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MARK SINGERMAN Mark Singerman is a professional photographer from the United States. We spoke to Mark about photography, family, faith and all of the things in between in a fascinating interview.
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With a large following like yours, how do you keep up with all of the comments and interactions?
I mean it is a task, but it is something that I care about a lot. So, I guess there is a reason behind it, but I always set aside time every day to engage with people. I have a block of around an hour, where no matter how busy I get, no matter what obligations I have, I always leave one hour to spend with my followers on Instagram, in some way. That’s nice to hear that because I imagine that a lot of people when they get to your status, can be in a position where they can be dismissive of that kind of thing?
I think it’s a little bit of why I’m not that way and never will be because of the way I was raised in one part and in another part is that because it took me so long and through so much work to get here. It’s not
like an overnight type of success. So, I really do understand the struggle of not having any followers or any clients but wanting them and wishing I had them and then working really hard to kind of give people a reason to follow me instead of begging for people to follow me or expecting people to follow me or what not. I definitely get the sense that if you feel like someone is going to respond to you, you’re probably going to be 80% more likely to type that comment or send that message. What a lot of people find is that even when I don’t answer comments or something, the community that we have on my page is so kind and so strong and supportive is that they will often get responses by another person, and they will often end up meeting each other and chatting and following each other, and then they’re kind of friends and stuff.
I always set aside time every day to engage with people.
So you’ve a little community of your own where they connect with one another?
It must be satisfying to know that, intentionally or not, you brought those people together?
Right. I don’t know that I created it, but I definitely facilitated it. I give people the incentive to do it. Look, come to the live stream, talk to people. I’m always thinking of new ways to get people talking o each other instead of just me. One night I was playing my guitar sat on my bed which I do a lot and I was like, you know what, I’m just going to go live, and I’m just going to keep playing like I usually do, you know, jamming out in my bed and like the lights were all off, so it was like pitch black, and no one can see anything, and I put this comment that said; ‘I’m jamming in the dark, talk amongst yourselves’ And then everybody, it was like the old AOL chatrooms when the internet first came out. Everybody was just chatting like ‘where you from?’ ‘what do you do?’ ‘what’s your name?’ and like blah blah blah. And it reminded me very much of that. And a lot of people messaged me after that live stream saying this was the most awesome live stream that they’ve ever been in, I met new people, I was listening to cool music, and it was just this fun little, like please do this every night. People wanted me to keep doing it.
It does make me happy. I feel like the world is in such discord emotionally, politically, ideologically and philosophically. I understand a lot of that, but one of the things that I really find to be the root of a lot of that discord is that people don’t have a stable family to call their own, most of the time because there are a lot of broken families, broken homes, broken relationships. Not raised with father figures or mother figures and their lives to kind of tell them. I feel like there is a lot of that happening that no one talks about. At least in my life that’s what happened, I come from a broken home and I realised really early on that family is so important and that it doesn’t need to be your blood to be family. A lot of time we create our own families, but when we don’t have someone that cares about the family unit leading the family unit, it becomes wildly inefficient. I mean whatever the family looks like is sort of like what the country is going to look like. So for me, I’ve always found that to be a pivotal problem in the world is just the way families are, and I wanted to create a place where people who don’t feel like they can talk to their parents or brothers and sisters. They can come and feel safe and even talk to new people who aren’t really going through, castigate them or demean them, they’re not going to pejorative. They’re going to just be friends and talk
about things they have in common. They’re going to be able to express their differences without fighting or hating one another. I felt like, in order to for me to facilitate that sort of community, I had to start it myself by acting the way I want people to act and then I figured that anyone thinking this is a good thing will latch on and follow it so. There are a lot of statistics that show how, especially in first world countries, that where there is discord in the home that there is a lot of problems that come, that arise in a child that as they grow older could be avoided if people could just work out their problems in a healthy open way instead of giving up on a lot of their problems. I try and kind of be there as much as I can. I mean, obviously, no one is perfect but I feel like if I didn’t even try, I would have felt like my business on Instagram would be sort of pointless. If all I’m doing is shooting some photos and posting them, I feel that in itself to be a very (indecipherable) thing. It’s a beautiful art. I mean, it’s art. It is something I want to make a living on so I make it a business, of course, but beyond that I feel there is this whole world that you lose out on if you think of yourself as just one thing. Like I am a photographer and I consider myself a photographer but I’m also a musician and I’m also a writer and I’m also a lot of different things and I’m like, you know what? I just want to share those different things with people and let them know that you can do lots of
different things and you can enjoy lots of things that life has to offer as long as you are working really hard and you are loving other people. I feel like that’s really something that it’s easy to say yeah that’s great, that’s amazing, good for you, that’s a great message, but it’s another thing to live it out and expect other people to live it out. Put that application on other people and I think that that is what family does. It inspires you and it admoneres you when you are wrong and I think that people need that trust before you can get to that point where you can say that they are wrong about something and they should change the way that they’re doing something. That’s the kind of thing that I like in life anyway, I feel that life is better and richer and deeper when you have those types of connections, instead of those little surface connections where you are like ‘everything you do is perfect, I wish I was like you and you’re so good at this and you’re so good at that and blah, blah, blah’. I’m like, I appreciate those kind words, but no I’m not. It’s harder as you grow. In terms for me, one of the things I don’t see here a lot of people talk about it but as you grow your audience you need to kind of, I mean, this is my opinion, obviously this is all just my opinion but it is sort of universally true but I think is why you see certain really famous people collapsing under the weight of their own fame is because as you get more and more popular and
more and more successful now you are not as willing to take risks and put yourself out there, because if you do, everyone sees the failure. That’s a very trapping sort of feeling, but if you can, if you can be a thoughtful person and live your life intentionally and make mistakes and be ok with them and not listen to the people who misinterpret what you are doing or saying and twisting it to their own agenda like they always want to, then you’re going to be really healthy no matter what you do, or no matter how much you succeed or don’t succeed, you’re going to keep growing as a person and you’re going to inspire other people to kind of do the same thing and not be afraid to fail in front of other people. So, that’s one of the feelings that I started to feel like, man, I don’t want to go experimenting as much and post some really crappy looking photo. What if a post it and it’s not perfect, I just don’t want to. I decided early on that I don’t ever want to be worried of that. I’m just going to post the things that I think are cool and the times that I think they’re cool and I hope that in ten years, I will look back and go, man what was I thinking that sucks. Because it means I’m growing, you know? So, tell us a little bit about yourself and why photography is important to you?
