From 2 March - 14 April 2007 Robyn Beeche (Issue Nine) is having a retrospective of her work at the RMIT Gallery in Melbourne, Australia.

Although she’s now based in Vrindavan, northern India, Robyn spent the ’80s in London documenting the creative output of the decade’s stars; Vivienne Westwood, Leigh Bowery, Malcolm McLaren, Mary Quant and many more… She also collaborated with fantastically talented hair and make-up artists on her own creative output. The results, pre Photoshop are remarkable. If you can’t make it to the exhibition, but would love to see more of her images, her website has several galleries of them on display.

Robyn Beeche : Issue Nine : Introduction to interview

Robyn Beeche lives in Vrindavan, northern India, and has done for 14 years. Vrindavan is a town on the site of the original forest of Vrindavana where followers of Hinduism believe that the deity Krishna spent his childhood and later frollicked with the girls and young women of the village. As such it is a place of high religious significance and draws devotees from around the world. Robyn’s renowned skills as a photographer, with which she has documented the inner workings and celebrations of Krishna worship, were honed in London during what must seem to her almost like another lifetime. Robyn spent the best part of the ’80s capturing iconic images of the era’s fashion and personalities. Her collaborations with fashion designers Vivienne Westwood and Zandra Rhodes, musician Malcolm McLaren, performance artists Divine and Leigh Bowery, Mary Quant, and many, many others combine to record a seminal time in London. The National Gallery of Australia has been collecting her work since that time and now has over 50 pieces in its collection, some of which are likely to be exhibited in 2007. While her way of living may have changed dramatically, Robyn’s love of theatricality and her extraordinary commitment to her craft has not… Df

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