C O S AW 2 2 ‘ R E C O N N E C T I N G W I T H N AT U R E ’ 27.
BY NIAMH SMITH Figure 27 - 36 : VP1 Lookbook, Styling, Creative Direction & Photography by Niamh Smith.
STILL I RISE Yo u m a y w r i t e m e d o w n i n history, with your bitter twisted lies, y o u m a y t r o d m e i n t h e ve r y dirt, but still like dust i rise.
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Yo u m a y s h o o t m e w i t h y o u r words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, b u t s t i l l l i k e a i r, i rise. (Angelou, 2015)
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NEON SOUL resilience look at you. still dancing and singing after being d e fe a t e d a n d disassembled.
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l o o k a t y o u , l o ve . still here and hopeful after it all. (Elle, 2019)
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H O P E I S A T H I N G W I T H F E AT H E R S ‘Hope’ i s t h e t h i n g w i t h fe a t h e r s that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words a n d n e ve r s t o p s a t a l l
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And And That That
sweetest - in the Gale - is heard sore must be the storm could abash the little Bird kept so many warm.
(Dickinson, 1951)
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INVICTUS Beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the Horror of the shade, and yet the menace of the years finds and shall find me unafraid.
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It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll, i a m t h e m a s t e r o f m y fa t e , i am the captain of my soul. (Henley, 1875)
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CREDITS C r e a t i ve D i r e c t o r : N i a m h S m i t h Photographer : Niamh Smith Production Assistant : Carl Brennan Camera Assistant : Saz Williams Hairstylist : Janet Smith M a k e u p A r t i s t : E l e a n o r Ya t e s Fe m a l e M o d e l 1 : N i a m h S m i t h Fe m a l e M o d e l 2 : M i l l i e R a n d l e s Male Model 1 : Carl Brennan Male Model 2 : Nicolas Glanvill Graphic Design : Niamh Smith Editor : Niamh Smith