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unflattering) lighting conditions. I think it gives you a
different sense of yourself.
It has made me realize, too, how open to perception
any two dimensional image is. I could look at 10 dif-
ferent photographs of me and see myself look like 10
different people... Yet all of them are accurate. I find
that interesting.
nearly all that matters, if there is nothing real to photograph, then there is nothing.
When I find a photographer who is willing to be unpre-
pared and who can surrender to the scenario, one who
understands that window light and a wall is all we need
and that it doesn’t really matter what, if anything, I’m
wearing, well... that’s why I do this.
What is the most common trait you see in talented
What would be the most important piece of advice
An understanding that the moment which exists when
I think that honing in on what makes you unique will
photographers?
they click the shutter matters more than their equipment.
One thing that I find challenging as a model is seeing so many potentially wonderful photographers who,
in my opinion, over-think the creative process; seeing
art as a mathematical equation and overlooking the in-
tegrity of the moment they’re seeking to capture while
they’re calculating the answer; believing it needs to
be difficult to be good. I’m certain that the moment is
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you’d give other models?
help you get to you where you want to be and will save
you a lot of frustration along the way. No one else in
the world looks or emotes just the way that you do, so
working out how best to celebrate what is really at the
core of you is a much better use of energy than trying
to replicate another model’s work or style. In my own
experience, self-exploration is very much synonymous
with the type of artistic exp