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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
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?
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?
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.
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.
can i have one of the…uh…never mind
i totally would have maybe considered buying some of those if i a) had any idea of what they were and b) wasn’t too chicken to ask. sometimes living in a country where you can’t read, write or understand the … Continue reading
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
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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the casting: scene two
this is our manager, ken. he’s camera shy–kind of ironic for someone in the modeling industry!
