{"id":30775,"date":"2014-04-16T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=30775"},"modified":"2014-12-31T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T16:37:03","slug":"mark-carrasquillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/mark-carrasquillo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carrasquillo"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n#introbox {border:1px solid white;padding:80px;font-size:26px;}\n.mdcdidotro {font-family:'Didot W01 Roman';}\n.mdcdidoti {font-family:'Didot W01 Italic';}\n.mdcdidotb {font-family:'Didot W01 Bold';}\n.mdchelvetical {font-family:'Helvetica W01 Light';}\n.mdchelveticai {font-family:'Helvetica W01 Light Obl';}\n.mdchelveticar {font-family:'Helvetica W01 Roman';}\n.mdchelveticab {font-family:'Helvetica W01 Bold';}\n.opensans,#introbox, .introcredits, .txtbox {font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;}\n#introbox .introcredits {font-size:20px;}\n#introbox,.txtbox {margin:60px 0 10px 0;font-weight:300;}\n#introbox .title {font-size:96px;color:black;}\n#introbox .mdctitle {color:#999;}\n.imgbox {margin: auto 0;border-top:1px solid white;border-bottom:1px solid white;float:left;padding:40px;}\n.quotebox {border-top:1px solid #fff;border-bottom:1px solid #fff;\npadding:80px;\nfont-size:24px;\nfont-family:'Helvetica W01 Light Obl';}\n.txtbox .quotebox {margin:40px 80px 40px 30px;}\n.rside .quotebox {margin:130px 30px 10px 30px;}\n.bqstart,.bqend{font-family:'Didot W01 Italic';font-size: 700%;color: #FF0000;}\n.bqstart {\nfloat: left;\nheight: 45px;\nmargin-top: -120px;\nmargin-left: -80px;\npadding-top: 45px;\nmargin-bottom: -50px;}\n.bqend {\nfloat: right;\nheight: 25px;\nmargin-top: -40px;\npadding-top: 20px;\n}\n.credits {font-size:12px;font-family:\"Courier New\", Courier, monospace;font-weight:normal;word-wrap:break-word;}\n.rside {width:39%;max-width:500px;float:left;}\n.txtcont {border:1px solid black;}\n.txtbox {width:41%;max-width:520px;border:0;padding-left:50px;padding-right:80px;float:left;}\n.separ,.separb  {clear:both;}\n.separb {border:1px solid black;}\n<\/style>\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/fast.fonts.com\/cssapi\/544ca7db-3ebc-42aa-9645-62e7779154a9.css\"\/>\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/fast.fonts.com\/cssapi\/cf078006-a05b-4f0e-9212-2fbd05409a7c.css\"\/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/92102651\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div class=\"mdcdidotro title\"><span style=\"font-size:2.3em;margin-right:-10px;\">M<\/span>ark Carrasquillo<\/div>\n<p>As one of beauty\u2019s most prolific talents, <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/mark-carrasquillo'>Mark Carrasquillo<\/a> (<a href='https:\/\/models.com\/agency\/Art-Partner'>Art Partner<\/a>) has reshaped the way fashion thinks about cosmetics. His visionary work in publications like Interview, Vogue, The Last Magazine have brought forth a new way of looking at beauty &#8211; less about the latest products, more about the characters created and dynamic personalities behind the bold faces. Throughout his career Carrasquillo has developed a dazzling array of work &#8211; united not by a signature look but by a boundless creativity that never fails to excite. <\/p>\n<p>Presenting an exclusive first look at an original video shot, art directed and with make-up all by Mark Carrasquillo, Models.com catches up with the multi-talented makeup maven to discuss his career and the surprising places he finds inspiration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"introcredits\">\nA Models.com interview by <a href='https:\/\/models.com\/people\/janelle-okwodu'>Janelle Okwodu<\/a><br \/>\nImages and video courtesy of Mark Carrasquillo &amp; Art Partner for Models.com\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imgbox\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/MARK-mdx.jpg\" alt=\"MARK-mdx\" width=\"1143\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/MARK-mdx.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/MARK-mdx-840x661.jpg 840w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/MARK-mdx-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/MARK-mdx-200x157.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1143px) 100vw, 1143px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Photography Mikael Jansson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>How did you get your first start in fashion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  My brother owned a clothing store in Philadelphia where I grew up and I went to work for him. That was the beginning of my fashion introduction. It was the only store in Philly that was selling Comme des Garcons and Yohji. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Had you always been interested in fashion and makeup?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  No, I wasn\u2019t actually. I was really interested in art and acting, things like that. I loved to do painting, I went to Fleisher&#8217;s Art School in Philly and I was making collages and sculptures. Then I started working at the store &#8211; it was called Aero &#8211; and because of the shop I met people who were hairdressers and makeup artists and other fashion people who were coming into the shop. That\u2019s how it started to pique my interest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What was your first shoot?