cool girls

Photographer, Elina Paunimo

xxx Mirjam

underwater

xxx LolaMirjam

fucking idiot

I saw this "street art" today while walking home.

I have been sick for awhile, I lost my voice and got a little flu.

My mood is low in every way. For the first time I really feel lonely. 

Like I have said before, I don't have that many friends here, and mostly those "friends" are more like people I say hi to. I don't feel like they understand me or I understand them. We are just so different so many ways. Or I just have different opinion what is a friend. To me friend is someone who hugs you when you feel down, asks you how are you, accept you the way you are, laugh with you, is nice to you and someone who is real to you and don't pretend.

Right now I don't feel like I can talk to anyone about my feelings etc.

I know that I have known these people only for 9 months but I just don't feel connected with them. Maybe there is something wrong with me, maybe it is my age.

I just feel miserable.

One week more and this year is over, will see what happens after that. 

xxx LolaMirjam

Made Of Paper

I did a shoot at university. I also made these necklaces.

"Made of paper"

"Jewelry has the power to be this one little thing that can make you feel unique."

xxx LolaMirjam

Bonnie and Clyde

Cd-cover

Serge Gainsbourg- Bonnie and Clyde,

Do you know the song?

It is based on an English language poem written by Bonnie Parker herself a few weeks before she and Clyde Barrow were shot, entitled "The Trail's End". The song tells the story of the outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde.

Our photoshoot was based on the song and the singer, and it was all about the hat. We needed to find a hat inspired by the song and the singer.

Serge Gainsbourg loved alcohol, cigarettes and women. He had scandalous life. He was a French singer,songwriter,pianist,film composer, poet, screenwriter, writer, actor and director.

The photoshoot plan was

-Two lovers ((girls)he would have loved that)

-rough look(Serge looked always kind rough)

-black and white images

-alley

-cigarette(Serge always smoked, in every picture)

-HAT

We need to have three images edited.

This project was group project but the editing part was individual.

inspiration picture

Which one is better?

Cd-cover one

Cd-cover two

xxx LolaMirjam

Girl in England

Hey you, 

Greetings from England. I moved here 2 months ago (actually 9.11.2015 was our two month anniversary). 

I moved here because I got in to the university, University for the Creative arts in Rochester. I have dreamed about this for 2 years and finally my portfolio was good enough. 

I live with amazing family, they are like my second family, my English family. 

I love, I mean LOVE my uni, I have never been this inspired and creative as I am now. The university is not easy, I have days when I can´t sleep, think or eat. You have to be creative almost all the time, that is not easy, especailly when we have 10 projects at the same time. Research books, essays, photoshoots, editing and many more things to do.

I am the oldest in my class, but luckily everyone thinks that I am younger. 

I have got a few good friends. I don´t know, I feel like it is really difficult to get to know new people. Maybe it is because of the language. My English is okay but I am struggling a lot, sometimes is hard to understand different accents and some people just talk too fast. But I am learning something new everyday. 

I got a job after one month, as a sales advisor. Hardest part was learning the coins, I know euros but pounds... I still miss my old workmates, being new employee is never easy.

Everything is still exciting and new.

A lot has happened in a short period of time.

Here I am going to write and show images about my projects at uni, my everyday life.

And I am so sorry about my English, I am still learning and that is why I decided to write in English.

Talk to you soon, xxx LolaMirjam