So I kind of started photography in 2007. That is when I got my first DSLR camera. At that time, I always refer back to that time, even though I feel I’ve gone through different stages of being a photographer and what it means to me. I still look back to the beginning as why did I start and why did I even pick up a camera? And my best explanation that I can come up with is that I remember being obsessed with remembering every moment of my life and never wanting to forget anything. I wanted to be 95 years old on my deathbed, and I wanted to be able to look at my life on a timeline and say ‘man, I remember every single day and I didn’t forget one single day because I always have like movie stubs or photos or letters or anything. I used to save like everything. I would write on the back of my movie tickets, if I go to the movies and I would write, I still do it, but I would write ‘MMM’ which is most memorable moment, so is on that day at the movies, whatever I remember most about that day I’m going to write it in like five words or ten words on the back of this movie ticket and then I’d throw it in this drawer and at the end of my life I’m going to be able to look back at all these cool things that I did and I would have never of remembered without writing it down kind of thing. So I was already doing that sort of stuff, and I ended up getting a camera for sort of nostalgic reasons. Like I just want to remember things and every moment when you’re like 19 years old seems to be so poignant and important even though most of it is mundane. It’s just that you are in the inspirational period of your life and that’s why I wanted a camera to remember things and then I also went through a stage later of… At that point, I didn’t consider myself a photographer. So, part of it depends on your definition of a photographer but when I actually felt like I was really a photographer might have been when I started to get paid for shoots. With that, it’s much less of an interesting answer. Like, well I became a photographer when I could make a living off of it.
Maybe the right question is why did you pick up a camera?
Right. It’s a nuanced definition but yeah I think that’s what you are trying to ask and that’s what I would say. I’m a nostalgic person who has a sticky heart, I call it because I latch on to things emotionally in my life. Whether it’s a particular moment of the day or a particular sunset or a particular song or the sound of someone’s voice that I just met. I just latch on to different things, and I find them, you know, intriguing. I feel like a camera is a visual way to remember that. I see beauty, hear beauty. I’m constantly taking in things that I find amazing in the world, and that’s one of the reasons I started doing music, learning how to play the guitar, how to sing, writing songs, writing films, writing scripts, creating stories. Anything that I can get my hands on that makes me appreciate life, I do it. What was it that first got you interested?
I mean if you are looking for a particular moment, the closest I could say that I was in a band at the time, around 2005-2009. I was in this band in high school. We are like a pop-punk band and kind of like Boys Like Girls, or Paramore, or Panic! At The Disco, we were kind of that genre. We were always doing photo shoots for promotional stuff like our MySpace page or our album cover or whatever. While my bandmates were, in between photos joking around and the photographer would switch out lenses, I would ask him like ‘how does that work?’ ‘How does that camera work?’ ‘Like, what does it do?’ ‘What is that lens you’re putting on?’ I would just like bug the photographer. I’m kind of that kind of person anyway. I mean, I ask a lot of questions, I’m curious about everything. So I’m always asking questions, and the photographer is like telling me more and more about it. I was listening to the sounds of the shutter, and that was one of those sounds that was like; ‘man, I like that sound’. It’s so satisfying. Wow. He couldn’t direct me because I was like staring at the camera like intrigued, you know? So you must pay attention, pose this way, pose that way and I’m like ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’ but that’s cool So you were having a really inspiring moment, and he was just like ‘come on, I want to do my job.’ Yeah. It was was weird because you grow up and you always know what a camera is put when its right in front of you and you’re seeing it work and you’re seeing results. That’s totally different. It’s a different experience. It was like seeing something old with new eyes. So that’s one of the things that got me interested in actually asking my parents for a camera. Do you think that, if you were born ten years later, when cameras were all on phones, and were more oversaturated like they are now, do you think you still would have had the same level of intrigue?
Yeah I do because when I was getting into cameras, and they weren’t on phones, but they were super small and portable at the time. Like you can get a ‘point and shoot’ camera that fits in the palm of your hand even in 2007. Even back then, you were having older photographers asking the same questions you’re asking now. Except the context was, you don’t even have to develop the film, how can you say you’re a photographer? So yeah, I do think that humans are pretty universal in our experience but the human condition is pretty universal, we all go through phases of curiosity
and exploration and inspiration and really what it is is a search for who I am. Who am I? You know what I mean? I think, if it wasn’t going to be cameras for me, it was going to be something because that’s just the kind of person that I am. So, who or what are your main sources of inspiration?
To be honest, my main source of inspiration… I’m a Christian, so my main source of inspiration is my faith. That’s something that I’ve always kind of just had in me. I feel like, appreciating the world becomes so much more direct and intentional when I have the camera in my hand, and I’m able to capture the world that I see around me. I look at it that God created, and I’m just so intrigued by that. And not just the world, not just a landscape but like people in general. I mean, when I meet a new person, whether I’m photographing them or not, it’s like a really cool experience, because they have their own brain and all these thoughts and free will and history and decisions they’ve made and choices they’ve made, and I find people intriguing. So capturing portrait kind of makes it. It’s like I’m able to wrap a bow on this person and give it to the world as a gift in the photo. So my inspiration comes from my faith. I read the bible often and what I see when I read the bible is stories of people. So that’s my main source of inspiration. But honestly? I’m inspired by everything. I get inspired by, I’ll watch a film, and one line from one character just gives me an idea, and I’ll be like ‘oh man, that’s so cool’ and then it will give me another idea and another idea. I go down this daisy chain of ideas, and I’m like, I’ll finally write the last one down, and then I’ll be like ‘oh that makes a cool photo’. In general, like a general driving force of what inspires me to wake up and work hard and put my best effort into everything I do, that would be my faith. Specific instances of inspiration come from all different types of things from music, movies, friendship, literally everything. Literally, just random shapes will inspire me to think of something new. Like a shape or colour, nothing specific. I’m sort of like this weird thing that will just soak up anything that’s happening to it and anything that has potential material for me to use. So in terms of your faith, is that something you were raised with or found for yourself?
