interview

Name:
Paul Hameline

Agency:
Tomorrow Is Another Day (Cologne)

Age:
19

Height:
185 cm (6’1″)

Place of Origin:
Paris, France

Ethnic Origin:
100 percent French

Birthsign:
Aquarius

How discovered:
While withdrawing money from an ATM in Paris, right before my final high school exam.

Favorite things:
Experimenting! I love meeting new people, finding new songs, artists, films, books etc.

Favorite music, band:
I guess I would go for Death in June, Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Front 242, Suicide and many others.

Favorite movie, tv show:
I would say that my favorite films are Salo, The Night Porter, The Damned, Lilya 4-Ever, The Cement Garden, Dancer in the Dark, Festen, Lost Highway and all of Kenneth Anger’s, Nick Zedd’s and Richard Kern’s short films.

Favorite designer, fragrance or beauty product:
I like the smell of sweat in summer.

What would you be doing if you weren’t modeling?
I do stuff besides modeling. I just quit l’ECAL where I used to study. At the moment I’m working on some musical projects (as well as DJing). I had my first important role in Dennis Coopers’ new film « Like Cattle Towards Glow » which will soon be out in theaters. I designed some prints for Ann Demeulemeester’s FW16 menswear collection. So yeah, I literally have no clue what I’ll be up to after that, I just go with the flow.

What’s something uncool that you love anyway?
Super tacky 90s music!

Favorite modeling experience so far?
Being shot by Harley Weir and Vanessa Reid in a womenswear Dior catsuit and Louis Vuitton dress for Pop.

What’s the best thing about your hometown/country?
I’m really happy to be in Paris at the moment. What I miss most when I’m away besides my friends is the energy that has taken over the city. It’s crazy how it changed in less than one year. It became a city where there’s A-L-W-A-Y-S something new, exciting, intriguing and interesting to do, it never used to be like that. And that’s the simple result of a group of friends that just decided to make something happen.

Which brand would you really love to model for?
I would like to shoot with Collier Schorr.

Place you would love to visit:
I would really enjoy going back to L.A. The last time I’ve been there was when I was 7. And I would absolutely love to see Moscow, there’s something that really attracts me.

Currently you’re obsessed with/about:
I’ve been working a lot on creating visual collages (http://hamelinepaul.tumblr.com) as well as music, and started putting ideas together for some future projects I have in mind.