It wasn’t supposed to happen this way, but I’m glad it did. Pandora, at its inception, was designed to be a simple makeup editorial for KISS Magazine 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 …
It was just another day in Atlanta… and then suddenly everything came together. I had this idea with long time creative collaborative partner Lingkoya Washington to show a more classic side to photography editorials.
In my opinion the biggest aspect of shooting photography is the ability to be adaptable. I was in Atlanta and had just shot some work with my friend Stylist/Designer/Makeup Artist Lingkoya Washington and we had this GORGEOUS model named Antonia Blain reply to a message on Facebook and an email sent from her agency HD …
I conceptualized this series called “Puss in Boots” which, at its inception, was defined as a series of images with black women redefining the current stereotypes by combining elements of their soft looks and skin with hard boots and tough attitudes (based roughly on the 4 characters from Sex in the City). I didn’t want …
