Here is some silliness for your Thursday. My good friends Jesse and Shannon hammed it up in NYC when we went out after assisting on a photo shoot together. Shooting fellow photographers can be tricky, but this impromptu session was a breeze.
Style-wise, Jesse's shirt is an amazing cotton/silk that's half way between a work and dress shirt, and all style. The texture is oh-so-nice! Miss Shannon told me the story of all of her jewelry; each piece has a story, which she told me me while we were seated in an apartment building hallway having a chat and photo shoot.Much like my own, her stories range from family heirlooms to travel finds and everywhere in between.
I love finding out the special reasons people wear things. The larger purpose of my work right now is to gather the stories behind why people choose to communicate themselves visually the way the do. I want to know why people makes the choices about what goes onto their body, and how that relates to how others perceive them. Everyone is saying something. Some choose to communicate in a strong visual fashion with a purposeful message, while others are less engaged and make their choices subconsciously. Everyone dresses themselves in the morning so whether they intend to or not, they are shaping how the world perceives them.
I am a stories person, so each piece that I put on carries a story or facilitates sharing with others. Many of my pieces make a louder statement not just for the sake of loudness, but to act as an access point for my interactions with others. I'm quite tall and with such a big personality I fear I can be a bit much for some people, but I have yet to meet anyone who is too shy to comment on my octopus necklace. And then once they do, there's a story, which begins a deeper interaction.
How do you choose to communicate yourself visually?
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