Model Aymeline Valade after Balenciaga.
p.s. Hope everyone had a wonderful, safe Christmas wherever you were in the world. And, as always, I want to thank my awesome blog readers and especially all the people I have photographed over the last year- without all of you, my blog would be, well, non-existent! Thank you ever so much, and I wish everyone a very happy, healthy and exciting New Year. Bring on 2011 :))
Evgenia Pavlin, buyer for Machiavelli boutique in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
I think she was wearing American Apparel as she was handing out American Apparel goody bags to people before one of the shows.
French stylist, Ondine Azoulay. I think I recall a shoot for ID magazine in which Ondine styled a girl in the knitted Chloe sweater and skirt worn by Elena (in the post a bit lower down this page).
p.s. love the YSL bag!
This includes my portrait of Rankin above
"Once upon a time in New York city, there were Queens. Coming from Africa, South-America, Europe or Asia, they are a new generation of women that inspire me. They represent the diversity, the mix of cultures and the energy of the city. More than just aesthetic portrait, it was an outward manifestation of their identity and their inter-relatedness with their natural and spiritual power. I use the graphic design of the so-called exotic postcards and I subvert them, My queens are not a colonial dream. I shoot Laura, Katie, Mengly, Monica, Dina, Azza, Keeya … They are my peers."
"Love at Dawn is a romance-suspense novel set in a fictional African country called Zamzudan (based on my experiences in living in several hilly cities in Western Africa). It is a country that also incoporates the Swahilian language and at times, rests on the culture of Swahili speaking countries. The novel features a major beloved character from Love in Paradise, Tory Da-Silva. Many readers, after reading Love in Paradise wanted to read a love story of Tory, and it took approximately a year for me to figure out her own happilly-ever-after. While I hope readers will love the story of Tory Da-Silva and enjoy the suspense I worked so thoroughly hard to achieve in the novel, I still will enjoy this moment, realizing that it is mine to cherish and savor after a year long of work."
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Thanks to my assistant Luke Freeman for all his continuing help and support
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Rating: Milky medium
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My (True) Fairy Tale from Strongheart on Vimeo.
Hands down my absolute favourite model to photograph, Ruby Aldridge. Okay, yes she is beyond gorgeous but she is just so super nice as well. I even overheard her in Milan trying to help one of the other photographers catch some of the models before they left for the next show (it gets REALLY crazy once a show finishes). 
After Jason Wu in New York:
