I Am Zain: Photography May/June issue by I Am Zain Photography

The purpose of my magazine is to not only showcase my work but it is also meant to serve as a platform for upcoming talents. So in other words if you are musician, singer, dancer, or model this magazine will give you a chance to showoff those skills. I aim to capture the personality of the person, which is important because you want people to see you for who you are, and not for what your appearance may be.

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/// I Am Zain Photography Magazine is an independent publication, promoting new talent and encouraging natural beauty through unprocessed photos. I Am Zain Photography Magazine welcomes contributing pieces pertaining to the issue’s topics. The opinions expressed in I Am Zain Photography Magazine are not necessarily those of I Am Zain Photography Magazine. By submitting pieces, contributing writers automatically grant full permission to make necessary changes to the article to reflect upon excellence and accuracy. I Am Zain Photography Magazine reserves the right to edit and to refuse publication of any submission. All the materials submitted to I Am Zain Photography Magazine become property of I Am Zain Photography Magazine. /// Phillip “Zain”Dias Jr. / Founder & Art Director Phillip “Zain” Dias Jr. / Editor & Chief

CONTRIBUTORS Tessa Wood / I Am Zain Model Elite Aymeric Neau / Spotlight Photographer Lawand / Featured Artist Luna / Model Feature: iamzainmagazine@gmail.com Booking: iamzainstudios@gmail.com Instagram / Twitter: @iamzainmagazine www.iamzainstudios.com Please note that all of the images in this magazine, and on my full portfolio site are copyrighted.

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Model: Sarah Vaiana // Location: Nantes, France.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I met Sarah for the first time, images of a tropical world immediately jumped to my mind. I was determined to create a series in a kind of tropical jungle, but in France, it is difficult to find this type of environment. After an extended reflection, the revelation came: The greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of

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Nantes. An ideal setting, whose access was not easy. Finally, we had the chance to walk alone for a few hours among the giant plants, well hidden away from these great greenhouses of glass and iron dating from the nineteenth century. The ride was calm, exotic and beautiful ...â&#x20AC;? - Aymeric Neau

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Model Elite Queen: Tessa Wood

wanted to show some divide using shadows visually. The light In this series called “Solace,” I’ve represents a small window of illustrated a character isolated opportunity. The goal was to between darkness. Before I get create a trapped feeling, and the into how I came up with the concept, I want to mention the art darkness represents social norms. style, Chiaroscuro. The method of Chiaroscuro is an artistic What is the primary source of technique developed during the light? Renaissance, referring to the use I am using one strobe light. On of exaggerated light contrasts the strobe is a barn door and a to create the illusion of volume. honeycomb grid to concentrate Tessa (the I Am Zain: Model the light in one direction with Elite) and I came up with some now spill. Once the light place colorful hairstyles that will be camera right, I used to black flags juxtaposition with a formal suit. on both sides to narrow the light. In society, there is a stigma of The light is slanted to create an people with tattoos in a corporate uneven look which would make workplace, especially a woman the audience want to build it in in a fortune 500 company. I their mind. I felt the one light

What story am I trying to tell?

will convey a dramatic look on the models face as if the light was isolating a visual emotion.

How will the eye travel through this image?

The light streak is coming from the top right to the bottom left. I intended for the viewer to follow the light path from top to bottom as if the eyes were a judgemental blade. If you keep looking, you will overlook her hair, glasses, and piercings on her face. We don’t see the full picture, only what we want to see.

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“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” - Kevyn Aucoin INTERVIEW BY // PHILLIP “ZAIN” DIAS JR.

what is the motivation behind your music?

My motivation behind my music is to relay a message. I think music is one of the most if not the most impactful and influential platforms out today in media. Whether the word is something I’m feeling or something, I think someone else is feeling. I always want to convey a message or a feeling in my music. My two main motivations are reach & impact. I want to reach as many people with my music and

impact as many lives as I can. The outreach of my music can be by one stream source, buy, or view at a time.

What personal advice would you give to someone wanting to pursue this career? Honestly, I’d give this advice to anyone wanting to pursue any career but especially in music where it’s so competitive, and that’s to perfect your craft. If you play an instrument, master it.

There’s always room to get better you should never stop improving. Especially in music it’s not enough to be okay you have to stand out and be the best at everything you do. So definitely just become the best at what it is you want to do so that way when an opportunity comes your way your ready. Chances are useless if you’re not prepared.

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“I wanna reach as many people with my music...” What do you believe you are bringing different to the music world? I believe I’m bringing perspective. I unlike most writer tend to write for others and not myself. I like to put myself in the place of others and write from what they’re seeing or could be feeling. Most things in music are the same concept or idea I like to take the basic concepts and put a spin on them into something new.

What projects are you working on now?

I’m working on a lot of amazing songs and content, but I’m writing my e.p project all about the return policy Put

in place when you buy something and how that correlates with different relationships in your life. You’ll have to keep up with me to find out more about it, but spoiler alerts its dope.

Tell me about the creation of your song “No SOS”?

It was Honestly just another day in the studio I had a writing session like normal. It wasn’t something I kind of thought out and did like my project I’m working on now it happens which is awesome. I got the idea and concept from the beat. I tend to link my lyrics with the name of the beat. Producers are pretty good at creating a title for what the vibe of the beat is. And the beat name was called “Help Music” which

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put me in the headspace of crying out for help. I’m very into mental health awareness and wanted to write a song from the perspective of those who are crying out for help but can’t cry out themselves. I wanted to be the voice of those who didn’t have one.

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BELLA FRUTTA photographer: Phillip “zain” Dias Jr. model: Luna “Child of the forest” MUA: cAS hARDY

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photographer: Phillip “zain” Dias Jr. model Elite Queen: Tessa wood

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