![]() ![]() RELATED: More Women Than Ever Are Watching Porn: Let's DiscussĪnd while the number of models I follow is probably above average when compared with other dudes in my age range, I don’t think I skew above by all that much. It’s gotten to the point where there are more model photos in my feed than couples selfies, food porn, or photos accompanied by a custom wedding hashtag. I must do it in some sort of fugue state. ![]() But don’t get discouraged.”īeyoncé’s Renaissance world tour is at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 29 May to 4 June.Until recently, I had no idea I followed so many models, and no recollection of actually hitting the "follow" button. It’s going to be tough: the competition is fierce and you’ll have to prove yourself again and again. I didn’t react quickly enough and it allowed the social media photographers to take over the advertising jobs.” Low point: “The financial crash in 2007-8 prompted major budget cuts and suddenly I was considered way too expensive. High point: “Now! I’ve had a lot of success with my exhibitions. Influences: “ Andy Warhol is my role model for career management and business strategy. The photoshoot created a road map to where she was headed. She wasn’t quite the person that the photos represented, but within a couple of years she had become that iconic, undeniable superstar. With Beyoncé, that energy seemed to naturally happen.įor me, this image projected who Beyoncé was about to become. It’s not about being best friends: it’s about an energy that has to be there. I think it has a lot to do with the connection between the subject and the photographer. There’s a magic on set that either happens or it doesn’t. Later, in post-production, everything was perfected and arranged to make sure nothing shows. It was much more flimsy than it appears and it wasn’t staying strategically in place – she’s not wearing anything other than those strings of diamonds, so she was pretty much topless on set. But that top did not look exactly how it does on the cover: there was a lot of post-production and manipulation. I didn’t want to do anything low-key or lo-fi with daylight. The final image was totally the vision I had for her: this sexy, glossy look that I felt represented her best. She just snapped into it and I knew immediately that this was the shot. The pose on the cover just happened – it was not me directing her. She is a hard worker and an intuitive and intelligent model. She was friendly and professional on set. While she was well-known, she wasn’t the biggest pop star in the world. In 2003, Beyoncé was not the Beyoncé she is now. She’d had them cleaned and they were nicely wrapped with a ribbon. A few months later, she returned the jeans. So I gave her mine – on that famous, iconic cover, she is wearing my jeans! People ask if that meant I wasn’t wearing any trousers while shooting her, but I was – I had another pair, luckily. She liked that idea but they hadn’t brought any. She’d had them cleaned and they were nicely wrapped with a ribbonīut Beyoncé was reluctant because her mother had only brought skirts to pair it with, and she felt it would make the look too red carpet. When they arrived for the shoot – and again her mother was styling her – I pointed at the diamond top as they brought out all the outfits and said: “That’s exactly what we discussed.” A few months later, she returned the jeans. Beyoncé wanted something similar, but smaller. She mentioned a campaign I’d done showing Laetitia Casta lying on a diamond-studded spider’s web. In 2003, Beyoncé asked me to shoot the cover of her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love. She walked in and I said to her mother, Tina, who was styling the shoot: “This one in the middle here, she’s going to be a huge star.” Tina looked at me like: “Yeah, we know.” After that, things really started taking off with music shoots. ![]() ![]() I shot Beyoncé for the first time in 2000 for Vibe magazine, when she was part of Destiny’s Child. ![]()
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