RADIO:
"In 1962, Marilyn Monroe died...
in 1963 John F. Kennedy was shot...
but in 1964 the world was given a new hope:
a baby-boy was born in the heart of Copenhagen,
and his name was:
PHILLIP MARCO VALLENTIN! "
;-)
Back in the mid '80s, this was how I opened my daily breakfast show, every morning at 07:00, at what was then Copenhagens most listened to local radio: "The Voice".
I played vinyl: 12" maxi singles, albums, and 7" singles, and the music and it's sequence was selected by ME!
Oh man, those where the days...
My opening jingle ("in 1962...") was read by a true legend in radio broadcasting, the man with the deepest voice in the industry: Bill Mitchell .
But my very first radiobroadcast was back in 1973, and was for Danmarks Radios "Børneradio". I was only 9 years old, and with journalist Vibeke Herbert on the backseat (producer Poul Neesgaard was wise enough, NOT to go himself!), I tried to land OY-RYH, a CESSNA 172, at Roskilde Airport, just outside Copenhagen. That day, the wind was peaking at 20 knots, and I had NO fighting chance of getting it right! But it was quite entertaining - and pretty good radio ;-)
DJ'ing:
In 1982, at the age of 16, I began my venture into Club-DJ'ing. This was MANY years before being a DJ had become the pop-phenomena it has become today!
I worked for Juliana's Sound Services LTD and Bacchus International ( - both based in London) and over the years i either played or maintained/serviced, their exclusive nightclubs, typically located at international five star hotels (Sheraton, Hilton, Hyatt, Intercon, etc...) in Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Bodo, Cairo, Damascus, Manama (Bahrain), Dubai, Abu Dahbi (The United Arab Emirates) and Banjul/Bakau (The Gambia) to name but a few.
In 1984 I was pronunced "One of Denmarks three best DJs" by Peter Dupont from the magazine Hi-Fi & elektronik.
A year later, I became second in the national BASF dj-competition, and won a trip to London.
I still spin a few tracks now and again, but my collection is very Old School; I play Jazz-Funk, Soul, and primarily BLACK music from the 80s and 90s. I enjoy executing looong beatmixes, to keep my crowd happy and dancing, and preferres to work with Denon decks.
pre-Photography:
These days I don't do radio any longer: The "art" suddenly disappeared and was replaced by pseudo-random music-programming software ("Neglector"!), that pleases the programe directors, and treats the listeners as a mass of identical fools - unfortunately!
So I changed media - to photography - and I LOVE it ;-)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
I have always enjoyed shooting. It began when I was a kid, with my mums Kodak Instamatic! Then a second-hand Zeiss-Icon, where I developed the B/W rolls in a Patterson tank, and blew up the pictures with an Opemus 6 enlarger. That was good and (almost) clean fun!
I moved on with Canon AE-1, EOS RT, EOS 20D and these days the exciting new EOS 40D.
My first (payed) publication was in July 1985 for the Danish magazine "Ny Elektronik", and was a report from the DIFA trade exhibition in Essen, Germany.
I find Photography a truly fine media. It's got all the ingredients that I like: Girls, cables, gadgets, adrenaline and most important; the posibility of continuing to express myself artistically ;-)
There is also both the technological challenge of getting the f**king computer to work properly (!), and on a human level, the chemistry between myself and the model. I think interpersonal skills are VERY important here, allthough this is almost becomming a thing of the past; in our moderne day society, lies and bullshiting have never EVER been more easy, than with the WWW.
ETXEA ERASMUS EXECUTIVE GUEST SUITES:
In March 2006, at my very first stay at this absolutely unique hotel, I managed to capture a picture of my (then) girlfriends high heeled shoes, while they were sitting in the frame of the "playroom" window. They were a true fetish "classic": a pair of X18's from Mr. Spyrou at The Little Shoe Box" in Islington, North London.
After showing the picture to the two owners of the hotel, P.T.Tobin (Bo) and K.T.Robinson (Kermit), they instantly decided to use it as a promotional postcard, and of the 10.000 cards that were printed and distributed to selected Cafes in Amsterdam, now only very few are left...
The picture/postcard also inspired the French Mélie Mélo to write the erotic BDSM novel: "Le Demande". You may read it HERE
The picture/postcard has also been published in both SKIN TWO (# 56) and LateXtra (# 25), and can also be seen in the latest edition (issue #04) of THE LONDON FETISH MAP
For more info about this quite unique and "kinky" hotel, that has become my FAVORITE Amsterdam residence and location, please check: www.amsterdam37.com
DEMASK:
In May 2006, I was commissioned by Steve English to do a two-day catalogue shoot, with more than 200 items, for the worlds largest Fetish company: DeMask
With more than 2500 shots, this is up to now my most efficient shoot ever!, and the entire crew was an absolute DREAM to work with ;-)
(there are a handfull of behind-the-scenes shots in my gallery)
You may also read Emma Lees story, and see a small gallery at:
WWW.World-of-Rubber.de
MODELS:
During the past year, I have had the pleasure of working with some fantastic people. Some of the international Fetish / Goth / Glamour-models include:
I Am Kip ,
Miss-Suzn ,
The Franpire ,
Synthetique ,
VonLIVID ,
Dame Noire ,
Claudia M ,
Dizzy D/Miss Duveaux ,
Dark Seduction ,
Daisy Dott ,
Viva La Whore
and the awarded German model Saphira Spanks ,
who after our work for DeMask in 2006, now has me listed as her number three favorite photographer ;-)
I have also enjoyed working with the ENERGETIC Set-Dresser Siba Kladic, from Pressure-Corsets ,and the MAGNIFICENT Make-Up Artist and Hair Stylist Louva .
PUBLICATION:
In the last six months, my work have been published in:
SKIN TWO (issue # 56 & # 57),
MARQUIS STYLE ( #01),
DARK SPY MAGAZINE ( issue # 16), and
THE LONDON FETISH MAP ( issue # 4).
In Denmark, my work can be seen on the prined flyer for:
MANIFEST
Please feel free to check my website www.PhillipMarcoVallentin.com for more pictures and info ( - allthough is still "under construction" there are some working links...)
I also shoot "non-erotic" material - Food, Real Estate and Products, but NOT weddings or babies !
OTHER:
I'm a 1% MENSA member (= certified mad!) , and suffers from a moderat degreee of Altocalciphilia .
I don't smoke cigarettes, but enjoy a mild Davidorff
and/or the occasional dose of White Widow / delta9THC :-0
Of liquid substances, I preferre MILLER, "BUDMEISTER" or CRISTAL ( - both the Beer and the Louis Roedere bubles!)
Danish beer, football and politics bore the f**king s**t out of me...
I am an Associate member of The Audio Engineering Society (AES) and is STILL have an idea for a paper entiteled:
"Introducing wind direction/velocity measurements, to fine tune multiple delay towers, in large scale outside PA systems, utilising the Doppler effect"... or somethong like that, if you catch my "DRIFT"!
I hold a CEPT category 1 license (call: OZ4ABP),
and enjoy modifying wideband scanning receivers, like the Icom IC-R7000 and Uniden/Bearcat UBC9000XLT.
PS: This version 1,1 of my profile was originally created on May 15th 2007. Updates will follow pretty i-regulary...
I destroyed my original profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4