when I'm a model

when my friend Nidia, who is a terrific make-up artist working for Chanel, told me she would like to have me as a model I was very skeptical. me ? a model ? OMG... but who doesn't want to try being someone else ?
and then the problem : "who is going to shoot me ?" appeared. of course I immediately thought about Charity Thomas. I showed Nidia her work and she liked it too. so once Charity told me she is willing to try we set a date.
 I loved the whole process when you are "changed". everything I don't like about myself Nidia makes art of it : almost no brows - she hid it even more and turned it white ! transparent lashes - she applied yellow mascara ! very pale skin - she made a porcelain effect. I was like a white piece of paper to her and she could do whatever she wanted. her fairy like hands transformed me in a strange doll.
modeling is another problem, I feel stiff and ridiculous, so people who think it's an easy thing to be a model are oh so wrong !... it was raining all along, so it was not helping at all, we were socked but kept on shooting, my hair lost the volume and my make-up started to run away at the end, but I actually love the result !!! Charity knew how to catch some magic moments even with a bad model as I am.
I am very grateful to both artists for their great job, thank you girls !!!

make-up and hair : Nidia V

photographer : Charity Thomas

Elodie Besse

Elodie is a superwoman kind of girl, I admire her a lot. she is an amazing photographer, dancer, jewelry designer, cook, DJ and I can continue on and on. her beauty is timeless, she could have lived in 20's as well as 60's, her face has different eras reunited in one. the creativity is her life and her talent is huge. but as we all know multiple talents is not an easy gift to handle... but she seems to manage it quite well. her life is passionate and particularly interesting, you can listen her for hours and I love spending time with her. even if we can't see each other very often I believe we have a special bond.

she is always ready to try something new and weird. this way we shared a very particular experience together - family constellations, where she was me and I was her. I think it changed us in a very good way and now we know very personal things about each other, which makes me like her even more !

one fanny fact is that her family name in Slavic mythology means demon...

model : Elodie Besse 

Glwadys Le Moulnier

I perfectly remember the first time I've met Glwadys. my first thoughts were who is this magnificent wooden creature, she looked like an elf to me. and she also was so energetic and sweet, we started pretty quickly to laugh a lot together. she is such a lovable person.

her blood is mixed : her mother is Guadeloupean and her father is French, and usually the strong gene is the black one (that's what they say) but not with Glwadys she took only the blonde gene ! she is pale with gorgeous blond hair and bright blue eyes. once I saw her with her mother and it's crazy how they are completely different. nature works in a mysterious way.

the day we've met for the shooting I just wanted to catch her amazing hair in the sun but then I saw that she is very fluid and natural in her modeling poses, so I made her do some crazy stuff and I love the result.

me & the model