{"id":53409,"date":"2018-03-23T12:23:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T16:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/?p=53409"},"modified":"2018-04-18T19:07:51","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T23:07:51","slug":"ellen-von-unwerths-world-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/models.com\/mdx\/ellen-von-unwerths-world-of-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen von Unwerth&#8217;s World of Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cover\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/hp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1184\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/hp.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/hp-1280x758.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/hp-200x118.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"covertitle\">Ellen von Unwerth&#8217;s World of Women<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n#cover {position:relative;padding:0;margin: 0 auto;text-align:center;}\n#covertitle {position: absolute;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\n  bottom: 5%;\n  width: 100%;\n  color: white;\n  font-size: 3.6rem;}\n#content .row {max-width:100%}\n#cover img {\/*max-width:1280px;*\/}\n#introbox,#footerbox {max-width:1280px;margin:auto;}\n#introbox,#footerbox {clear:both;font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:300;text-align:center;}\n#introtxt {text-align:justify !important;max-width:900px;margin:auto;padding: 90px 10px 0 10px;}\n#introtitle {text-align:center;width:90%; font-size:1.5rem;margin:90px auto;font-weight:400;}\n#introtitle a {color:black;}\n#introcredits {font-size:.8rem;margin:60px 0;}\n#introcredits h3 {font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;}\n.parts {min-her:#ccc;float:left;width:12.5%;text-align:center;padding-top:20px;}\n.active a {color:black;}\n.center,#portrait,.center img,#portrait img {width: 100% !important;}\n.center img,#portrait img {margin:40px auto !important;}\n.credits {margin:12px auto;font-size:.8rem;font-weight:200;text-align:center;}\n.credbottom {margin-top:30px;}\n#portrait img {max-width:640px !important;}\n.center img {max-width:1280px !important;}\n.center,#portrait{text-align:center;}\n.interview {max-width:560px;\nmargin: 30px auto 60px auto;\nfont-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01',helvetica,sans-serif;\nfont-weight:300;\ntext-align:justify;\npadding:0 80px;}\n.pullquote {font-size:2.4rem;text-align:center;margin: 10% 0;}\n.coming {padding: 0 80px 80px 80px;margin: -20px 0 40px 0;font-size:2rem;text-align:center;}\n.modelname {font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01_n2',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.9rem;font-weight:800;}\n.modeltext {font-size:1.4rem;font-weight:100;}\n.txtbox {width:50%;\n  font-family:'Neue Haas Unica W01', sans-serif;\n  max-width:640px;\n  margin:10% auto;\n  text-align:justify;\n}\n.center p {margin:0;}\nstrong {font-weight:600;}\nhr {\ndisplay: inherit;\nwidth: 50%;\nmargin: auto;\n}\n.pic40 {width:40%;margin:5% 30%;}\n.pic60 {width:60%;margin:0 20%;}\n.pic40mh25 img {width: 60%;margin: 25% 20%;}\n.picside {width:60%;margin:30% 20% 0 20%;}\n.picpad img {width:70%;}\n.picsingle {margin:auto;}\n.separ {clear:both;}\n.featured {font-size:1.6rem;margin:30px 0 50px 0;}\n.photog {font-size:1.4em;}\n.subtitle {font-size:1.2em;text-align:center;padding: 0 10% 5% 10%;}\n<\/style>\n<link type=\"text\/css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/\/fast.fonts.net\/cssapi\/1ee7eecc-8318-40d7-9f60-2840770611c0.css\"\/>\n<!-- mdc set, L Futura W01,Linotype Didot W01,Neue Haas Unica W01 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"txtdiv\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"introbox\">\n<div id=\"introtxt\">\n<p>Adored yet disregarded. Enjoyed yet criticized. So much of the female form through history has been pondered about, controlled, and fought against, without much autonomy from women themselves on the matter. Still, there have been trailblazers that have deftly thrown censorship and convention out the window few more noteworthy than photographer, <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/ellen-von-unwerth\">Ellen von Unwerth<\/a>. The former German model turned image crafter has been behind some of the most seductively enticing imagery of the past 30 years finding fame shooting powerful women like Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Madonna, Rihanna, Britney Spears and many more. From album covers to ad campaigns her women, usually sexually suggestive and glamorous, are often caught laughing or in some state of dynamic movement, seemingly unbothered by any external gaze &#8211; oh to live in such a world! As Women\u2019s History Month winds down, we met up with von Unwerth at The Beekman Hotel to discuss her momentous career, her thoughts on feminism, the female form, and her latest eponymous venture, <a href=\"https:\/\/ellenvonunwerthvon.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VON Magazine<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"introcredits\">\nAll photos provided by Ellen von Unwerth Studios<\/p>\n<p>Interview and text by <a href=\"\/\/models.com\/people\/irene-ojo-felix\">Irene Ojo-Felix<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns pic60\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Naomi-Campbell-and-Kate-Moss-1996.