11.09.2009

love and confusion


a 39 steps dedication to one of my favorite people in the world - who helped come up with the name of the blog on the day of this shoot - we conqured doubt in the midst of the unknown and reminded each other to live or let die. ima miss you boo - until im riding out west with you...:)


xx oo

11.08.2009

researching




steven meisel. duh.



Although the sexual sell, overt and

subliminal, is at a fever pitch in most

advertising, depictions of sex as an

important and potentially profound

human activity are notably absent.

Couples in ads rarely look at each

other. It is a cold and oddly passionless

sex that surrounds us. A sense of joy is

also absent; the models generally look

either hostile or bored. Our culture is

sex-crazed and sex-saturated, but

strangely unerotic.

-Jean Kilbourne








inspirations

ill .
miss. sider when the clock strikes 12.

amazing art direction.



INSIGHT s/s


DIY


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yesterday i walked in a park for 3 hours. During this time we put our hands on the surface of a beautiful old tree for at least 5 minutes, crawled into a fort made naturally from bushes/reeds/sticks and stones, and made believe that there were fairies and lost knowledge in a great forest of illusion - in other words, let the grass in our lungs open our minds to the possibilities of perception that being a child endorsed. imagination before procreation. pure and innocent exploration. curiosity without a mobile to distract your streaming thought. no cameras to judge the moment. only sugar coated eyes and magical feet that take you into the world you create.

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11.07.2009


Fiona Adams

Taylor Wessing

Un tour de Manège from Les Manèges on Vimeo.


11.06.2009

winter.






layout playgrounds.
feed my back.
shot by 39steps / laid by 39steps.
clothing by tania martins, www.shopcarteblanche.ca

counter bricolage



inspiration for digital illustration






11.03.2009


5 ways to avoid homework...

1. clean (unnecessarily)
2. make a complex meal (from the cookbook you havn't opened for a year)
3. write grandma back a letter...and maybe even go mail it
4. go to the gym, (it's something you've been meaning to do)
5. put up a new shelf/curtains whatever you don't have but could

and my solution...drink just one glass of wine..and then another...until your roomates come home and get drunk with you.

i got fever.








The work of...oh yeah, THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES.
hyperlinking adventures.
and my sushi dinner...




11.02.2009

i can't believe i lost my typography work!!



































THIRTY9STEPS
styling by TANIA MARTINS






miss blais taught some editing skills today.
love that betch.




oh yeah, inspiration:









H4LL0W33N







11.01.2009

im so scared

Eight Things From A Sunday.
PHOTO ESSAY BY 39 STEPS




1. "...were you guys smoking in here last night?"
"...yeah in your bed, with you."


2. tired.

3. the morning after a Maggot night
the things you said and dont remember..
"Sarah can we smoke in your room?"
"Court you picked a good roommate cause i don't give a fuck about anything!"
:)


4. perception.


5. breakfastlunchdinner

6. Chats with darcy - life is survival versus exploration - find your balance.

7. These are a necessary for a lazy sunday.



8. get comfortable

now i can post it





woooooah girl





photography/art direction/styling: Thirty9steps
Dawn Lam wears a Pink Cobra dress





10.30.2009

New yorker Cover

after a night of partying...
Digital Illustration for School - 39 STEPS

10.29.2009

dark park









photography by Thirty9Steps

styling by Tania Martins (Pink Cobra/Carte Blanche)





10.27.2009

what are you doing for halloween?

MITTEN KITTEN


my digital illustration for a New Yorker cover:


meow


10.26.2009

holy shit.


Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world's oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean.

also done by Chris Jordan.

Chris Jordan. These birds were all found dead like this after mom and dad flew out to remote areas to get "food" which consisted of plastic bottle caps among other various items of garbarge we've disposed of over the years - all disposed of in their little bellies. without the nutrients needed to survive the birds died -

When i saw the bird all i could think is that in a matter of time our dead bodies wont be too far off...


http://jblyth.com/

morning commute - sunny fall days. bike rides. red leaves. midterms? :(

10.25.2009

sonic is the main man


ahaaa..the things one can find whilst studying.

sleep-deprived


10.24.2009



lets see it...BES T MOVIE OF THE YEARRRR

her arms are huge

10.23.2009

Evan Biddell in color ?






EVAN BIDDELL S/S 2010

in black and white. shot by 39 Steps.







10.22.2009

PINK COBRA


in case you were wondering what we do for fun... here are some photos from the place to party during toronto fashion week. carte blanche celebrated their new pink cobra line, by tania martins. thirty9steps had photos on display!

























i love my typography teacher.
this was a in our powerpoint. amazing

Sam GREEN (no red)




really really cool.and beautiful. try this at home.but first take acid.

did you get one of THESE last night? good.

10.19.2009

fashion as a barometer

of social and cultural changes.




shot by THIRTY9STEPS

...WHAT? I'm studying...


never sleep.


shot by thirty9steps.


I'm gonna give you to the count of three to get your lousy, lieing, low down four flushin carcus out my door...

1, 2,

*gugugugugugug*

merry Christmas ya filthy animal
and a happy new year.

10.15.2009

Femininity & Innocence



THIRTY9STEPS


adriana & aria




rise up rise up rise up rise up