Personal / Commissioned: Personal Project

Location: New York United States

The brief was to express elegance and a sense of grandeur.

The early evening invokes the potential of the night ahead, and coupled with the model’s glamourous attire, this creates a sense of anticipation. She looks down at the city below from the high window, contemplating her night at the most important event of the year. The champagne and pomegranate on the table in the foreground speak of a sophisticated and refined palette.

Imbuing an image with a simple narrative in this way can really help to enhance what is a fairly simple scene. We can try to question the spaces we are dressing and the motives of the people who will come to inhabit them. Who will live here? What are their aspirations? What is their story, and how can we best tell it through the images we craft?