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"966\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Naomi-Campbell-and-Kate-Moss-1996.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Naomi-Campbell-and-Kate-Moss-1996-200x151.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>Do you shoot on location mostly? What about the element of the outdoors excites you?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes! I mostly shoot on location. My images always have a reportage element to them. Also, I like the unexpected so I love to shoot in hotels and bars and clubs and the street. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, you have to call up The Beekman!<\/strong><br \/>\nExactly! I\u2019m like&#8230;wait I\u2019ve got to shoot here! This is incredible. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I was automatically drawn to your work and how across it the common thread was this feeling of female empowerment and eroticism. Yet, not in a negative connotation &#8211; all the women from your images always feel like they want to be sexy and free. How did you come across that feeling of expression when you first started?<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen I started I was a model and my boyfriend had given me a camera so I didn\u2019t really know that much about photography other than what I learned during my modeling time. When I started shooting I just had straight away this contact with women where they opened up and felt really comfortable in front of my camera. I think when you feel comfortable you want to show your beauty, you want to show your sensuality. That just came naturally.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>As far as being a woman in photography you know there\u2019s not many in comparison to the number of men there are in the business. Do you think that being a woman and having female subjects makes them feel more comfortable with you? With the fact that you understand where they\u2019re coming from and their perspective? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, exactly. I think I understand how they feel and I know when you\u2019re in front of the camera you\u2019re somehow vulnerable and exposed, so I know how to make them feel good and there\u2019s no ambiguity so it\u2019s easier for them to open up. I always say it\u2019s like playing with Barbie dolls &#8211; we just have fun. We are dressing up and there\u2019s loud music and it\u2019s just a really fun and free atmosphere. <\/p>\n<p><strong>As a creative, what do you think is important to understand of the photographer and subject relationship? <\/strong><br \/>\nWell, I think the answer is in the question, as a photographer you have to consider the model as a subject, not as an object. I always try to direct and have conversations with my models. I work with people not only for their physical but also their personalities. Taking pictures, you get to know a lot about them, but you have to break the bridges so they let you in. Music always helps and sometimes a sip (or two) of champagne!<\/p>\n<p><strong>And what&#8217;s your process for picking subjects? Do you find yourself seeking out subjects who are already comfortable showing themselves off? Or is it you want to bring that out of people regardless? <\/strong><br \/>\nIt depends because every shoot is different. When you shoot for Vogue, you show the clothes. So when I do more of my personal shoots, for books or exhibitions you know, I think you have to provoke a little bit more and show something different and new. So then I pick girls of who I know love to show off a bit more, a bit like an actress. My last book, Heimat, was all shot in Bavaria and it was all about Bavarian culture and traditions. So the girls had to be round because clothes, the right clothes you need to fill them out. You needed really voluptuous girls so that\u2019s why I chose Dioni Tabbers and Ashley Smith and Valerie van der Graaf you know, they were the right girls. You couldn\u2019t choose a runway model for that.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/From-HEIMAT-Nicole-Poturalski-Valerie-van-der-Graaf-Dioni-Tabbers-Sofia-Rudieva-2015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/From-HEIMAT-Nicole-Poturalski-Valerie-van-der-Graaf-Dioni-Tabbers-Sofia-Rudieva-2015.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/From-HEIMAT-Nicole-Poturalski-Valerie-van-der-Graaf-Dioni-Tabbers-Sofia-Rudieva-2015-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>Super fun! It looked like they were having the time of their life in the pictures I saw.<\/strong><br \/>\nTotally! Everything was just so like\u2026 just absurd and surreal. And also you know, I love to use actresses like Syrie Moskowitz. I like to find characters. <\/p>\n<p><strong>It seems like the characters drive the visuals, even for celebrities like FKA Twigs or Britney Spears or Rihanna. They resonate with themselves and their own personalities but you almost tweak them and transform them&#8230;push it a little bit more. That picture of Rihanna in Esquire with the fan? Super, super sexy. <\/strong><br \/>\nBut she is a super sexy person. And if they trust, they go there because they want to be perceived in their womanhood. But I always make them look powerful and always in control and never vulgar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When it comes to the process of picking models, I always hear from creatives that it\u2019s a very intimate scenario. Looking back who have been some of the models you captured that really stood out?