It wasnt supposed to happen this way, but I’m glad it did.

Pandora, at its inception, was designed to be a simple makeup editorial to show off the talents of makeup artist Felicia Sorrells. She brought on board the incredibly talented and diverse model Jewel Thompson and we started getting the shoot in motion. While on set (at the magic loft in Atlanta), my long time genius level fashion designer Lingkoya Washington brought out some super nice pieces and then… it started to evolve. Jewel started moving and the night sky started beaming and the dress started talking to us… and so became what you will experience below. A beautiful mesh of slender and subtle and streets.

Welcome to Pandora.

Model: Jewel Thompson

Photographer: Andrew Thomas Clifton

Clothing and Styling: Lingkoya Washington

Make Up: Felicia Sorrells

I’m really excited about this new editorial that we’ve been stewing on for a while called “The Glamorous Rebel”. I caught a flight to Chicago where I met up with Makeup artist Tinaya Weems and model Vicki Valencourt to plan, execute and shoot it. Somewhere along the way we got to talking about Spring Glam and fashion and whats going to be hot this year… so they’re going to help show you a few tips to help you get your own SPRING GLAM look that will not only make you the life of the deck parties and boat soirees but also the life of any spring situation (flings included).

It always helps to start with a pretty face (and a clean one helps as well)

Buffing in the neutral eyeshadow base to create a canvas for the eyeshadow to adhere to for color intensity and to reduce creasing.

Using a straight edge to create a symmetrical straight edge.

Buffing a bright fushia pigment from the upper bride of the nose with moderate pressure and slightly softer as I approach the tail of the brow.

Coating the lash with mascara to protect the natural lash from the adhesive from the false lash application that will follow. And then…

VOILA! SPRING GLAM

Check out KISS DIGITAL section next week for “the glamorous rebel” the FULL Editorial featuring Vicki under Tinaya’s Brush and my Camera… but for now, a 2:00 preview should get your palette wet enough to hold you over:)

Photography: Andrew Thomas Clifton

Makeup Artist: Tinaya Weems

Model: Vicki Valencourt

Accessories: LLF Jewelry

Tondi is SO badass. Our first meeting in 2008 yielded a set of images that to this day is filled with an emotive sense of feelings that’s VERY hard to duplicate.It just felt RAW and beautiful. This day wasn’t about a specialized staff and coffee drinks and storyboards, and all the other things that “doing a shoot” had become for me of late. This day was about the very basics of what makes a shoot something mor than pictures and poses.

a model, a photographer, a camera, an idea, and a rural road in central Ohio became a road less traveled