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:   That was a long time ago! I have no idea what my first shoot was, because I didn\u2019t really do it as a career for a long time. I moved to Amsterdam and that\u2019s when I got an agent and I had a decisive moment where I knew that I\u2019d be doing this as a job. Before, I just played around. People would come into the store and they would ask me, \u201cOh, could we borrow this dress?\u201d or they\u2019d want a picture in it and little by little I started to lend clothes to people and then I met photographers and it started the whole process. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you spend any time assisting? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  I didn\u2019t assist anyone. I did it the backdoor way; I just kind of started working with people who accidentally met me. I just hung out and met people and started to work. So it was a longer process back then and a more naive way to approach it as a business. Now people realize that it is a job. You go to a famous person or a makeup artist who is established and you learn tricks of the trade, you learn who is important.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rside\">\n<div class=\"quotebox\">\n<p><span class=\"bqstart\">&#8220;<\/span>I moved to Amsterdam and that\u2019s when I got an agent and I had a decisive moment where I knew that I\u2019d be doing this as a job. Before, I just played around.<span class=\"bqend\">&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imgbox\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Eva-Mendes-mdx.jpg\" alt=\"Eva-Mendes-mdx\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1506\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Eva-Mendes-mdx.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Eva-Mendes-mdx-840x988.jpg 840w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Eva-Mendes-mdx-870x1024.jpg 870w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Eva-Mendes-mdx-169x200.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Eva Mendes \/ Interview Magazine \/ Photography Mikael Jansson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>When did you first have that feeling of finding your voice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  It\u2019s every time you go to work. I\u2019m always thinking, &#8216;Is what I\u2019m doing today 100% well done?&#8217; I\u2019m always questioning my own work. &#8216;Is my hand good today? Did I do a good job?  Did I make those people satisfied? Did I satisfy myself?&#8217; Sometimes you do give that 110% and you have a bad day or something doesn\u2019t work out and you do a lesser job. So I never feel satisfied or convinced that I\u2019m 100% where I\u2019m at &#8211; I\u2019m always questioning it. I think it\u2019s always when you see the published work that you feel more satisfied because then you see what people finally see. It\u2019s a finished product and there are a lot of people&#8217;s hands that touch it after you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a philosophy when you\u2019re doing makeup? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK: I\u2019m not a makeup artist who is like &#8216;Oh my god, I love this look.&#8217; It\u2019s more like, &#8216;Who is the girl in this picture?&#8217; I like the idea of making a character for film or pictures and that\u2019s how it started to develop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That\u2019s a different way of looking at makeup &#8211; it\u2019s about creating an individual as opposed to looking at the colors that came out this season.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>MARK:  Many people ask me what\u2019s the new seasonal trend, and I only believe it if the woman believes it. Before, I thought of makeup as an accessory &#8211; it was not something that a woman was married to; it was just about what mood she was in or if she wanted to say something special that night. I think that some women use makeup that way but over the last decade or so, through advertising, women were taught that there\u2019s some way they can hide flaws or enhance things. <\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s become a \u201cfix\u201d thing- fixing things that you don\u2019t like about yourself. I always love a woman that just wears makeup because they like it. Even if it\u2019s not the right color or shade for them, they just wear red lips because they like it and it\u2019s a &#8220;style&#8221; thing. I love that kind of idea, that [makeup] is just a thing that she adds to her wardrobe &#8211; like \u201coh, I\u2019m going to wear red gloves today\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m going to wear a red lip\u201d. I don\u2019t think of it always like \u201coh, if you use a pencil to outline around your lips you\u2019ll have an illusion of bigger lips\u201d. That I\u2019m not interested in. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I read an interview where you\u2019d said that you didn\u2019t have a set style with regard to makeup.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  People tell me my style all the time! They tell me what I\u2019m good at or what they come to me for. They say there is a skin situation, or I\u2019m known to do a good tan. I think there\u2019s a treatment of skin that people think of when they think about me, but it\u2019s all in who you ask. I trust my hand and I think that I can do many things but I\u2019m cautious of things that I do for other people because I know that certain photographers handle certain makeup better than others. So, I wouldn\u2019t go to a photographer that doesn\u2019t love makeup in that way and load the model up with makeup because I don\u2019t think that&#8217;s his\/her story. Maybe because I\u2019m conscious of that approach people think of me in different boxes than how I think of myself. It depends on the situation, it\u2019s about what is appropriate first and what could be handled second. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rside\">\n<div class=\"quotebox\">\n<span class=\"bqstart\">&#8220;<\/span>I think it\u2019s always when you see the published work that you feel more satisfied because then you see what people finally see. It\u2019s a finished product and there are a lot of people&#8217;s hands that touch it after you.<span class=\"bqend\">&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imgbox\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Interview_Rihanna.jpg\" alt=\"Interview_Rihanna\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1655\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Interview_Rihanna.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Interview_Rihanna-840x1086.jpg 840w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Interview_Rihanna-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Interview_Rihanna-154x200.jpg 154w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Rihanna \/ Interview Magazine \/ Photography Mikael Jansson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>Would you say that there are any particular things that influenced you or inspired you? I know that inspiration can come from anywhere but are there any specific things that you look to when creating?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK: Some of the obvious things; I\u2019ll look at art, I\u2019ll look at film. I see a lot of films because I really love actors; I love the whole process. I think that film puts you in a mind set that lets you dream more, so I use that a lot for my work. Also music is definitely something that makes me dream about who the person is, what kind of canvas. Also, people on the street can be genius. Sometimes I\u2019ll be in the subway and a girl sitting across from me is doing a weird eye and I\u2019ll just remember it and maybe draw from a part of it. Maybe just the end of the wing that she did, or it will be more normal or easier makeup or a more beautiful version. You always get it from somewhere, you get it from real people, you get it from film, you get it from anything you see. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspiration can definitely strike in the strangest places. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK: When I was in LA and I saw a liquid looking silver mercury car &#8211; that started this whole interesting thing in my head like, &#8216;oh maybe I should do a liquidy kind of texture in makeup&#8217;. It\u2019s random things that you see. I posted a picture of that car on Instagram and all of a sudden in my head I started thinking about it; &#8216;it&#8217;s such an interesting texture, I wonder how we can do mercury textured makeup.&#8217; Soon, in a video, I did metallic lips from seeing that car. You don\u2019t even know, when you see the car and take a picture of it, that four months later you\u2019re going to be thinking &#8216;oh, that\u2019s where that\u2019s coming from. That\u2019s what I\u2019m chasing.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p><strong>I love that you\u2019re looking to the street, you\u2019re looking at cars and real people. What would you say are some things that you\u2019d like to see in terms of beauty in everyday life? Things that you think people should try and embrace that you don\u2019t see as often? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  You know, it\u2019s funny because I always say my favorite look is a girl out of the shower and into the very expensive dress. That means there is no makeup, but I actually love that a lot. I love a girl that\u2019s that confident she just puts a dress on and goes out. I think that\u2019s a great idea &#8211; she\u2019d probably get scolded for doing it on the red carpet or something, but it shows me that it empowers her. On the flip side of that, I really love a girl that goes there and wears makeup not to hide something nor to enhance something &#8211; but just goes there for a look. It\u2019s all about level of taste too because when I say &#8220;goes there for a look&#8221;, it can go really wrong. <\/p>\n<p>In general I miss feeling like there\u2019s someone on the street doing a look. Really believing in something, dressed to the nines and really putting on a face and doing their hair. I miss the group of people that like having a haircut or saying \u201cmy thing is to have an arched, tweezed eyebrow\u201d and it doesn\u2019t matter what they\u2019re seeing in magazines. I miss those people because before, especially in New York City, you saw them everywhere; there were all of these characters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I saw that beautiful story that you did for The Last Magazine where you were given complete free reign to create whatever you personally felt was interesting &#8211; what were you trying to convey with that image. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  That picture is about freedom. It\u2019s almost like we neutralize women to a point where I feel like there is a lack of sensualness or sexuality left in the picture. I liked to play with the idea that I used the makeup as an \u201cin,\u201d because they had asked me to do a makeup story, to break some of that down. I asked the model to lick her underarm and everybody laughed at me but I wanted to break down the barrier. Maybe people are more sensual, when they have a bigger chance to experiment &#8211; makeup is a tool to get that message &#8220;maybe it\u2019s going to be fun to do it&#8221;. So that\u2019s what that picture is about- breaking the walls down and making people a little uncomfortable or more conscious that it\u2019s not just about beauty- it\u2019s about something else. There\u2019s a layer of sensuality and a layer of sexuality and I wanted to say that in the image. I hope that\u2019s what people got out of the picture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rside\">\n<div class=\"quotebox\">\n<span class=\"bqstart\">&#8220;<\/span>I always say my favorite look is a girl out of the shower and into the very expensive dress. That means there is no makeup&#8230;<span class=\"bqend\">&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imgbox\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/CK_One_2013.jpg\" alt=\"CK_One_2013\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1739\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/CK_One_2013.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/CK_One_2013-840x1141.jpg 840w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/CK_One_2013-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/CK_One_2013-147x200.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Lara Stone \/ cK One Color Cosmetics Campaign 2013 \/ Photography David Sims<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>There is absolutely a sense of freedom to that image. Editorially you\u2019ve gotten to explore all these incredible ideas, but is there anything you haven\u2019t done yet that you\u2019d like to? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  There\u2019s definitely things as a person in the industry, as a makeup artist that I haven&#8217;t done. I would like to work on a project where I actually develop products for someone. That\u2019s a big dream now because I\u2019m older and I have more weight of being in the industry for so long. Before this industry I was in retail and I know what it\u2019s like being in a store and selling something to someone. So I think it\u2019s kind of interesting now if someone were to approach me I would be very interested in that. It\u2019s something that I haven\u2019t done really. I would love to have input and control to develop certain products, certain colors, certain things that I just think women would really like to have in their handbag or in their home that really work and are fun to use. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one thing that you think isn\u2019t on the market yet that women could use?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  There is too much product out there and a lot of people don\u2019t know where to begin. Especially for a regular woman, she may not have a clue what she\u2019s doing with makeup or she doesn\u2019t know which one she wants to buy yet. So, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s about saying \u201coh, I\u2019m going to make the ultimate product.\u201d But, if you can do a line of makeup that\u2019s interesting that makes a woman want to own it. I just feel like a lot of women don\u2019t feel seduced at the moment. They\u2019re buying something to fix a wrinkle but they\u2019re not seduced by the product. In the past women would fall in love with certain things like, they\u2019d search for that same lipstick over and over again. I don\u2019t think that there\u2019s that kind of love and attachment to a product anymore. If you can create something that women feel that strongly about again, I think then it\u2019s interesting. <\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re right. I think back to my own mother and she had her lipstick for a decade that she\u2019d just buy over and over again. She felt so strongly about that color and when it was finally phased out, it was like the world had ended.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>MARK:  Right now there is no \u201cOh my god I can\u2019t live without this product; this really nails who I am; this is something that becomes part of me; this is my signature.\u201d It\u2019s funny I always think of these things, which include the smells. Certain smells bring me back to certain people. Even the smell of a lipstick or the taste on your lips.. I wonder if that happens now? There are so many options that they don\u2019t ever have enough time with something to get that attachment. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I think we have sort of lost that in terms of beauty, that personal connection. No one has a signature scent anymore, a signature lipstick &#8211; you just buy what&#8217;s new and you try it out. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  I\u2019m still really old school. I think that women want to be charmed and they want to feel beautiful. They don\u2019t want to be told there\u2019s something wrong with them, they want to feel elevated. That\u2019s really what I believe about women. If I were to work on something, that\u2019s the approach I would take because it\u2019s in my blood. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rside\">\n<div class=\"quotebox\">\n<span class=\"bqstart\">&#8220;<\/span>I think that women want to be charmed and they want to feel beautiful. They don\u2019t want to be told there\u2019s something wrong with them, they want to feel elevated.<span class=\"bqend\">&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imgbox\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Marion-Cotillard-mdx.jpg\" alt=\"Marion-Cotillard-mdx\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1668\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Marion-Cotillard-mdx.