I’m particularly in love with this set of images. I shot with Kamila in a house near Palo Alto on a warm late afternoon last September. She’s from Poland and was on a summer tour of California, including Burning Man. She was pretty fresh off they playa, and had had a challenging time. As many do. She was a represented agency model in Europe and was paying her way abroad by modeling here and there. There’s always a breaking in period when you’re shooting with someone new. Feeling each other out. Trying to learn what to give and what to take. Figuring out how to dance without too much stepping on each other’s toes. It may or may not take a little longer with a slight language barrier. I think this was the fourth setup we shot. The one previous took place in a shower. I honestly haven’t even looked at those photos yet. They didn’t leave a huge impression while I was making them. There may be something there, there may not. Anyway, in the process of shooting in water, Kamila stated that she didn’t think the wig she had been wearing would be a great idea in the shower. I hadn’t even realized she was wearing a wig. Yeah, she said. She had cut her hair short last spring in a fit of frustration. So she pulls off the wig and proceeds to soak her head. This short boy cut, soaking wet, looked absolutely amazing. Great texture, a little sexually ambiguous. A little androgynous. When the wig came off, her whole demeanor changed. I could almost see her sink into her body. Become more present. I wanted to take this look back outside. Still wet from the shower. And this is what we made.
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