Benetton MyTime Casting, Johannesburg

I recently travelled back to Johannesburg to shoot the Benetton MyTime street casting. Everything went sportingly well and here is a taste of the madness which ensued.

I have also included a video which I made during the shoot and casting process edited here at Fabrica.

Enjoy

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Backstage at Benetton MyTime casting, Johannesburg from Chris Saunders on Vimeo.

Francesco Novara, Musical Genius

While at Fabrica, I've got to meet some super interesting people and I have tried to document them. Treviso is a quiet town at night with very little happening in the streets, no crime, no traffic, no chaos.

We decided to go into the streets and have some fun one night and do a little promo shoot for Francesco who is a music producer here at Fabrica.

Remember its the middle of winter here and he is wearing a T and jumping into water, madness!

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Benetton MyTime Casting, Venice

A couple of weeks ago I shot a street casting in Venice for Benetton's MyTime campaign. We hit the streets of Venice for 3 days and I have selected my favorites from the shoot.

Have a look.

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Images from Venice & Treviso

Thought I would post some images that I took in last couple of days while traveling between Venice and Treviso, where I now live.

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Benetton Spots

Recently wrote, directed and shot 3 Youtube spots for the new Benetton MyTime Campaign. One of them will be featured on Italian TV soon.

Check them out.

Benetton MyTime Andrea from Chris Saunders on Vimeo.

Benetton MyTime Marcel from Chris Saunders on Vimeo.

Benetton MyTime Dongyoung from Chris Saunders on Vimeo.

The Dark Side of Venice.

Everyone imagines Venice Italy as this perfect postcard, which it is on the island. But when you cross over to the reality, there is a huge industrial sector.

Took this shot while doing some tests for the new Colors magazine. In the background is one of the biggest Aluminum plants in Italy and it is in viewing distance of the Venice we all know.

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Windswept Creatures

I have recently returned to Treviso, Italy to start my year long residency at Fabrica in Italy. On the first nights here I was thinking of the great holiday I had recently experienced in the freestate 'town' of Verkykerskop.

From cows to dogs, it was a fantastic time away from the chaos that is life.

I decided between the staring cows and the jumping dogs they would suffice and make great additions to my photographic blog.

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FHM December

Shot this for FHM's december issue, the idea behind the shoot was about two people are enjoying the summer during the recession, cutting back on spending on an expensive holiday and instead enjoying atop a beautiful Johannesburg rooftop.

Styled by, Kirsty Stoltz

Hair & Make-Up by Liz van der Merwe

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CoCo and Joe

I recently shot this for 'The President' in Cape Town for a publication they produce for Channel O called CoCo & Joe. They made an entire outfit from paper and Richard de Jaager styled it to perfection.

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Styled by Richard De Jager

'The President'

Road Rage!

I was in downtown Johannesburg the other day when two guys had a bumper bashing incident behind me. Being the addicitive snapper that I am, I decided that road rage is one of those things that really upset me in Johannesburg and that I would document.

While shooting, I was standing right on top of the guys having the argument, not once did they notice me while they where so involved.

Road rage is super unnecessary.

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Narcotics Anonymous Commercial, Directing debut

I recently got the opportunity to work with creative directors Brad Reilly (Royal Metropol) & Gareth Paul (Draft FCB) to create & Direct my first solo TV Commercial. With the guidance of Suburban, the production company which is representing me at present and help from the amazing Flic animation as well as many others, this is what we ended up with.

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Its harder to get people to WinC than it looks.

I recently shot the CellC WinC campaign for Morris Jones. Its harder to get people to wink than it looks. Check out the shots with this mail.

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