<\/strong><br \/>\nYou know when I started I started to work for Guess one of the first girls I worked with was Carr\u00e9 Otis. Then I discovered Claudia Schiffer, who is incredible. Still today people are responding to those pictures. Then there was Eva Herzigova who also I discovered and who was a big big girl in my career because she was so spontaneous\u2026 and still is! She\u2019s incredible. Naomi of course\u2026 so much with Naomi. Christy, Linda\u2026 all of them! <\/p>\n<p><strong>All of the supers!<\/strong><br \/>\nKate Moss! I was the first one to put Kate Moss in Italian Vogue when she started. I did a little film with her. Then you know, Doutzen and Natalia.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Katenewcrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1909\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Katenewcrop.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Katenewcrop-1274x1900.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Katenewcrop-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Naomi-Campbell-1991.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1909\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Naomi-Campbell-1991.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Naomi-Campbell-1991-1274x1900.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Naomi-Campbell-1991-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>If you look at Models.com, these are the women that are part of our Legends, Supers and Icons lists. How do you feel about the modeling world right now as it stands? Do you think we\u2019ll ever get close to those moments again?<\/strong><br \/>\nWell you know, there are some big girls like Gigi and Bella and Karlie Kloss. They are great. But I don\u2019t know it was just a time. Back then when those girls came out on the runway everybody was electrified. They were raised very powerful, very independent, and very glamorous. It just shows that now it\u2019s very hard to feel the personality of the girls. I think it comes from they just don\u2019t want them to have so much personality. Walk fast, walk like a boy\u2026 so it\u2019s hard to get attached to them. So many new girls I cannot follow up anymore! <\/p>\n<p><strong>You can\u2019t follow? We do our Top Newcomers twice a year and it\u2019s turning into 40 girls every season! And you\u2019re trying to be fair to everybody\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nI know, which is great but on the other hand it\u2019s hard for a girl to actually make a career and become a star because you have to work with a lot of different photographers and you have to explore a lot of different things, you have to learn how to model and I feel it\u2019s much harder now than it used to be. The careers are really fast and the girls disappear, come and go very quickly. Unlike, when you look at Eva Herzigova, she\u2019s still doing campaigns and it\u2019s been like 30 years.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns pic60\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Eva-Herzigova-2010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Eva-Herzigova-2010.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Eva-Herzigova-2010-1266x1900.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Eva-Herzigova-2010-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>When you make that point that girls aren\u2019t able to establish themselves, how is it a detriment to the overall industry? How does it affect the creatives or the magazines in being able to really cultivate girls? <\/strong><br \/>\nWith girls, you can choose a look. Look at Karlie Kloss &#8211; she changes her hair all the time! When I look at books of girls all the pictures are mostly down and a little bit sad. I want to see a picture of a girl laughing! I want to see a picture of a girl having different emotions and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s really explored right now. I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s not \u201ccool\u201d to laugh. <\/p>\n<p><strong>And that\u2019s supposed to make you buy the clothes! For whatever reason. <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. But then it\u2019s hard to get attached to a girl, you know? That\u2019s why brands use actresses. Look at all of the covers of magazines are actresses. Most campaigns are actors because they want to believe that the customer attaches to the face. Now also because of Instagram, the influencers. It\u2019s a whole new element out there! Crazy. <\/p>\n<p><strong>It has pros and cons. It kind of balances things out that the girl from the middle of nowhere that has 200,000 followers can be considered as just as much of an interesting talent as a model. I don\u2019t know how it makes it look for the overall look of fashion, however. Do we want professional models? Or do we want real street-casted kids? A mix?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think everything is allowed now, you know? You see on the runway all races and ethnicities which is fantastic. You see curvy girls but you don\u2019t see enough and that\u2019s not very feminist. I want to see sexier, curvy girls. If a girl has personality and an Instagram that is exciting enough that people look at it, it\u2019s great that she also has a chance to get a job. At first, I was a little bit of a skeptic about it because obviously, it\u2019s also a girl that does a lot of selfies.