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Marion-Cotillard-mdx-840x1094.jpg 840w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Marion-Cotillard-mdx-785x1024.jpg 785w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/Marion-Cotillard-mdx-153x200.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Marion Cotillard \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/another-magazine-another-magazine-ss-10-cover\">Another Magazine<\/a> \/ Photography Craig McDean<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>Speaking of being seduced, some of the images that you\u2019ve been part of and created have been so beautiful and seductive &#8211; can you speak a bit about their creation? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  Some things are accidental, and some things we know when we go in where we\u2019re headed. It\u2019s really raw energy a lot of times, like, with Eva Mendes, for example &#8211; she\u2019s a great woman &#8211; because the day I met her I didn\u2019t know what I wanted to do. I said to her that morning when I showed up, \u201cYou know, I really don\u2019t know what we\u2019re doing but you\u2019re really beautiful, you have gorgeous skin, let\u2019s just put 8-hour cream on your skin and prep you like that and head out to set, if you\u2019re cool with that\u201d. A lot of actresses who had never worked with a makeup artist before wouldn\u2019t have said, \u201cYeah, okay let\u2019s do it.\u201d So I put 8 hour cream and we brought her to set and we started to play. So there was no real makeup on her face, just cream as a texture to start off. And I was sitting there talking with her and I just grabbed her face and squeezed her and I was saying something stupid probably to her, and Mikael (Jansson) saw me do that and they took a picture and they got a picture of me squeezing her face and that is in the story. <\/p>\n<p>We ended up doing a dark eye and had her tied up in strings &#8211; but we didn\u2019t know we were going to go do those pictures. People were feeding off of the raw energy that we had on set. She was so open and I was chatting with her and it started something &#8211; I think that happens a lot when you have people who trust you and there\u2019s no set guide. There was no story board on the wall. I think sometimes the images come from things like that and sometimes they just come from a storyboard that\u2019s on the wall and you have your inspiration. People know what they\u2019re going to be wearing, whoever is involved &#8211; whether it\u2019s an actress, actor, or model &#8211; they know the direction it\u2019s heading and the picture gets made. But, it depends. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any one way to come to a final place. I think that maybe a lot of times I\u2019m on set and the pictures look or the girls look sensual or whatever because that\u2019s the kind of thing we\u2019re chasing. Even if they\u2019re removed or aloof about their sensuality in the picture &#8211; that\u2019s also something that we\u2019re chasing. It\u2019s not all premeditated but it just happens because it\u2019s in the air.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you say are some of the projects you\u2019ve worked on that have a special place in your heart? I know that every project are special but are there any that you love deeply? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  I always really loved working for Calvin Klein. That is a brand that I grew up with, if you grew up in America you saw the Calvin ads on the TV. The brand introduced me to Bruce Weber and those images. For me it really resonated and maybe that\u2019s why I have it in my head for somebody to be seductive because those ads seduced me as a young boy. When I got a chance to work with them it was a really nice feeling because I felt like I watched it and I was seduced by this and now I\u2019m part of it. That makes you so satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>You know what I really love too is when you get an actor or actress and you know that twenty years from now that picture might resonate and become part of a collective book or an art book. Someone who is young is going to look at that and use that as a jumping off point or his\/her fantasy about what the person would be. I always love when we do that with an actor; it\u2019s not just about doing them well and making a good picture and making them look beautiful, but capturing that image and hopefully something else resonated. It\u2019s almost like a time capsule; you captured that moment and the way they looked and what they\u2019re saying in that picture&#8230; that&#8217;s more than just a beautiful person. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rside\">\n<div class=\"quotebox\">\n<span class=\"bqstart\">&#8220;<\/span>It\u2019s almost like a time capsule; you captured that moment and the way they looked and what they\u2019re saying in that picture&#8230; that&#8217;s more than just a beautiful person.<span class=\"bqend\">&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imgbox\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/INTERVIEW-Arizona.jpg\" alt=\"INTERVIEW-Arizona\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1663\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/INTERVIEW-Arizona.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/INTERVIEW-Arizona-840x1091.jpg 840w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/INTERVIEW-Arizona-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/INTERVIEW-Arizona-153x200.