For me, it was a combination of multiple things. I was raised to go to church. I was raised in a Christian home. Then I went through a phase where my family split apart like I told you I had this horrible kind of breaking apart of my family due to certain decisions that my mom made, then my sister made and so anyway. The family unit, which was like my foundation, my rock, and everything like that gets taken away from me. Now I’m left asking myself ‘what’s the point of anything?’ ‘why go to school?’ ‘Why get good grades?’ ‘what does it matter in the end, we are all going to die?’ I came to that nihilism where what does it matter anyway. Is there any meaning to anything? It is sort of like an existential crisis where who am I without these things that I care about and that was when I really went into my, I sort of in my heart left that faith because I never really had any connection to it, it was just something that I did and believed in, the same way any kid believes what their parents tell them. The way I am as a person is that that’s not satisfying to me a person when I confront it. I need an answer as to why I believe in something or why I don’t believe in something. So for me, I decided I’m going to
figure out what I believe, and I don’t know, at the moment know what it is, but I want to figure it out. So I went on a spree of reading any books on religion and philosophy that I could get my hands on for like the next ten years. And I’d say from 14 to 24 I wrestled with this and ultimately found such clarity in certain words from certain Christian philosophers that made it, this makes sense. There are certain things I cannot deny anymore. I can’t rely on scepticism as a means to mask my ignorance. Which is what I feel is like a lot of sceptics do, because I was that way too. I was like ‘well I’m sceptical’, and I thought that made me smart but really, that doesn’t necessarily make you smart, it makes you sceptical, not know one way or the other.You’re ok with not knowing, but you want to know so… A healthy level of scepticism is very important, but when you’re a sceptic where you’re sceptical of everything and anything for the sake of being sceptical then I find that to be a very self-defeating philosophy. So I didn’t want to do that. I really was looking for answers, and then that’s when I started to find them. It sounds like you went on quite a spiritual journey for a while there That is definitely what I went through. I had no intention of not finding an answer. I figured if I could read everything I could get my hands on, and listen to every lecture and pay attention to this stuff. If I don’t have an answer at the end of this sort of stuff then I feel like you’re just left with that question are you going to take this on faith or are you going to need evidence for everything? I got to the point where it was like you’re just going to have to take it on faith, but I have enough evidence for where this makes sense to me, and I am fully willing to put faith into it. That’s when my whole life changed. Ever since everything changed from there. What do you look for in a model when you are planning a portrait session?
You know, it’s funny because I had to ask myself that question because I don’t have an idea in my head beforehand. When I see it, that’s when I found it. One of the ways was thinking about that in my own time I was wondering how I would answer the question, so I started looking at people I’ve reached out to to shoot photos and stuff and was I thinking anything common. Like if I put every model I’ve shot in a Venn diagram, is there a centre? Is there some common factor that they all share? That made me want to shoot with them. And there wasn’t really. It was like in the moment. So, I didn’t see anything common in every model. I look for personality traits like they care about the work. If I feel like someone is too shallow or too rapid, that’s an immediate turn off for me personally. I feel like I don’t really want to work with someone that is going to be an arguist in the process. If you are looking for like physical beauty, there’s plenty of people that are models in the world. I guess one of the things that I like is when I get to connect with a person and be friends with them and have a good working relationship would be fine, but in terms of physical attributes, maybe one of the things I look for is someone with a sort of effortless beauty. Something that it doesn’t look like their trying is what I’m attracted to. So that’s kind of, whatever form that takes or whatever inspires me I look for something that is a little bit effortless and they carry themselves with dignity and poise in a way but still ethereal I would say.
What’s been your favourite photography project to work on so far?
It was the Heather Parson project (See pages 4 and 5). It showed me what I’m made of; it proved to me what I’m made of. I don’t think its greatest photo in the world, but for me, it’s my favourite that I’ve taken. Because it not only took a lot of work but it came out pretty close to what I had planned. So I proved to myself, even though I don’t know how to do this thing, I proved to myself that I can figure it out, problem solve. I can figure it out, it proved to me that I have the ability that I never knew I had. I said to myself, I don’t like the fact that these ideas scare the crap out of me, thinking about shooting this scares me because I don’t know what I’m doing and I hated that feeling. I don’t like not knowing how to do something that I want to do. So I spent about a week planning it, a couple of days building the costumer, a full day shooting it kind of and then 40 hours editing it in time to post for Halloween. It was a process. That was literally just something that I wanted to do, just to push my creativity and prove to myself that I could do it. I was fully willing to fail, and I think it cost me like $800 just to get it all done. Is there a particular model that you work with more regularly than others? One that you tend to sort of vibe off?
I probably should, but I don’t. I guess I don’t. I feel that whoever I end up marrying will be that person that I’m always intrigued by. Everything else is just a search for that. Not necessarily that’s what
I’m looking for… Whatever intriguing quality I’m looking for in a muse. This would be something that I’d want to be around more. But honestly, I don’t really look for anything that would be a particular muse. I’m not like who can I shoot all the time. There’s some that I’ve been like ‘man you’re so easy to work with and so fun, and the photos have come out great and everything, and we should do this again’. I’ll have people on call, or I’ll ask certain models; ‘hey do you want to shoot again sort of thing?’ ‘Do you want me to keep you in mind when I’m looking for new photos?’ and I do get, the weird thing is, models always say yes. Like ‘yeah I’d love to shoot again’, but they aren’t always interested in the art as I am. It’s not like they are supposed to be, but when they are, that’s when I’m like we should shoot again. I love it when a model is interested in the artistic aspect of the photos, and they realise that they are a key part of that rather than, I don’t like the way that I look in this photo sort of thing. When they have something more to contribute than just being there?
