A day in the life of an Irish photographer at Copenhagen Fashion Week

I hop back on the metro to get to the next venue, giving myself just enough time to get there before the show is scheduled to start. However, the shows tend to run late as the day goes on. Since I don’t have an invitation for every show, I mainly shoot street style outside the shows. Street style for me offers more variety in what I can shoot than a runway show does. Depending on what direction I’m shooting in there is more background options on the street than in a show and there is also a bigger variety of outfits to shoot. I tend to look out for outfits that stand out, perhaps a certain detail or design, something I can zoom in on, a brooch or an accessory that pops out. It’s always interesting to see what designs people are wearing.

As the overhead lights went dark and music began to play out through the speakers, the noise from the alluring fashion fans died down and as the first models appeared donning fresh designs for the new year and drenched in spotlights from above, attention quickly went to phones to record and photograph the ongoing fashion show. As the designers and team behind the Rolf Ekroth show finished their bows, the crowds began to disappear as quickly as they had gathered. I head out into the cold Copenhagen evening and make my way to the 2a bus. A fifteen-minute packed out bus ride later I’m hopping on the M3 metro back to my accommodation.

My evenings at Copenhagen Fashion Week are always spent editing and backing up photos to my hard drive, joined by a sourdough pizza and an episode of Seinfeld, respectively. When editing I try not to take too long so that I can get a full night’s sleep. However, my perfectionist attitude always takes over and the hours slip by as I tiredly edit my photographs. After a few hours of editing the tiredness takes over and I head to bed, ready to wake up and do it all over again in the morning.

Photography by Josh Barrett, josshhbarrett.com.