Family jewels house party // vogue fabrics // 23.10.09

The italian family

Milly McMahon remembers the days of unchecked hedonism and squalor when she lived with a group of Italians in a squat in Hackney Wick.

Party time! nye - 31/12/09

We had a party for New Year and now our warehouse stinks of sick and booze. Here are some pictures

Pissed halloween // house party // 30.10.09

On Halloween night I packed myself into the guitar player of Pissed to the Eye’s tiny 2nd floor apartment with too many drunk kids in bad costumes to count. Here’s some photos of what happened and an interview with the singer of my favourite band to get drunk with.

Portrait of an american family

Bet you’ve not got one of these hanging above your fireplace.

• Late twenties
  That party was fuckin sick! Felt at home for once. Too bad I had to leave to open up a squat in the early morn.
  
  Adele, I thought you lived in New York? I'm confused :(
• Adèle Austin
  Oh! I do, but I've been sent here to study (long story), and agreed on 'fucking sick', good call!
• Late twenties
  Even seeing Bob be all superstar DJ was quite endearing+ it's a rare occurence to find cute mid-twenties girls who look cool, smart, but don't give a fuck at the same time. Oh heaven.
• Name
  god the house party photos on platform are always shit.
  
  i've taken better photos and i, unlike you, have never and will never claim to be any form of photographer.
• Adèle Austin
  Sorry you're disappointed, I'll try and aim higher to your liking next time, just for you, yeah? xx
• Name
  sorry for the harsh critique, sarcastic.
  
  but really. as a photographer, should you not aim to take pictures that capture something that people aspire to, are inspired by?
  maybe these photos will conjure 'nostalgia' for those who were at it, so if that was your aim, well done, you aimed low and probably achieved it.
  
  the comments above seem to be very positive; if you aimed to show what a 'fucking sick' party this apparantly was, you've failed.
  
  unless boring is your style.
• Adèle Austin
  The real upset for me is that you say I claim to be a 'photographer' and then slant me for it, when in reality I'm just really into pushing the shutter button on cameras.That's a world of difference in itself, homie.
  I'm just really confused by what exactly you were looking for. I don't get 'abstract', I don't go to art school. I'm shit at concepts, what do you want from meeee?!? *weeps*.
  
  I'm not being sarcastic (honestly), but can you send me a flickr link or something?
• Elizabeth Sankey
  :( adele's the best.
• Jules
  If you have fun at a party are you honestly going to be worrying about getting good pictures? Actually if you have fun at a party your pictures are probably going to be sideways shots of your pocket, and someone's nuts from when you left your camera on the table.
• Adèle Austin
  THANK YOU.