Right. Oh man, there was a couple of models that I shot with, and they gave suggestions on the shoot. They were like ‘what about this angle?’ and I was like ‘oh my god that’s a great idea!’ the photos came out great. It was like collaborative. So, I guess with a muse, in terms of muses I would definitely want someone who is intriguing, not in their beauty necessarily but as them as a person. I find them confident. I don’t have a muse, essentially! Currently looking for one.
What would be the best piece of advice you could give to a new photographer or someone that is looking to get into photography?
There are so many different things. I mean a lot of it will sound generic to be honest unless I know them personally so I’ll have that as a caveat. I feel like, it will sound so generic, I hate answering generic as I feel it doesn’t really help that many people but I like to be as specific as I can, but I don’t know who is reading it, so I’ll have to still be general. The biggest thing that I see people failing as is they don’t want to work insanely hard. They don’t. they will avoid insanely hard work at any cost, which is the biggest mistake that I see people making, to be honest, it’s like if you’re expecting to get anywhere in any sort of easy way the odds of that happening, in general, are small but lets say you do get somewhere great without
working hard, well you’re not prepared for life, and something is going to cross your path where all of that success is built on top of a shoddy foundation. Jesus says ‘be like the wise man who built his house on the rock, not on the sand’ where the waves crash the house down.You want to be up on the rock. So build your house on the rock, and for me, the rock is God in my life and from Him comes from my wealth spring to work hard and my inspiration and everything. But, for people who don’t share the same faith, the most pragmatic answer I can give is work insanely hard. Like work really, really hard, every single day and for me, I probably worked on my own for like eighty hours a week and with no pay for about a year. So, that was me, choosing to do that on my own. I felt that the harder I work the more success ill have in the end and the happier I’ll be.
What’s next for you and are you working on anything you can tell us about?
So the next thing for me is that I’m planning on doing workshops to help other photographers on one on one. Depending on how the workshop goes, I’m planning on teaching people how to shoot, how to edit, and how to book clients and how to get paid more for your art. That’s kind of the next big thing for me. I like teaching people. I get a big sense of joy in helping other people so I would like to take less clients and do more workshops if I can and in the future. But still, shoot because I love shooting and I’m always going to shoot no matter what. But I want to shoot just purely for creative stuff, and beyond that, I would like to help and teach. I think that would be really awesome. I’m also creating new tutorials. I sell tutorials on how to edit portraits and stuff. I tried creating tools that photographers can use if you’re just starting out, it’s going to be super helpful you’re going to learn how to edit a high-quality portrait,You’re not going to have a lot of other information, and you’re still going to have to do a lot of stuff… that’s one of the reasons I wanted to do the workshop because I want to answer all of the questions that I get asked by photographers every day, I’m going to compile all of them into answers into what’s relevant and put it in a tutorial live in a
workshop, you know? So I’m going to do tutorials for people who cannot attend the workshops, but essentially those are the directions that I’m seeing a lot of, I’m really happy doing these things, but I’m also seeing more success doing these things. So, I think teaching is a great place for me to go. Also, I’d like to shoot some bigger commercial projects. Kinda hone in on certain influencers that I shoot. There’s a couple of influencers that I shoot who I really enjoy working with, and they’re really good to me, and it’s a great environment and relationships are forming. I would like to shoot those kind of people more if I can, then do workshops. Then I really want to start doing more YouTube stuff like blogging, behind the scenes on photo shoots and just my daily life in general because its kind of, as you can tell, crazy. You can follow Mark on Instagram at @marksingerman and check out his tutorials and colour filters here: https://gumroad.com/marksingerman
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Tell us a little bit about yourself?
I have recently graduated and received a BFA in Illustration from the Maryland Institute College of Art this past May, and I have since been livin’ it up in New York and working full-time as a Jr. Designer & Animator at Golden Wolf. What was it that first got you interested in animation?
GIFs, actually! I loved the idea of combining two things I was passionate about (illustration and animation) into a beautiful short-form piece of art. It just expanded from there. What inspired you to create Pivot Stop?
Aside from my underlying attraction to the general convenience store aesthetic of fluorescent
lights and compact spaces packed with brightly packaged refreshments, the theme of finding beauty in the mundane has always stood out to me. I feel that it’s often easy for us to overlook the small things, the day-to-day activities, and not give them a second thought. What is the purpose of Pivot Stop?
Pivot Stop centers around the concept of mundane places – such as convenience stores – embodying personal significance for individuals. I went beyond the general practicality they are typically associated with and instead focused on the potential nostalgia and emotions places like this can invoke, like the rhythmic relationships we form with them that often go unnoticed. I wanted the animation to invoke the alone-but-not-alone sense that I (and perhaps others) will sometimes feel when
I loved the idea of combining two things I was passionate about (illustration and animation) into a beautiful shortform piece of art.
Try everything! 2D animation, 3D, stop-motion...even something seemingly entirely unrelated, like ceramics.
absentmindedly walking into a corner shop in the middle of the night, paid no mind to by the cashier, surrounded by soft mechanical hums and top hits from the early 2000’s quietly playing on repeat overhead. What tools did you use to create Pivot Stop?
Adobe Photoshop & After Effects. What would be the best piece of advice that you could give someone starting out in animation?
Try everything! 2D animation, 3D, stopmotion...even something seemingly entirely unrelated, like ceramics. Everything you experience and learn can be tied back into what you’re passionate about – take up any opportunity that
interests you! You’d be surprised how much you’d be able to take back and incorporate into your practice, even if it’s just a different way of approaching something. What’s next for you? Are you working on anything you can tell us about?
As stated earlier, I’ve recently moved to Brooklyn, New York and started working full-time as a Jr. Designer & Animator with the incredible folk at Golden Wolf. I’m honestly still settling in and getting my new life together, but I’m still managing to work on some projects in my spare time. I’ll also be heading over to Los Angeles next month to attend Adobe MAX, as my senior thesis recently won its category in the Adobe Design Awards.
P H OTO S E R I E S : B LU E H O U R S
Coming from the French expression “l’heure bleue” is the period of twilight each morning and evening where there is neither full daylight nor complete darkness. During the blue hour, a period about 20 minutes in length, red light passes straight into space while blue light is scattered in the atmosphere and therefore reaches Earth’s surface, being the blue color spectrum the most prominent when the sun is between 4 and 8 degrees below the horizon.
