Clothing label Raven are purveyors of all things dark and alternative, but then with gothic styling making a revival into high fashion, dark and alternative are two qualities in strong demand. To shoot pieces from Raven’s autumn 2013 collection, Peter Coulson was certifiably the man for the job, pairing up with model Rebecca again and turning her into something of a raven-haired Alice in a…

Photographer Peter Coulson makes light and shadow work so hard for him, and in so many different ways, that you start to wonder if he pays them overtime. A simple black and white portrait of a model is rarely simple with Coulson: like this shoot of Anne Duffy that feels more like an artful experiment in making shadow and light battle it out. Sometimes light…

There is one word that seems to bear to mind when first glancing Rebecca Pead in this photo shoot: dark. But darkness in how many forms? Mysterious, shady, iniquitous, clandestine, dusky, haunted, doleful. From the notions of sinfulness and dark intent to hidden thoughts and an enigmatic nature Peter Coulson manages to capture a mood and thought that appeals to the darker side of life.

Peter Coulson’s shoot Bois Flotte brought out the drama of nature at its best: sands stretching in every direction, foreboding clouds filling the skies above. In this accompanying video you get an even better sense of the beauty of the Sandy Point location, and of the Vergara outfits featured in the shoot.

The sea has a funny way of returning things to shore when it’s done with them. Like the 28,800 bath toys that spilled into the sea in 1992 and were still found washing up on shores around the world over a decade later (the dispersed army of adorable, unsinkable yellow rubber duckies inspiring – amoung other things – a 416 page book) or the 80,000…

These are not your regular gowns or accessories, bursting as they are with oceanic references and bordering as they are on wearable art. Handmade in Melbourne by Couture Inq, the tasselled bunches of phosphorescent white or teal are like sea anemones that have been plucked from their watery home. Strands of beads are coral coloured or made to look like black pearls. The whole collection,…

Half obscured by a curtain of raven black hair, Peter Coulson‘s model Anne Duffy looks equal parts Snow White and Evil Queen. It’s a series of unfussy black and white portraits that focus on contrasts, and raw energy. Clothed in a black sheer knit by sustainable fashion label Urbandon, Duffy could quite easily slip into the Gothic subplot of the season.

If you saw Peter Coulson‘s Night On The Town shoot for Bellechasse lingerie, one of the questions that might have flitted through your mind was the question of how it was shot. Or more to the point, of how daring model Teisha Lowry must be to pose in the middle of a busy city in nothing but lingerie and heels. This fun behind-the-scenes video will…

Put a fashion shoot on a naval ship, and you’d probably expect a barrage of nautical cliches. But there are no blue and white stripes or brass buttons on Peter Coulson‘s latest shoot. Set against the dramatic backdrop of rolling clouds and the HMAS Williamstown‘s decks, Coulson’s shoot instead contrasts chubby fur coats against long bare legs. Styled by Aaron Love, the furs may not…

This is not the first time Teisha Lowry has ventured through Melbourne’s streets wearing nothing but undergarments. Last time it was in the bright light of day. This time after nightfall. Both times the adventurous campaign was captured by the lens of Peter Coulson. Both created for Bellechasse lingerie, the shoots aren’t just about a beautiful model wearing beautiful lingerie; they’re about confidence and daring…