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Arizona Muse \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/interview-magazine-the-exhibitionists\/193530\">Interview Magazine<\/a> \/ Photography Mikael Jansson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>That\u2019s true there are kids and people who rip those pictures out of the magazines and put them on their walls. A really good image can make you dream.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>MARK: There\u2019s a cover I did with Marion Cotillard; I had a lot of fun with her that day, she was really open and free so we managed to make a cover that I thought was really good when I left that day. Then when I saw it on the magazine stand I realized that you HAD to look at the cover, not because I worked on it but because it just stood out. It was a great picture of her and it was of the moment, you wouldn\u2019t get another picture of her like that again. That\u2019s a picture that I really like because it stays in my mind and I think that later it will come up again and again. There\u2019s something about it; it\u2019s more than just hair and makeup and the fashion. There\u2019s another layer and the layer is what makes you want to look at it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>So often we see celebrities in just one way, they\u2019re usually presented in a very safe way and then to see them do something different\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK:  Yes, it\u2019s special. I always think when I\u2019m uncomfortable something is happening. So maybe that\u2019s how I gauge things; if I feel uncomfortable about it and if it\u2019s making me take a second look or making me really look at it harder. Then I\u2019m thinking there\u2019s something there -even if I\u2019m not sure what it is- I like that. <\/p>\n<p>We can make everybody beautiful now. With retouching, hair, makeup, lighting and everything else, you can take anyone and make a beautiful picture of them, right? But you\u2019re not necessarily going to make a picture that everybody wants to look at over and over again or want to look back at it twenty years from now. That\u2019s harder to do. <\/p>\n<p><strong>We can\u2019t talk about pictures that everyone wants to look at over and over without mentioning Interview. You have been collaborating with Fabien and Karl for years, what is that like?<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>MARK:  My work at Interview has been very interesting because I work with Fabien and Karl; people that I\u2019ve worked with for years so it\u2019s a collaboration with people that I trust. That\u2019s another interesting thing to think about as a career; where your career is going, who you\u2019re working with. When you find places where you can actually have a voice and you can do your craft really well, that\u2019s exciting. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I have to ask you, what\u2019s on the horizon? What can we look for in the near future? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MARK: I don\u2019t know what\u2019s on my horizon at the moment. I\u2019m going to keep working that\u2019s for sure because I\u2019m not going anywhere! Hopefully I\u2019m going to work with even more people that I haven&#8217;t worked with that challenge me and make me grow as an artist. Also hopefully, I\u2019ll get the opportunity to finally work on product. It\u2019s a hit list of the things you want. Of course it would be great to work with amazing actors and actresses and make important pictures of them and make amazing pictures of models and to do your job really well. That\u2019s what it\u2019s all about all the time. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rside\">\n<div class=\"quotebox\">\n<span class=\"bqstart\">&#8220;<\/span>&#8230;you can take anyone and make a beautiful picture of them, right? But you\u2019re not necessarily going to make a picture that everybody wants to look at over and over again or want to look back at it twenty years from now. That\u2019s harder to do.<span class=\"bqend\">&#8221;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imgbox\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/lara-stone-the-last-magazin.jpg\" alt=\"lara-stone-the-last-magazin\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1732\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/lara-stone-the-last-magazin.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/lara-stone-the-last-magazin-840x1136.jpg 840w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/lara-stone-the-last-magazin-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2014\/04\/lara-stone-the-last-magazin-147x200.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits\">Lara Stone \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/models.com\/work\/the-last-magazine-the-last-magazine-fw-12-cover\">The Last Magazine<\/a> \/ Photography Mikael Jansson<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one of beauty\u2019s most prolific talents, Mark Carrasquillo has reshaped the way fashion thinks about cosmetics and brought forth a new way of looking at beauty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":30899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1624,155,99,3],"tags":[1649,1100,1777],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30775"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30912,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30775\/revisions\/30912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}