment or email me mark@greenmantle.biz

Already I have earmarked a few of Brisbane’s better known gothic and horror authors for inclusion. (though a couple of them are yet to know it)

I’m not yet entirely sure which of my pieces I will reprint and frame for the exhibition as I suspect one or two of the projects I am currently planning may be ready in time to be added.

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