I have to say it. Kate Moss is probably one of my favorite models. I love her looks. Period. I don’t care about her personal life or who’s she is dating. She is a fashion Icon and I never tire of seeing her in print. Recently she was hired to be in the Longchamp’s new Fall 2008 ad campaign along with French actor Gaspard Ulliel. I have been enamored with Gaspard since I saw him in “A Very Long Engagement” opposite Audrey Tatou. Gaspard has a sensual quality in his face. He is one fine man I would love to have the opportunity to shoot!!

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“A photographer who isn’t afraid
to show his eye”

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The thing I love about Jock Sturges is that he has been ostracized and criticized for his nude photography, he’s been indicted for his nudes of children, arrested for child pornography. He has been picketed against by extreme Christian sects. And yet, he stays firm in his belief in his art. Jock Sturges was born in 1947 in NYC and went to school for psychology and photography at Marlboro College. ( I majored in both as well! ) He received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1985. He worked and lived in San Francisco for years before moving to Seattle, Washington where he now lives.

The other thing I love about Jock Sturges, is, well, his photography.  His use of natural light is superb, but what I think I love best about his work is the obvious collaboration he has with his models. I’ve read that Jock will spend weeks with his subjects, becoming like family, where the openness  is there and he captures it. There is a trust and admiration that can be clearly seen from his subjects. This is because he has taken the time to know his subjects and lets each shoot with them organically grow and take form, letting the art work take on it’s own evolution.

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There is no better way to kick off July than to do a fabulous shoot for Genlux Magazine. I was assigned the 6 page story for the fall fashion issue by Genlux creative director, and long time friend, Stephen Kamifuji. I first met Stephen in 1988, fresh out of Art Center and ready to take on the fashion world. Stephen was an art director and we clicked instantly. He hired me to work on some of my first advertising gigs such as B.U.M. Equipment, Honda and Bugle Boy. Now he owns and runs Genlux Magazine along with his gorgeous wife, Cecilia who is publisher of the magazine. I have to say I am a huge fan of Genlux because it is LA’s premier high fashion mag. And with Stephen’s exquisite lay-outs and Cecilia’s keen eye for fashion, the magazine is unquestionably beautiful!

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