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns pic60\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Elizabeth-Hurley-1997.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1914\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Elizabeth-Hurley-1997.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Elizabeth-Hurley-1997-1271x1900.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Elizabeth-Hurley-1997-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>What\u2019s one main point that you think people get wrong about feminism? How do you continue to provoke and push boundaries in this post-#MeToo era?<\/strong><br \/>\nIn my opinion, I feel that being a feminist does not have to make a woman hide or deny her body and its sensual power. To be feminine doesn\u2019t mean to be weak. On the contrary, the most powerful thing a woman can do is embracing who she is, inside and out. Women should feel free and not censor each other for being too much of this, not enough of that. As a photographer, I always showed women powerful and in control of situations and not as sad victims. Society is changing, women are changing, so there will be always new boundaries to be broken.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\n&#8220;I feel that being a feminist does not have to make a woman hide or deny her body and its sensual power. To be feminine doesn\u2019t mean to be weak. On the contrary, the most powerful thing a woman can do is embracing who she is, inside and out.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>How is the transition for you been from film to digital? With the now digital swing, has this emphasis on digital, social media, and fast pace been a positive thing or a negative thing for you? <\/strong><br \/>\nOverall I\u2019d say definitely positive. One of the last shoots we shot all on film was 5-6 years ago. Straight away you get used to digital. It\u2019s so great. Before, you have the contact sheet and all of that long squeezing of my eyes thinking, \u201coh my God, I\u2019m getting wrinkles!\u201d Looking through the loop, for hours and hours, checking those contact sheets. It takes so long to get your film back and then you do contact sheets and prints and a frame. Now it\u2019s so easy. You shoot and then hours later you have it. You can choose on the computer. It\u2019s so much more convenient. And there are millions of possibilities. However, we still \u201cfilm\u201d with every shoot a little film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>To me film just seems so much more special. Maybe digital makes it less so. <\/strong><br \/>\nWell also, it\u2019s more special because it\u2019s super expensive. So when you take pictures you really concentrate on your composition. Sometimes when I shoot digital something is in the picture and I\u2019m like, oh whatever, I\u2019ll take it out with retouching.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Diane-Kruger-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Diane-Kruger-2017.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Diane-Kruger-2017-1266x1900.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Diane-Kruger-2017-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>But with film everything has to be perfect.<\/strong><br \/>\nYeah, 36 shots so you really pay attention. Both are great but you cannot get around digital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I would assume that now because everybody wants things so fast, digital seems a necessity to be able to deliver. <\/strong><br \/>\nTotally. People want it straight away. They want to see. They want you to shoot and edit. I\u2019m like, no no no no no. <\/p>\n<p><strong>You don\u2019t like people looking at your pictures? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo! It\u2019s like they\u2019re looking in my soul, you know? When you shoot you work up to something. You cannot just show every frame. The picture is the one you choose. Not every picture is good. It\u2019s really, the picture is the one you choose as the photographer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pic40\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Jessica-Chastain-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Jessica-Chastain-2012.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Jessica-Chastain-2012-1266x1900.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Jessica-Chastain-2012-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>For sure. Take us back to some of your first shoots. Do you remember your first shoot where you thought, now I\u2019ve made it? &#8220;I\u2019m Ellen Von Unwerth,&#8221; so to speak. <\/strong><br \/>\nIt wasn\u2019t really like this, you know. I just love working and I did my first shoot after my boyfriend gave me that camera. I went to Kenya for a job as a model and I started shooting street photography and then I came back. My friends were doing a magazine called Jill. They saw the pictures and you know people always think that models are stupid. <\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s not true but\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nOf course, it\u2019s not true! But at the time models were considered stupid. So when people saw my pictures which I did in Kenya, they were like, \u201coh, Ellen these are really nice but you\u2019re a model? How could you do this?