Destinie Paige's work explores the unseen beauty in the everyday experiences of women and people of colour. Using photography, film, set design her imagery has a trademark use of rich colours and elaborate staging that playfully blend inspirations from cinema and fashion to redefine the picture of black culture and femininity.
Projects
- BLK BXY JOY - EXHIBITION TALK.Time:5PM-7PM Join Photofusion and New Waves for a special livestream from the BLK BXY JOY Exhibition. The free and online broadcast from the gallery will feature the exhibitions curator @onlydestt who will be in conversation with Photographer @dhagren and Creative Director @daliadias. Along with artists from the show, they will be speaking about curating the black experience, finding beauty in their work and how they hustle through the industry. Featured Artists @shooter_terns @ryanadrianprinc
- Sola - The Score (Live Stripped Version)Opening the track on the piano herself, Sola’s remarkable and honest lyrics have a tangible burning anger at how little has changed in society as she contemplates the fragility of life, brutality against black people and the violation of women. Instrumentalists Moses Boyd on drums, Raven Bush on strings and Ife Ogunjobi (Ezra Collective) on trumpet feature as the track progresses from its striking opening. Director - Destinie Paige Producer - Connie Shea DOP - Amy Reid 1st AC - Nick Bourdeaux
- SOLA - FEELS LIKE A WAR (MUSIC VIDEO)Director - Destinie Paige Creative Directors - Destinie Paige and Sola Producer - Connie Shea DOP - Amy Reid Camera Op - Nick Bourdeaux 1st AD - Hal Hockney Gaffer - Adam Trzcinski Spark - George Greenwood 1st AC - Scarlett Gardner Camera Trainee - Blue Borley BTS Photographer - Holly McCandless-Desmond Runner - Grace Macinnes Production Designer - Sarah Fletcher Art Assistant - Sam Head Art Assistant - Daniel Jesty Stylist - Tiyana Henriques MUA - Isabel Seo Editor - Oscar Carter DIT - Matthe
- Just Remember This - With Angel.This series reflects the type of lifestyle I wish to have, the type of attention I temporarily crave from time to time. So I chose to grab inspiration from the 70s and use this as a foundation to set this whole series back in the 70s. Let’s truly get rid of problems that had been witnessed within the 70s, but instead relish in the good, in the exciting, in the beauty and in the sexuality of the 70s. I am creating a world where there was nothing but excitement, beauty, and riches. Forget everythi
- TO OUR BLACK BROTHERS - a visual narrative.Filmed & edited by myself - Destinie Girigari. a visual narrative exploring the unfairness towards black boys/men with our society, a project of appreciation for our black brothers in order of appearance JEREMIAH AKINDELE NANA ODURO JAY KRIMZZ narration ELIZABETH BERNASKO creative director JANNINE NGESANG cinematographer + editor DESTINIE GIRIGARI [Myself]
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Projects credited in
- COME ON IN LIFE JOURNEYS: Loughborough FarmIn 2019 T.S Eliot prize winning poet and musician Anthony Joseph, and composer Adam Walters met with volunteers from Loughborough Farm in Lambeth. Their interviews have been transformed into song-poems elevating the everyday to the wondrous through their evocative words and music. After COVID disruption of our planned tour, in 2022, StrongBack Productions and Speaking Volumes brought on film director Destinie Paige to re-imagine this collection of song poems.
- Sola - The Score (Live Stripped Version)Opening the track on the piano herself, Sola’s remarkable and honest lyrics have a tangible burning anger at how little has changed in society as she contemplates the fragility of life, brutality against black people and the violation of women. Instrumentalists Moses Boyd on drums, Raven Bush on strings and Ife Ogunjobi (Ezra Collective) on trumpet feature as the track progresses from its striking opening. Director - Destinie Paige Producer - Connie Shea DOP - Amy Reid 1st AC - Nick Bourdeaux
- Destiny had a childAn editorial paying homage to Y2K fashion and Tina knowle's dressmaking through the 2000s. Creative direction by Kenya Lendo Photography by Destinie Paige Styling and garments by Kenya Lendo Make up by Jacinta Adolini Published by Guap Magazine: https://guap.co.uk/editorial-destiny-had-a-child-by-kenya-lendo/
- Mnelia - SenselessLondon, UK. March 2021. Direction and Edit for Mnelia’s latest single Senseless. wonderlandmagazine.com/2021/03/16/new-noise-mnelia-senseless/ Directed By Terry Paul Produced By Meghan Willcox DOP - Fola Abatan 1st AD - Yasmin Godo 1st AC - Ethan Lewis 2nd AC - Cameron Seal Gaffer - Joe Nkadi Spark - Mihail Panov Art Director - Destinie Paige Art Assistant - Cqimere Girigari MUA - Princess Oyewo Hair - Evanne Alarnah Styling - Rhiannon Isabel Styling Assistant - Rhiannon Lagden Starring - Jenn
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Work history
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DirectorFuture Bounce Label
- London, United KingdomFreelance
x2 Music videos directed for artist. - Sola.
Production DesignerChannel 4
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Pleased to announce that as part of @Channel4 #BlackToFront project, #aoi has produced a film for @lutimedia. Created by the dynamic duo that is @onetrueneville and @kevinmorosky.
Directed by the magical Mr @kevinmorosky and features some of the beautiful black employees of @HSBC_UK, @Tesco and @DirectLine.
Tune in at 9.13 tonight during #Gogglebox! #C4BlackAndProud
Skills
- Photography
- Creative Direction
- Film Directing
- Cinematography
- Editor Film
- Creative Storytelling
- Storytelling
- Adobe Photoshop
- Fashion Concept
- Fashion Photography
Education
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UndergraduateRavensbourne University
London, United Kingdom
I study Digital Film Production.