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organize yourself

when I joined Folio Models in Tokyo, I was issued an official agency organizer, containing a handy calender with tiny lined spaces next to each day. I think the idea was that models were supposed to fill it up with … Continue reading

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male models scare me

what is wrong with this picture? if you guessed, the girl looks like she’s looking for an escape hatch, you’re totally right.  if there was a thought bubble over my head, it would say, “if i look at the floor … Continue reading

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watch that baton, mr police-man!

i came this to getting a baton-induced concussion!  JOKE but it looks that way in these shots don’t it?  and what’s up with japanese police men looking all british?

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yummers

hope i didn’t give the impression that i’m not a lover of japanese food.  because when it comes to 7-Eleven lunches, there ain’t nothing like these little rice seaweed triangles.  they’re like kinder surprises, but with pickled plums and salmon … Continue reading

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you meet the strangest people in the fashion industry

this is dicky.   i don’t know why he gave me a signed polaroid of himself at the end of the shoot, but he did.  he was our stylist (which means he was in charge of the clothes and shoes and stuff … Continue reading

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before i was even seventeen

is it me or does it seem weird to you, too that by the time i was seventeen (according to my portfolio) i was married… and pregnant… and had become an old lady.  Creepy–no?

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in real life this is called dorky

because seriously, would you and your friends ever wear matching outfits and think that’s cool?  i don’t know why japanese photographers are so into this.

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lil’ japanese stone people

i think these are sacred statutes of some kind, but they were so cute i couldn’t resist snapping a shot.  hopefully, i won’t be cursed or eternally damned or anything.

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girls in park

i can’t tell what this reminds of me of more: two little sisters sulking becuase mom made us wear these stupid hats, or some strange lesbian fantasy thing.  disturbing either way. this one’s a little more normal–we’re all, ‘too cool … Continue reading

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casting: the end

we’re back in the van, off to another casting–here’s one post-casting comment that sums it up best…

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