Griselda Duch Photographer
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he latest series “Blue Hours” revolves around two visual narrative stories threads taken in the city of Barcelona during both summer and autumn seasons of 2017. The stream of photographs are shown as non-linear fragments that punctuate elements of the overall story, all imminently
coming toward each other and coalescing as the story progresses. There is a common thing in the images which gain importance; which is the same hour, the same twilight, the same color. All the images were taken during “blue hour”. The photo-series introduce desolate coastal landscapes, neon hues, swimming
pools, half-moons, iconic touristic attractions from the city of Barcelona, palm trees, and the same characters, appearing as the story progresses. A story that wants to focus on the longing for a summer’s ending, for a city that never sleeps and for all those faded opportunities; allegorizing the title of the work “Blue Hours” acquiring relevance.
Griselda Duch is a Barcelona-based photographer who works on personal and commissioned projects. She is graduated in Travel & Tourism at the University of Barcelona. Documenting authenticity, Griselda’s photos are closely related to her personal
life. She has a great interest in what surrounds her, being landscape photography a way of portraying the places and spaces with which she is usually involved. Capturing everyday situations, she also photograph concept-based projects
addressing aesthetic, still life and architectural photography. Under a poetical point of view, her work is sort of a personal diary, where she connects in time and place fragments of memory, always looking for the unstable presence of the beauty.
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CHRISTOPHER B I L AG O DY Christopher Bilagody is a native American freelance portrait photographer based out of Saint George, Utah in the United States.
Featured Models Ryan Shaw, Zach Haycock, Brittany Anderson, Danny Koolaid, Elise Hendry, Chans Hendry, Madalynn Jaques, Kennedy Jo, Bella
Tell us a little bit about yourself and why photography is important to you?
Well, my name is Christopher Bilagody and I’m a native American (navajo tribe) freelance portrait photographer based out in Saint George, Utah in the United States. I enjoy adventuring in nature at every chance I can possibly get and I have a huge love for music. I guess you could say the typical basic stuff about me that everyone has in there bios. But photography is important to me mainly because I love people and I love hearing their stories. I love making new friends everywhere I go I just plain love photography! Photography has opened a lot of doors for me emotionally and socially. I used to be a reserved person but I’m the complete opposite nowadays! I’m a huge social butterfly over here! haha
What was it that first got you interested in photography?
Oh my first interest huh? Well when I was younger my grandma had a ton of those National Geographic magazines laying around her house and I would always look through them cause I was so intrigued at looking at the portraits. It was weird because when I looked at them I felt a vibe that made me feel like i was in the photo; that i could walk through that still and feel how powerful it was to take the photo, which was intense for me. Sometimes i would freak myself out because of it, but then i kept saying I wanted to take photos that could do that to other people. I always imagined that i had a certain power and that if i tried to practice, I could create that same vibe for others. That was a bit long, so to give you the short version Nat Geo photographers were the ones that caught my interest!
Hmm... the best piece of advice I would say is to just keep shooting every chance you get so that you can get familiar with what you like.
Who or what are your main sources of inspiration?
Honestly I think everyone is beautiful I’m not picky about what type of models look like to me.
My main source of inspiration is music! All types of music, like I said before i love music. I listen to all genres, I could listen to a song and create a story in my head visualising a scene and I would write down every single detail that I saw. In my head I started to create concepts for my sessions and that is my main source. What do you look for in a model when you are planning a portrait session?
Honestly I think everyone is beautiful I’m not picky about what type of models look like to me. I love shooting with all types of models and as far as my planning, it’s just like asking what type of music you like. What has been your favourite photography project to work on so far?
I guess I don’t really consider my projects as “projects” look at them as “hangouts” haha. But my favourite has to
be my very first project that i had done last June. I called it the “southwest soul”. I had contacted a lot of local models, hair and makeup artists and videographers to help bring my vision to life. It was a blast getting to hangout and create all these new friendships! What would be the best piece of advice that you could give a new photographer?
Hmm... the best piece of advice I would say is to just keep shooting every chance you get so that you can get familiar with what you like. It could be people, animals, landscapes... etc etc. That way you can develop your own style as well! What’s next for you? Are you working on anything you can tell us about?
The next few projects I’ve got coming up for the summer are still in the process of being discussed and I’m getting vendors for, so as of right now, I’m just chillin and shooting with new people
What Should You Do If A Design Client Doesn’t Pay? Writer / Stephanie Benfield
In the creative industry, non-paying clients are sadly rife. It is no secret that the creative industries are exploited. In fact, it is estimated that creative-industry freelancers lose around £5,394 a year from ‘free’ work.
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fter years of training, experience and talent in the sector, designers have the right to demand the fee deserved. Furthermore, its time the client saw the investment they receive from design professionals, not just the cost involved. It’s all well and good asking for the fee you deserve, but what should you do when a client doesn’t pay? Five critical steps for when a design client doesn’t pay
3. Make contact
If your client has ‘ghosted’ you, find another way to contact them. A phone call or contact through social media can work if you cannot get a response from emails. Stay polite, there still may be a legitimate reason for not responding, but it is time to make contact so that the client realises they have responsibilities. 4. Attorney’s letter
1. Be patient
Missing an email or your invoice may be a genuine mistake or the client may have legitimate reasons for why they haven’t been in touch. While it may put pressure on you, try to stay kind and patient. If they have a valid reason for not getting back to you, you don’t want to be rude and damage a blossoming working relationship. Be reasonable with the time to respond and follow with a friendly reminder.
The threat of legal action is usually enough the make a client pay. An attorney’s letter will cost you. However, there are many platforms which will offer reasonably priced attorney’s letters for freelancers. The letter will outline the action you are going to take and provide an arrangement for the client so that you can receive payment for what you are owed. 5. Small claims court
2. Send the invoice again
Before working with a client, you should set up an agreement on how you will be paid for work. If you want to be paid promptly, the method of payment should be as easy as possible for the client. If they don’t pay within the agreed time, send the invoice again. Some invoice and payment systems will automate reminders and resend invoices for you, so you don’t waste valuable work time.
