Why do we always do this?

Who do we let define our beauty? For some it may be our immediate circle; our friends and family, the ones we love. But for most it’s the mass unknown. The visual bombardment of "beauty". 

When we allow ourselves to be defined by others we give away our power. We need to instead, free ourselves of any self-imposed confines and welcome who we really are.

Beauty has many faces. Love, strength, perceived flaws, despair.

We all have it in us, this ability to shine and be seen. 

When we claim ourselves, we each can reveal the Covergirl within.   

Thank you Doreen, for going along with my ideas and ways I use symbolism to share a message. Such a fun client and beautiful young woman!!

In all of us.

"A little while ago, not much more than a few days ago, I was a child who went about in a world of colors, of hard and tangible forms. Everything was mysterious and something was hidden, guessing what it was was a game for me. If you knew how terrible it is to know suddenly, as if a bolt of lightning elucidated the earth. Now I live in a painful planet, transparent as ice; but it is as if I had learned everything at once in seconds."

Letter from Frida to Alejandro Gómez Arias, (29 September 1926)

Mystery shoot...can you guess?

I have been working on a concept and shoot for a while. Finally shot it 2 days ago.  These are some of the jewelry and props we've used. Can you guess what it's about?