Study in Collage

By PAP Magazine Editorial

Layered contact sheets frame a study in analogue nostalgia, where bucket hats meet striped turtlenecks in a palette lifted from 1970s film archives. A white-crown hat banded in burnt orange pairs with a mustard-and-black horizontal stripe knit, evoking mod sensibility, while a second look introduces a yellow-and-blue check bucket hat set against the plush texture of a forest green fleece jacket. The layout mimics Kodak Portra 400 film borders complete with gold typography and frame markings, preserving the tactile quality of contact-sheet proofing. Each portrait captures subtle shifts in pose and gaze, the neutral studio backdrop allowing the bold colour blocks—orange, mustard, navy, emerald—to command attention. The editorial reads as both pop-art collage and vintage editorial archive, celebrating the material language of film photography.