As a last resort, you can take your client to small claims court to receive your money. However, this method will require time and money. It may cost you more than what the client owes you. If this is the case, you may want to cut your losses. From this, you can learn how to put robust measures in place before working with a client to prevent this situation from happening again.
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S I D AV E R Y AT 1 0 0 “Sid shot almost every cinema giant of the mid-20th century and pulled off a feat surpassing even that: he captured them unguarded, stripping away the studio and P.R. artifice to find the people hiding underneath.” – Vanity Fair
Photo Credits All photographs: © 1978 Sid Avery / mptvimages.com Fine art prints of all images available at mptvdecor.com
On the set of “Ocean’s Eleven” Brad Pitt, photographer Sid Avery, 2001. Photo by Bob Marshak
The 20th century was lucky to have one of its own be such a shining documenter of it. This is why, in 2018, we celebrate the centennial of photographer Sid Avery (1918 - 2002). For a man whose personality, talent and photography brought so much joy to so many, how could it be anything but a celebration. Happy Birthday Sid,
- MPTV
“ ... your new book “Hollywood At Home” ... It is a marvelous addition to our library and Barbara and I are enjoying it very much.There are some wonderful pictures!”
- Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra at a Capitol Records recording session in Los Angeles, 1954
Audrey Hepburn with her pet dog, Famous, on the Paramount studio backlot, 1957
“Stunning tribute to one of Hollywood’s greatest photographers.”
- Reel Art Press
From 1938 to 2002, Sid Avery shot thousands of images of Tinsletown’s greatest stars for the most popular magazines of the day. A pioneer of a candid new style of Hollywood portraiture, his ‘snapshots’ offered a behind-the-scenes peek at the world’s most beautiful people; a glimpse into the ordinary lives of the private, A-list elite. He later made history as the only photographer to shoot both the original 1960’s cast of “Ocean’s Eleven” and the 2001 remake, recreating his iconic shot around the pool table. Avery’s talents, low-key demeanour, and ability to work through his subjects’ love-hate relationship with celebrity-dom gave him unparalleled access. Actor Humphrey Bogart was a notoriously difficult subject. Avery was not only allowed to shoot at Bogart’s home but Bogart invited Avery to spend several unforgettable days photographing his everyday life. Along the way, Bogart volunteered to set up shots of he and wife Lauren Bacall with their son, resulting in timeless photos of the iconic couple. It was while archiving his photography catalogue in the early 1980s that Avery came upon the idea for mptv Images. Much to his frustration, he discovered that irreplaceable film and photos he’d taken of celebs like James Dean and Natalie Wood on the set of “Rebel Without a Cause” and Marilyn Monroe on the set of “Bus Stop,” had never been returned by magazines which had since gone defunct. Realizing other photographers were having the same problems, he founded mptv to help his contemporaries keep track of their photos and protect their copyrights from being wrongfully exploited. Today, Avery’s works hang in the MOMA, the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian, and the Met, and mptv licenses one of the most important collections of celebrity photography in the world. mptv is not only Avery’s legacy but it has become the legacy of all of the photographers that mptv represents. We hope you will enjoy celebrating Sid’s centennial year!
Sid Avery, 1978
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R U DY MARTINEZ Erikson Erise interviews Rudy Martinez, photographer from Southern California who recently relocated to Portland, Oregon.
Interviewer Erikson Erise
What got you into the world of photography?
Over time, my passion for photography ignited, and I realised this was what I wanted to do with my life.
Around my senior year of high school, I got into photography. There was this music photographer I followed who often took photos of some of my favourite bands at the time. His work inspired me to purchase my first DSLR. From there, I began documenting my own band with cringy self-promo shoots and videos. A year or two later, I took a couple of workshops in LA that taught storytelling in photographs which got me into fashion and editorial photography. During that
same time, I started going to anime, pop culture and gaming conventions which introduced me to the cosplay community. What did photography mean to you when you started and has that meaning changed for you since?
When I first started dabbling in photography, it was nothing more than a hobby. Over time, my passion for photography ignited, and I realised this was what I wanted to do with my life. I’m so grateful I discovered this career path when I did because it’s given me many cool opportunities.
What is your favourite aspect of the photography process?
My favourite part of photographing is definitely being able to meet new people and make friends. I’ve made so many buddies over the last couple of years from photoshoots and job opportunities. I also love sending out final images to clients and seeing their excited reactions. It’s really fulfilling. Given everything you have accomplished since you started, what is one piece of advice you would give your younger self?
Don’t get lazy and grow a big head. Keep learning, keep photographing or your peers will catch up and take the opportunities that could have been yours.
What advice would you give to other creatives pursuing photography?
Don’t be afraid to go out and shoot! Don’t try to follow trends cause you’ll be mixed in with everyone else! Try to be creative on your own terms, and you’ll likely stand out more! You want people to be inspired by your work and have them follow you! What are some of your future projects and goals that you are aspiring to reach?
Now that I reside in Portland, Oregon, I want to continue establishing myself here as a photographer. I eventually want to have my own studio space and offer workshops for other aspiring photographers! That’s the ultimate goal.
My favourite part of photographing is definitely being able to meet new people and make friends.
RETROSPECTIVE
BOBBY HOLLAND As a Grammy-nominated photographer and filmmaker, Bobby Holland has spent the last forty years shooting music’s biggest icons. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, his destiny as a photographer was forged as a young man, when a neighbor introduced him to the art of photography with a gift of a used 35mm still camera. “From the moment I took my first photograph,” Holland would recall, “I knew what I was meant to do.” Later, he moved to Los Angeles and began shooting luminaries like Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones.