\u201d So that was really awesome for me and also a surprise because I did not know that I had the talent for photography. They gave me 6 pages in Jill magazine so that was a really big emotional success. My first story in that magazine was inspired by Pigalle which is the red light district in Paris. (British designer) Katharine Hamnett saw the pictures and she booked me straight away for a campaign. I had only one camera in a little metal box and I went to London. **laughs** Then I started to work for The Face and for i-D magazine and then for Guess! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you recognize back then as a woman in fashion photography that there weren&#8217;t that many of you? Or were you just focused on your own thing?<\/strong><br \/>\nI was totally focused on my own thing. There were some other women like Deborah Turbeville, but not that many to be honest. I wasn\u2019t really thinking about it and also I don\u2019t think ever it was a problem for me to be a woman. As I said, people responded to my first pictures. Katharine Hamnett responded to them and then I did Guess with Claudia Schiffer.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudia-Schiffer-1989-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1914\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudia-Schiffer-1989-.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudia-Schiffer-1989--1271x1900.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudia-Schiffer-1989--134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudianewcrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1914\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudianewcrop.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudianewcrop-1271x1900.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Claudianewcrop-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>Do you think that the experience of being a woman and shooting a woman is inherently a deeper connection? <\/strong><br \/>\nI don\u2019t really think so. You know when I was a model, to be honest, it depended. As a model, there were women photographers where I just didn\u2019t feel comfortable with at all. One woman made me pose for hours in the freezing cold. There are photographers like this and then there are photographers like Oliviero Toscani. He made you jump and it was really fun. I think everybody is different and you cannot really generalize like this. But I think with female photography there seems to be a deeper layer. It\u2019s a little less superficial I\u2019d say when a woman shoots a woman. <\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s a great time I think for women and for diversity. Is there anybody right now that really excites you? Or are you pretty much discovering people every single day? <\/strong><br \/>\nUmmm kind of every single day. *laughs* That\u2019s why I love to go out and go to parties. Sometimes I do go-sees and I see a girl and I don\u2019t really get her but then I\u2019ll see her at a party having fun and I\u2019ll be like who is this girl? I really love this girl Stella Lucia, I think she\u2019s really exquisite in the face and she\u2019s so funny and cute. I love Peyton Knight. There are so many. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think the landscape has changed a lot since the beginning of your career when it comes to casting? Do you think that now that there are more options, it\u2019s better? Can you take us back to compare the two timeframes? <\/strong><br \/>\nWhen I started, if I wanted to do a story with Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington for Italian Vogue it was like, \u201cgreat, fantastic.\u201d Today if you want to do a 2 girl story it\u2019s like, \u201coh but she doesn\u2019t do doubles\u201d &#8211; it\u2019s more difficult now somehow. They don\u2019t want them to be in a double or they want the cover. The cover? The cover is probably a personality! <\/p>\n<p><strong>It is limiting fashion wise too? <\/strong><br \/>\nEverything is a bit more complicated. You have to shoot the full look and there is not so much creativity for the stylist. It\u2019s actually much more difficult to be creative. Even if you go backstage at a show now everyone is on the phone. Before, I remember people were drinking champagne and it was a party and everyone was chatting. It was very, very social and the big girls were in control of their career. They\u2019d say I want to do this and I want to do that.  The other day I met this girl at a party and said, \u201cHey! We\u2019re shooting together on Monday!\u201d and she responded, \u201cOh! I didn\u2019t know it was you!\u201d Well, you should ask your agency who is the photographer next time\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><strong>I always hear that from girls all the time! Like you said, models don\u2019t really have that much control over what happens in their schedule even 3 days ahead, not to say the day before. <\/strong><br \/>\nYeah and I think they should. I think because it\u2019s the most beautiful time in your life. When you\u2019re young you could be going out just partying with your friends but as a model, you have to go to sleep early to look beautiful the next day. At least use that time and make the best out of it!