A friend once described photographer Ryan McGinley's work as the “perfect captured moment”. And he pretty much hit the nail on the head. Whether it’s the audience at a Morrissey concert or Kate Moss on a cloud, he has such a beautiful talent for displaying the essence of life in such an effortless manner.

Arguably one of the most important artists emerging in the US, his infamous “Summer Projects”, in which he drives a busload of handpicked kids around the US, armed with a smoke machine, sparklers and some battered sneakers produces some of his most original and inspiring work.

Back when I was 14, I stumbled across "Rage".

For those of you not in Australia, Rage is a late night, all night bare bones music video show. A complete rite of passage for any teenager who either grows out of it, or dedicates their life to it. Screened Friday and Saturday nights on the public broadcast channel ABC, complete with spliced Iggy Pop opening and end credits which havent changed since its inception back in 1987, you are exposed to some of the greatest musicians and video clips you will ever see.

One of my earliest experiences was witnessing the clip for The Saints ground breaking 1977 single "I'm Stranded". From the moment lead singer Chris Bailey flicked his cigarette and hit the mike. That was it. I had never seen anything cooler, and it would begin a lifelong obsession with rock n roll, punk, blues, hip hop, jazz, classical, whatever, that will never go away. Please enjoy.

The recent persecution of both Bill Henson and his work, has helped to illustrate once again, that knee jerk talk back radio can really gain momentum and whip up a frenzy when it wants to.

Bill Henson has been an incredible influence on our work, in terms of both his artworks and his notion of "lost innocence", that potent crossover period from teen to adult, which has woven its way throughout all of our collections.

Over the last couple of weeks we kept going to post something about the sad series of events that continued to unfold, but we believed at some point common sense and intelligence would prevail.

Luckily it has.

Also a special thank you to the moral crusaders who looked set to storm the gates of the Roslyn Oxley Gallery. Just as we were slowly saving our pennies to finally purchase a print, you’ve all helped to send the prices sky high. Oh well, we'll always have our copy of Mnemosyne.