EDITORIAL: London Postcodes
By Sepehr Badiei, London Postcodes is an editorial exploring tension, identity and ultimately love as it’s protagonists move between London Postcodes, and the markers of class, desire, migration and belonging that they can carry.
LONDON
W1F 9RP / E8 4HY / SW1X 8DB
I’m always wet
Rain yes
but also you.
London feels raw and temporary at the same time.
It pretends not to see us
We stand too close in the tube
and not close enough in private.
That’s the truth.
When I walk the ground answers.
Splash
Each step spills your name.
We love in motion .
We bruise in silence.
Your hand on me and I feel life rush back
like something forgiven.
Is this love?
Why does it bruise so easily?
But gravity is stubborn.
We are watched by uniforms.
By borders.
By systems that prefer silence.
Separation written into policy.
Will you be taken from my arms?
Sent somewhere my voice cannot reach ?
Erased by paperwork and borders?
The thought sits heavy in my throat.
Heavier than desire.
Heavier than rain.
When will I see you again?
You live far from my heart
because you refuse to move closer.
Spray me like rain.
Hold me like you might lose me.
Let London watch.
“Don't let deranged love rearrange you."
Artist : Sepehr Badiei
Photographer: jakub kierzkowski
Models : abigail sakari
Designers: Sebastien Kwok ShuShu TongVetements Balenciaga Zhaoyi Natacha Marro Karthur Rick Owens Dior
Product: Organic Colour Systems
Retoucher : Elizabeth Derby & Dave Andrew’s