\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/giginewcrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1919\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/giginewcrop.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/giginewcrop-1267x1900.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/giginewcrop-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Peyton-Knight-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1919\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Peyton-Knight-2017.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Peyton-Knight-2017-1267x1900.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Peyton-Knight-2017-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>How are visuals evolving for you? Do you do motion a lot? Are you thinking that the next frontier might be movement? <\/strong><br \/>\nI think it\u2019s really moving towards movement. I always have my girls moving anyway as I don\u2019t like static. I love when they move and they live in front of the camera. For me, it\u2019s actually fun to do film and I always have somebody filming with me. The magazines, it\u2019s sad to say but they\u2019ve been doing not too well. So many magazines have closed and it\u2019s a very strange period of time. People watch everything on Instagram but a good picture is a good picture. If it has good emotion you can just live with it and stare at it and it always brings you something. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I always liked the fact that you do fashion photography but also have shot some of the music album covers that I love. For example Janet Jackson\u2019s Velvet Rope! <\/strong><br \/>\nYup! <\/p>\n<p><strong>I like the fact that you don\u2019t see her eyes. I wonder did you have to convince her to be like this? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, we were just like shooting in the studio. We had all kinds of different pictures and actually I gave her a selection of pictures and she chose that one! I was surprised too! I would have preferred something else because she has such a lovely face and an amazing smile. But she chose this one and you know people they still ask me about it. The other day someone said, \u201cCan I have a print?\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Janet-Jackson-1997new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"987\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Janet-Jackson-1997new.jpg 987w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Janet-Jackson-1997new-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Janet-Jackson-1997new-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/courtneynewcrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"987\" height=\"987\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/courtneynewcrop.jpg 987w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/courtneynewcrop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/courtneynewcrop-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>So amazing! <\/strong><br \/>\nI\u2019m like, yes of course! So it became more iconic in a way. Also, the one I did with (Hole frontwoman) Courtney Love in 1994. She decided not to have herself on the cover but an image of Leilani Bishop inspired by Carrie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Were you always in the mind-frame of \u201cI want to do everything\u201d? I assume that the process would be different for celebrities because they\u2019re a little bit more selective.<\/strong><br \/>\nI see myself as a photographer, just fashion is the biggest part of me because I know the business and I love it. I love to go to shows, I love to work with editors, I love the models, I love to tell stories. But it\u2019s amazing to have somebody like Rihanna or Beyonce or Madonna. They\u2019re more difficult but then they have so much to give. Such huge personalities and when you connect with them and you create something then it\u2019s really very rewarding. It\u2019s interesting to discover the personality and bring something out. I just love the whole thing. To only be a fashion photographer would be a big worry for me. But to do everything is great! Never boring! *laughs*\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Rihanna-1-2014newcrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1916\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Rihanna-1-2014newcrop.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Rihanna-1-2014newcrop-1269x1900.jpg 1269w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Rihanna-1-2014newcrop-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Madonna-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1916\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Madonna-2014.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Madonna-2014-1269x1900.jpg 1269w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Madonna-2014-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>It seems all of your women are not afraid of showing their power. They\u2019re not intimidated. Is that a reflection put on by you as well? Is that what you want all of your subjects to show? