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ROKKSTAR GETS A GIG

Postby wendellt on Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:56 am

Our very own Rockster Rokkstar Matt Bonnington got his work accepted and published in Cream magazine issue #35

His got several nice spreads with his sexy smokin' images gracing the glossy pages

this issue is hot and this is matt's first published break in a great fashion mag

congratulations to the man and not to the g-string

fans get out there and get the mag

matt's in the photographic contributers list
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one of the pages
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Postby xerubus on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:00 am

awesome stuff! well done mate...

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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:04 am

Wendell thanks for the heads up!

Matt B, congratulations and I hope this is just the start, with your great studio work and self portraits It's only a matter of time before your featured again.
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Postby moggy on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:08 am

Great work guys, it's great to see you both in print. :wink:

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Postby Alex on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:15 am

Excellent! Well done, Matt.
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Postby cordy on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:21 am

Way to go!
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Postby Mal on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:29 am

Fantasitc work, I'm off to the newsagents to buy a copy. Not that I have any idea what this magazine is about. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:35 am

Smokeeeeng :)
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Postby Paul on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:44 am

Well done Matt! :D
The images aren't my cup of tea but I can appreciate the effort and skill you've imputed to these images.
Keep up the good work :)
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Re: ROKKSTAR GETS A GIG

Postby gstark on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:57 am

Congratulations Matt. Well done.

Wendell ... small point of order:

wendellt wrote:great fashion mag


No such thing.

:)
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Postby Glen on Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:03 am

Well done Matt, very smart images
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Postby stubbsy on Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:17 am

Matt

Congratulations on getting some more mainstream recognition of your talent.
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Postby BBJ on Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:24 pm

Matt, well done mate, good to see all your work is getting some recognition this way, i liked the smoke shots and was well done, good onya mate.
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Postby Manta on Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:27 pm

Love the shots Matt and congrats on the gig.

Now...how does he do a shot like that??? :shock:
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Postby leek on Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:54 pm

Well done mate... Must be a thrill :lol:
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Postby Raskill on Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:05 pm

Very impressive, who said smoking was bad for you! :D

Great to see members getting published! Well done.
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Postby rokkstar on Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:43 pm

Thanks guys.
I can't believe they ended up using 11 of my shots - 1 a cracking full a3 page. Looks awesome. Wendell did the typography for the issue too.

It was pretty cool picking it up in the store and wanting to show everyone :D.
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Postby huynhie on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:14 pm

Great to hear Rokkstar, you have done well!
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Postby marcotrov on Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:46 pm

Congratulations Matt on a well deserved recognition of your dedication and commitment to your art. It's always thrilling to see one of our own collect accolades and have their work published:)
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