Archival Image- Tao Okamoto

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I started the long process of organizing my archive and found images I like or are interesting that I wanted to share.  I'm starting with this image of Tao Okamoto.  This was back in 2010 for the Fall shows.  This is the moment when I thought- who is this beautiful woman with the 5 point Sassoon Hair cut?

Ink Wash Portrait of Marie Moreau in Fittings 2010

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Ink Wash Portrait of Marie Moreau in Fittings 2010.  9x12 Ink Wash on Bristol Paper.

Marie where have you gone?  I miss you on the runway.  I met Marie shortly for casting and fittings and always admired her natural style of walking and confidence.

Small Ink Wash Portrait of Hye Park Waiting For Casting 2011

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Small Ink Wash Portrait of Hye Park Waiting For Casting 2011.  9x12 Ink Wash on Bristol Paper.

What a beauty Hye is.  She had such poise and elegance even while waiting for her casting photos.

See her editorial work here:

http://asianmodelsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Hye%20Park

Ink Wash Portrait of Katya P waiting at Casting 2010

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Ink Wash Portrait of Katya P waiting at Casting 2010.  9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.

I photographed this two years ago, and while working on the portraits of Fei Fei Sun, I found this image of Katya P.  I always like her casual stance dressed in her casting clothes of pleated trousers and white tank while juggling her Starbuck Coffee and Mobil phone.

Ink Wash Portrait of Fei Fei Sun During Fittings 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper

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Ink Wash Portrait of Fei Fei Sun During Fittings 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.
Two of three of the Fei Fei Drawings I’m working on.  This quiet moment is while fittings were taking place.  One of the interesting things about documenting the fitting on a runway show is how much focus changes from person to person, sometimes the model is focus sometimes the model focuses on design, or the dynamic between designer, creative director and stylist.  The expressions are natural, simple, and reflect a bit about what is going inside the person instead what the person is trying to project. It’s these moments that I’m attracted to.

Portrait of Sasha Kaplan during the Fall 2012 Theonne Shoot and Sasha Kaplan waiting to get on set of the Fall 2012 Theonne Shoot

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Portrait of Sasha Kaplan during the Fall 2012 Theonne Shoot 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper 

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Sasha Kaplan waiting to get on set of the Fall 2012 Theonne Shoot 9x12 Ink on Bristol Paper.


I shot some candid images of Sasha while shooting the 2012 Fall Campaign for Theonne (http://www.theonne.com/ and http://theonne.tumblr.com/).

Afterwards I made these portraits of her.  What I like about Sasha is the contrast between her athletic physique and her baby doll face. She looks so naturally cool and was great fun to work with.

Small Portrait of Fei Fei Sun

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Small Portrait of Fei Fei Sun. 9x12 ink on Bristol paper.

I have made portrait drawings and painting of Fei Fei before and I will make a few more shortly.  What makes her such an intriguing person is how little she actually does for the camera.  I think of her posing (at least when I was photographing her) as difference between acting for film, in which subtle moves convey so much more, and acting for the stage in which actors must project large expressions and emotion to reach audience. With small shifts in expression and body movements she creates such graceful poses.