Photo Credits All photographs: © Bobby Holland / mptvimages.com Fine art prints of all images available at mptvdecor.com
B O B BY H O L L A N D
MARVIN G AY E Marvin Gaye performing at “Motown Records Night” at the BRE Convention in Universal City, CA 1979
RETROSPECTIVE
Marvin Gaye during a music video shoot, 1980
B O B BY H O L L A N D
RETROSPECTIVE
Michael Jackson, 1980
MICHAEL JACKSON Michael Jackson, 1980
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RETROSPECTIVE
Nancy Wilson, 1983
BARRY WHITE Barry White at his desk in office at Unlimited Gold Records in Los Angeles, CA circa 1980
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Richard Pryor, 1988
PAT R I C E RUSHEN Patrice Rushen, 1987
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MICHAEL JACKSON & LIONEL RICHIE Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie composing and recording at Lion Share Recording Studios in Los Angeles, 1981
RETROSPECTIVE
B O B BY H O L L A N D
RETROSPECTIVE
RUN DMC Run DMC (Darryl McDaniels, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons) 1988
STEVIE WONDER Stevie Wonder, 1986
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ERIK L U C AT E R O We sat down with Erik Lucatero, 23-year-old photographer and filmmaker. Erik has developed many skills including photography, graphic design, web design, cinematography, and video editing.
Featured Models Kristyn Ashby, Crystal Norman, Rebecca Andros, Kat Laiuppa, Meagan Gallagher, Stefanny Suarez
Tell us a little bit about yourself and why photography is important to you?
My name is Erik Lucatero. I’m a 23-year-old photographer/filmmaker. I would label myself as a freelance visual creative. I have developed many skills over these 23 years including photography, graphic design, web design, cinematography, and video editing; Basically anything visual. Photography is one of the most important parts of my life now. At the age of 12, my parents were in a situation that forced them to return to their home country. That situation has limited our ability to get in contact with each other. I’ve been living with my uncles and only able to share my life with my parents through the photos I take. I have to actually make the “One photo is worth a thousand words” come to life. What was it that first got you interested in photography?
Back when my parents were actually living in the US, they bought a small point and shoot. I was seven at the time. Since I was the most fluent in English and they weren’t too tech savvy, I was responsible for using it at parties and family events. I remember one time being
at a coin laundry place; I was sitting in the waiting area going through whatever cheap magazines they had available. I hated reading, but they always had the nicest photos. The thought of me being able to shoot photos that nice with the point and shoot just entered my brain. I would then sneak the camera out and just practice replicating photos I saw. From that point on I was hooked on creating images that wowed people as much as it wowed me at that laundry place. Who or what are your main sources of inspiration?
My inspirational has always evolved. I remember at first all I wanted to do is replicate magazines. As I got older, I started looking into a lot of historical pieces. I have spent hours just looking at pictures from Woodstock. The album covers alone tell you a story. I get a lot of my inspiration from captures like that. Today I’m much into portraits. There was one photo by David Bailey of model Jean Shrimpton against a hallway wall. That picture just fascinated me; I don’t know why I didn’t want to stop looking at it. It was like a right amount of mixture between natural real life and photography posing. I try to translate that into my work. It’s just so fascinating now just looking back at it.
What do you look for in a model when you are planning a portrait session?
The Eyes! It doesn’t matter what colour they are even though I do love lighter shades. Eyes in themselves tell stories. Certain people can really speak with them, and that’s what I want. Some photographers shoot with poses of the body and background elements. I love to shoot my models gazing back at the viewer. I want that viewer to read the stories through their eyes. What has been your favourite photography project to work on so far?
I recently started a Facebook group where I post a raw photo where fellow photographers can download and edit them. I really love just see how many styles you can implement into a photo
though tones and colours. So far it’s been one of the best things I’ve started. What would be the best piece of advice that you could give a new photographer?
Learn your craft, love your craft, and lastly teach your craft. All the inspiration is within you and love for it. What’s next for you? Are you working on anything you can tell us about?
Well, I’m still very much into the video work. I want to start creating small behind the scenes with some tips and just footage of the process. I think it would be helpful for the next generation not only to see my work but how it was created.
P H OTOJ O U R N A L : D OW N BY T H E S E A , S E N E G A L
Geraint Rowland Photographer
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recently spent a couple of months in Senegal, a country in West Africa. I spent the majority of that time in the capital Dakar, mainly at the beach town of Yoff. The town is built along the broad beach at Yoff Bay which faces the Atlantic Ocean, directly north of the city centre of Dakar. In West Africa the beach is much more than a place to relax and soak up the sun. The beach at Yoff is used as a means of transportation with Horse & Cart transporting people and produce along the beach. In the afternoons the beach becomes a huge gym with hundreds of Sengalese coming to exercise in groups or alone. Several football games take place along the
stretch of sand and men practice the Sengalese form of wrestling by the shore. Yoff is also a place to pray with one of the biggest Mosques in Dakar situated overlooking the beach. The most important function of the beach however is access to the ocean for it’s fish. At the far end of the beach lies the fishing centre where many colourful fishing boats line the sand. On the shore women wash and prepare the fish, old fridges lie around storing the catch of the day and locals visit to make a purchase. Everyone here seems to be involved in some way with fishing, be it transporting, cleaning, cooking, catching or selling the daily catch. A very lively and colourful place it was great for photography.
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Children lead a sheep to the ocean for a wash in preparation of the Tabaski festival. The Tabaski festival is known globally as the Eid al-Adha and is celebrated among Muslims worldwide.
Horse and Carts are used to transport people and produce up and down the hard packed sand beach.
Excited children play in the ocean as their father brings his boat back onto shore.
A Sengalese woman in striking African clothing walks past the fishing boats which line the beach.
Children play football on the beach in front of the large Mosque which overlooks the beach.
Children wearing football T-Shirts sit amongst the fishing boats at the far end of the beach.
A fisherman feeds his pet pelicans some fish at sunset.
P H OTO S E R I E S : EXPOSED
Katie is an 18 year old photographer currently living in Los Angeles, California. She recently photographed a set about college hook up culture and the shame/regret which stems from having a casual sexual encounter. Her intent with the photos was to provide a the emotional journey of a casual hook up – from sliding into DMs on instagram to hickeys to the feelings afterwards.
Katie Eu Photographer
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THE EYE O F PA R I S Violette Nell was born in France and is a self-taught, photographer. melancholic portraits of Julia Margaret Cameron and Lady Clementina Hawarden mainly gave her the desire to start photography.Violette shares with us this Photoseries “The Eye of Paris�, shot in the JoBo hotel.
