Champagne Circus - Helsinki. Atelieri O. Haapala photos!

At the Champagne Circus two phenomenal Finnish photographers; Saara Salmi and Marco Melander aka Atelieri O. Haapala, set up a beautiful vintage circus themed photobooth for audience members and artists to have their portraits snapped in the style of classic (circus) cabinet portraiture!

Atelieri O. Haapala work many public events in Helsinki, and they also do numerous private photoshoots too, here's their website: http://www.ohaapala.com/

Here's some after show shots of myself and the Champagne Circus cast and crew, it was such a relief to stop producing/performing and have a drink and a chat with audience members and friends!

I have put all of the live shots from The Champagne Circus, and the audience portraits on the Champagne Circus Blog; www.champagnecircus.blogspot.com

Atelieri O. Haapala Finland

In September I did a photo shoot with two renowned photographers Saara Salmi, and Marco Melander (Also known as: Atelieri O. Haapala) from Helsinki Finland.
It was a really fun shoot, and I was introduced to the amazing Donnie Darko Score. Bondage is done by Tinttu Henttonen, and once again all images are self styled.

Helsinki Psychorama - 2010 at Korjaamo.

Just got back from spending a week in Helsinki - Finland. It was wonderful, I performed at the Psychorama - Psychobilly and Burlesque festival. It was held in an absolutely fantastic venue called Korjaamo, a cultural hall, city transport museum, theatre, bar, etc...
The festival (including our backstage) was surrounded by the past trams of Helsinki ranging from the 1800s to the 1970s. Some trams were absolutely stunning, combining the practicality of Scandinavian design with ornamental features of almost forgotten eras. 

I performed my Theda Bara inspired fan dance, a Traditional Circus Sideshow and Art Deco inspired fire performance. Also performing was the Finnish Itty Bitty Tease Cabaret. 

I was interviewed by the Finnish newspaper called: Iltalehti, for an upcoming feature on Burlesque, Cabaret and Sideshow. I just hope I didn't sound too spaced out, as I had just come off stage!

Also whilst I was in Finland, I did a photoshoot with the talented Atelieri O. Haapala. A colaboration between the two Finnish photographers, Saara Salmi, and Marco Melander.  http://www.ohaapala.com 
Atelieri O. Haapala toured in various events in Helsinki between 2008-2010 with their portable photo studio. Nearly 900 old-fashioned cabinet portraits were produced for their exhibition at the Finnish Museum of Photography in 2010.