And I’d like you to take a moment to realise who you are in life, for the person you are. Not as a mother, a daughter, nor a friend, just you. What makes you you?
We are all unique, and we are all beautiful inside. |
Best described by someone who was on the most beautiful side of the lens.
I can safely say that I have never had a photoshoot quite like this one. I was asked not to do anything to my hair, to wear only a hint of makeup and not smile. There was no stylist, no makeup artist and no retouching or recropping the images. Everything that was captured was taken exactly true to life, with only lights, camera and emotion. The intention of this shoot was from the incredibly visionary and talented Darwaysh, who captures models on camera for who they are as a person rather than what they look like. It isn’t about being pretty, or wearing amazing makeup or dressing in incredible clothes, it is about being human, being real and showing the emotion of being ‘you’. To be asked to sit in front of a camera, just for who you are, and to take away every comforting attribute, angle or behaviour you’ve ever adopted and just ‘be’ was so eye opening. I cried my eyes out, not because it was a bad or unpleasant experience, but because it made me realise how I have always put my needs last in everything that I do. I cried helplessly about my emotions, feelings, thoughts and fears and then my smile gradually began to fade; perhaps it didn’t leave me entirely, but as I wiped away my tears and looked into the camera, these are the images that I now have. And they are entirely me and from my heart, unlike anything I have ever had and that’s why I love them so much. Thank you Darwaysh. |