Violette Nell Photographer
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Selected Projects
LOVE KILLS Love Kills is a illustration/poster visual produced for poet Olivia Grace Frederick. The poem is inspired by standing by someone even though they hurt you & the design is inspired by a quote from the poem which is ‘Love Kills, Like a cigarette to my lips, yours slowly ruin me’. The illustration takes the quote and transforms it into a visual showing how smoking & get hurt by a loved one can be a painful addiction with consequences. A great visual to match a meaningful poem. To read the poem in full https://www.poeticous.com/olivia-gracefrederick/love-kills
MARY K. MORGAN Mary K. Morgan is a 48-year-old self-taught abstract expressionist artist from Southeastern Kentucky. Mary creates images in both digital and mixed mediums. She draws a great deal of inspiration from the unadulterated landscapes of the Appalachian mountains; known both for their stunning raw beauty and swell of insoluble isolation. MK fashions digital artworks by creating layers of augmented images; sometimes incorperating her original drawings or paintings. Currently, she is exploring the perception of what lies between reality and the self-image. She currently has an active account on Instagram as maryk.morgan or, she can be contacted by email at marykmorgan68@gmail.com for inquiries
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Mark Singerman
Siena Mae Allison
Professional photographer, Mark Singerman, from Los Angeles, CA. We interviewed Mark for this issue of DEZINE.
Siena Mae is a Brooklyn based 2D/3D illustrator & animator, working as a Jr. Designer & Animator at Golden Wolf.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marksingerman/ Instagram 2: https://www.instagram.com/marksingerman2/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavybreathing.gif/ Behance: https://www.behance.net/sienamae Website: http://sienamae.art/
Christoper Bilagody Christopher is a Native American portrait photographer based in Saint George, Utah. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisbphotos/
Erik Lucatero We sat down with Erik Lucatero, 23-year-old photographer and filmmaker. Erik has developed many skills including photography, graphic design, web design, cinematography, and video editing. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everydaysafilm/
Rudy Martinez Rudy Martinez is photographer from Southern California who recently relocated to Portland, Oregon. Website: www.rudyphototaker.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rudyphototaker/
Griselda Duch Griselda Duch is a Barcelona-based photographer who works on personal and commissioned projects. Her work ‘Blue Hours’ is featured in this edition of DEZINE. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/griseldaduch/ Website: https://www.griseldaduch.com/
Katie Eu Katie is an 18 year old photographer currently living in Los Angeles, California. Her work ‘Exposed’ is featured in this edition of DEZINE.
Erikson Erise Erikson Erise is an internationally published portrait photographer and interviewer for DEZINE based in Los Angeles, California. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eriksonerise/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/eriksonerise
Charlie Wilson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliew2904 Born in Leeds, England. Charlie is a freelance writer, currently based in Guangzhou, China.
Thomas Peters Model featured in ‘Exposed’. Instagram: http://instagram.com/tomm.peters/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fowlist/
Violette Nell Violette Nell is a self-taught photographer from France whose work ‘The Eye of Paris’ is featured in this edition of DEZINE. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/violettenellphotos/ Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/people/violettelou/
Geraint Rowland Website: www.geraintrowland.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/geraintrowlandphotography Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/geezaweezer Instagram: www.instagram.com/geraint_rowland_photography Twitter: twitter.com/grrphotography Photographer and regular DEZINE Contributor, Geraint travels the world and shares his photojournals with us and our readers.
Ben Wainman
Amy Arburn
Editor and Creative Director of DEZINE.
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
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Blake Gray
Brandon Westenberg
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakegray/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondbrandon/
Jack Gilinsky
Jake Miller
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackgilinsky/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakemiller/
Jordyn Jones Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview and on the cover of DEZINE Issue 07. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordynjones/
Jules Aurora Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julesaurora/
Kiersten Dolbec
Marina Laswick
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suddenlypuppies/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marooshk/
Mark Thomas
Olga Safari
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olgasafari/
Sasha Spilberg
Savannah & Cole Labrant
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Models featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sashaspilberg/
Savannah Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sav.labrant/ Cole Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cole.labrant/
Sierra Furtado
Skyler Springstun
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sierrafurtado/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/springstun/
Alex Terranova
Aeon
Model featured in Mark Singerman’s interview.
Model featured in Rudy Martinez’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexfjterranova/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toshikigirl/
Alecksandra Model featured in Rudy Martinez’s interview.
Angel
Alora Model featured in Rudy Martinez’s interview.
Emris Coscept
Model featured in Rudy Martinez’s interview.
Model featured in Rudy Martinez’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blood.raven/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emris_coscept/
Caroline Haydon Model featured in Rudy Martinez’s interview. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinemhaydon/
Jonna Model featured in Rudy Martinez’s interview.
Ryan Shaw & Zach Haycock
Brittany Anderson
Models featured in Chris Bilagody’s interview.
Model featured in Chris Bilagody’s interview.
Ryan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryantshaw/ Zach’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachhaycock/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/brittanyannanderson/
Danny Koolaid
Kristyn Ashby
Model featured in Chris Bilagody’s interview.
Model featured in Erik Lucatero’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannykoolaid/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristyn.ashby/
Elise & Chans Hendry
Crystal Norman
Model featured in Chris Bilagody’s interview.
Model featured in Erik Lucatero’s interview.
Elise’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elise_hendry/ Chans’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chans_k_hendry/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crystal_norman/
Madalynn Jaques
Kennedy Jo
Model featured in Chris Bilagody’s interview.
Model featured in Chris Bilagody’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maddyjaques/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kennedyyjo/
Rebecca Andros
Bella
Model featured in Erik Lucatero’s interview.
Model featured in Chris Bilagody’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccaandros/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blacksiuan/
Kat Laiuppa
Meagan Gallagher
Model featured in Erik Lucatero’s interview.
Model featured in Erik Lucatero’s interview.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katlaiuppa/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meag_an__/
Stefanny Suarez Model featured in Erik Lucatero’s interview. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefannys3/
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