THE DAUGHTERS OF BLACK DAHLIA
Directed by PATRIK ANDERSSON, Starring ALEKSANDRA MARTYNKU, MARIAH BONNER, MARTA MORILLA, MIKAAELA, OLGA A, VALENTINA, VALERIA LEONOVA, ADRIENNE SMITH, MEAGAN LEE FARREL, Fashion Editor JENKE-AHMED TAILLY, Featuring music by HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD.

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The Daughters of Black Dahlia is the unofficial music video for the the song “Black Dahlia” by Hollywood Undead. Merging the genres of fashion and music, this conceptual short was directed by Patrik Andersson. Starring Aleksandra Martynku, Mariah Bonner, Marta Morilla, Mikaela, Olga A, Valentina, Valeria Lenova, Adrienne Smith, and Megan Lee Farrell. Produced in collaboration with Indira Cesarine for XXXX Magazine.

Fashion Editor Jenke-Ahmed Tailly used collections by Alexandre Vauthier Haute Couture, Ann Demeulemeester, Azzedine Alaia, Back to Noise, Baptiste Viry, Blumarine, Chantelle Paris, Dolce & Gabana, Elisa Palomino, Fendi, Guiseppe Zanotti, Isabel Marant, Jantaminiau, John Richmond, Julien Fournie, Limi Feu, Lutz , Marithe Francois Girbaud, Marni, Roger Vivier, Therese Henry, Tsumori Chisato, Vanda Catucci, Walter Steiger, Yohji Yamamoto, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Adding to Dante and Matthew Barney, Patrik Andersson explores the grand themes of life, death and transition in his fast-cut creation myth.  Merging a fashion and music video to a high-art level, he suggests that just as we were born and mothered into this life, so must we be reborn and mothered into the next.  And these are the sexiest mothers that ever visited purgatory, writhing and supplicating, helping souls to find their way, lending their maternity for rebirth into the next world.

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CONTRIBUTER’S BIOS

PATRIK ANDERSSON

www.patrikandersson.com

Born 1964 in Gothenburg Sweden, Patrik Andersson came to New York in his early twenties. His clean style and direct vision caught the attention of international creative directors and fashion stylists. Before long, he was featured in Italian, French and American Vogue, Interview, Harper’s Bazaar, W, The Face, New York Times Magazine and Allure.

Commercial clients have included Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, The Gap, H&M, Sony, Casio, AT&T, Island Records, Disney and DreamWorks.

Throughout his career, Patrik has been capturing memorable moments in politics, music, film, art, and the fashion industry. He photographed a large format close-up of President Clinton for the memorial issues of George, Kate Moss’ first W cover, and when Mick Jagger turned fifty, Patrik shot the celebratory cover image for Esquire.

Working in Los Angeles as well as New York he has been a part of creating the image of celebrities such as Lenny Kravitz, Jennifer Lopez, Muhammad Ali, Kate Hudson, Tobey Maguire, Vanessa Paradis, James Cameron, Oliver Stone, Salman Rushdie, Ray Charles, Orlando Bloom, Ben Stiller, Isabella Rossellini, Francesco Clemente, Alicia Silverstone, Gwyneth Paltrow, REM, Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Bon Jovi, Fiona Apple, Matt Dillon, Mark Wahlberg, Whitney Houstan, Laura Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch and many others.

Patrik has added to his personal work with a book containing 25 years of photography, produced by an award winning design team. The images are from projects with small digital cameras to the giant 20×24 inch color negative contact prints made on a journey that covered America. The book also includes much of the fashion and celebrity portraiture for which he is well known.

In addition to print work, he recently wrote and directed a short-film homage to 60’s style European cinema. The expansion to film has resulted in many new projects with the moving image. They range from straight documentary storytelling and industrials to commercials and experimental ambient mash-ups.

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JENKE-AHMED TAILLY

Jenke Tailly is a stylist, who brings an ethereal and modern feeling to the image. Jenke has co-designed such lines as Anna Molinari and Blumarine, he also styled and conceptualized the Blumarine runway show. This multi-talented individual has always had a love for style, making waves on both sides of the camera. During his modeling career, he was photographed by Annie Leibovitz, and filmed in Requiem For a Dream. Jenke’s career has included being a DJ both for Sting and Drew Barrymore.

Later, he found his way back to fashion, working as the merchandising director for United Colors of Benetton; where he worked directly with Luciano Benetton. His talent began to gain recognition within the industry while he did work for Berliner Magazine. His work has progressed with an ease and elegance, and continues to captivate. Since he has been working with L’Officel Paris , Surface, GQ, Lurve Magazine, 125 magazine, Noise, Chloe Sevigny, Isabelle Adjani. Photographers: Alexei Hay, Todd Cole, Daymion Mardel, Patrik Andersonn, Alexandra Catiere, Giulia Noni, Jordan Donner, and styled a video for Pink Flyod’ Roger Waters.

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HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD

http://www.hollywoodundead.com/

Hollywood Undead’s start was hardly momentous. In 2005, two Los Angeles friends, Deuce and J-Dog, collaborated on a few tracks and decided to post them online. But soon, interest started circulating, prompting the guys to form Hollywood Undead with Charlie Scene, Da Kurlzz, Funny Man and Johnny 3 Tears. Originally, the band also included Shady Jeff, but he left the group before their debut dropped in 2008.

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FEATURED MODELS:

ALEKSANDRA MARTYNKU, MARIAH BONNER, MARTA MORILLA, OLGA ALEXANDROVSKAIA, VALENTINA MURAVLEVA, VALERIA LENOVA, ADRIENNE SMITH AND MEAGHAN LEE FARRELL

All represented by Q Model Management, NY

www.Qmodels.com