Our process as a team starts with the designers featured. Our first
FashionDecode cover shoot is titled Animal Attraction. Faustina mentions the
title and references a cat on a leash. I suggest a
sterile clinical like environment. My mind then
goes wild for a week.
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Small images come back to me. Pieces of my
ongoing puzzle start to come together with
specific image references that have been in the
storage of my mind. Some images have been
there for years, others for days, weeks, months,
even years.
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So, my thought process includes the words:
Latex, animal-attraction, sterile, and cat on a
leash. With these thoughts and concepts in mind, the imagery I reference is listed below.
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An illustration of a models body with a FISH BOWL HEAD
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An image of a man on a train CLENCHING HARD ON A PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING A
BRIGHT ORANGE GOLDFiISH
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An image of a table made from a SEXY MANNEQUIN TOPPED WITH A PIECE OF
GLASS
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An image that Juergen teller took of his white puppy being BATHED
IN A SINK
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A Miles Aldridge image of a model in a purple hat KISSING A CAT
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Guy Bourdin inspired makeup
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And
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The Cartoon TOM & JERRY
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We all steal from
imagery. However I have always loved to collect things. I collect pieces
of images. These pieces stay with me until they are needed. Pieces I've
collected eventually complete a puzzle. The image I create with my
camera is a map of where I've been and where I am now. My scattered
thoughts are tamed and my ADHD mind has a place of control in the
photograph created.
behind the scenes photos by Rachel
Gibbons