InnerView: 1 on 1 Q&A with Adrian Anderson

Adrian:  The contrast of the hard bricks in the back ground with the soft, sensuality of the model is very nice. Was that purposeful?

Born (Mark):  I've been shooting Gabrielle since I became a photographer back in 1994, and I've known her some years earlier (Miami Central High School).  Out in the field, on the shoot, Gabrielle is going to do her "thang" - some times it's like just sit back, hold your camera and...shoot!  That's to say i was more focus on the bricks "A".

She can tell you best; when we shoot I step out into the area and survey my surrounding through my viewer and BING! - "over there".  Sometimes I'm driving down the street and because I know Gabrielle and her many looks - I'm like, "Gabby would go good right there..."  It's just one of those things that happens when a photographer knows his/her model.  That's to say i knew Gabrielle's elegance would bring out the character in the bricks before she was ever in the frame.

Very purposeful, but I wasn't going to publish this particular shot; I have others with her against the same wall that I think are better.  But it was a second look at her child-like personality that made me go ahead and publish it.

Thanks for the question Adrian.  Many blessing to you and yours.
 
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