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, of course. I want a woman to be strong. I want the women to have control. I want the woman to be sexual but totally in control of that. And at the same time have fun and enjoy life. That\u2019s my goal! Strong women who enjoy life and I do everything to make them look as gorgeous as I can. *laughs* When you look at fashion shows they tell the girls to walk like a man, to not shake their hips, to walk almost robot-ish. But then you see Kaia Gerber at Alexander Wang! Everybody is showing me this video because that\u2019s really what people want to see! They want to see the feminine. You know, we are women. So let\u2019s embrace it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I used to look back at the clothes back on Naomi and they became alive on her! Years later, you\u2019re paying attention like, what is this outfit she\u2019s wearing I need it now! <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, especially with that little spin and the turn, shake! It\u2019s strange that it feels like now womanhood is being almost suppressed. But then there are different designers also. I saw the last Versace show it was the same- amazing.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pic40\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Shalom-Harlow-and-model-1992.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1908\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Shalom-Harlow-and-model-1992.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Shalom-Harlow-and-model-1992-1275x1900.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Shalom-Harlow-and-model-1992-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>I wasn\u2019t expecting that at the end. You definitely saw the difference between how models are now and how models were back then. I don\u2019t want to be too nostalgic but\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but they were just glamorous. They looked like goddesses. Twenty years later. It was crazy, the excitement. It inspires lots of stories you want to do. It\u2019s cool. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you miss it? <\/strong><br \/>\nYeah. I miss it but I still love to go to shows and I\u2019m still always entertained. Even in a bad show, there\u2019s something you\u2019ll see which is good. I\u2019m easy to be entertained but it is different now. <\/p>\n<p><strong>From now talking to you\u2026 your experience as a model, you seem like you are much more interested in shooting pictures and directing things from your own perspective. But do you think your history as a model helped you in the understanding of movement since movement is such a huge element in your style of photography? Do you feel like you needed that because that wasn\u2019t what you got to do as a model? <\/strong><br \/>\nExactly, because when I was a model I always was supposed to sit still and look to the left and the right. I\u2019m always super active and I always wanted to do silly things. The photographer would say \u201cNo, no, no! Don\u2019t move.\u201d  When I started to take pictures that\u2019s exactly why I say the opposite. I say, \u201cMove!\u201d I want to capture a moment, you know? I want to get something which is not posed and which is not staged. That\u2019s why I need also girls to have a personality so they can move and they can act and they can be silly in front of the camera and do spontaneous things&#8230;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns pic60\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Beyonce-2008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"849\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Beyonce-2008.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Beyonce-2008-200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>What are your feelings on the fashion world today and the disruption of digital. Do you think it\u2019s been an asset? Do you think it\u2019s been a positive feeling for you and your evolution? And how do you see yourself in the next era coming out of it? <\/strong><br \/>\nWell, it\u2019s definitely positive in the way that when you do a story, everybody sees it. You don\u2019t have to buy the magazine. You can have so much exposure. On the other hand, everybody is now shooting. Everybody is now a photographer. I mean when you do a job the model is taking selfies, even the client starts to shoot. Everything goes on Instagram and they put your name attached to it and you\u2019re like\u2026 hmm\u2026 <\/p>\n<p><strong>No social media on set! <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but this can\u2019t happen. You have to have an army of people on set shooting BTS and it waters everything down because there is so much imagery. Also too fast, you can\u2019t even digest what you do. On the other hand, I have fun playing around with it. I do Instagram myself. I get more and more into the moving images and also I\u2019m really thinking of doing a movie. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I was going to ask are you going to make a film or would you want to? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes! That\u2019s really my next step. To go into something a bit deeper. I think to do a movie, it\u2019s like a totally different process and you dive into this story. It has so many more layers. The set and the costumes &#8211; I\u2019m really really excited about that. To go a little bit away for a moment and see if I like it or not. <\/p>\n<p><strong>And I hear you&#8217;re on to another new venture, VON Magazine! With the industry\u2019s laser focus on digital, what inspired you to create your own print magazine? <\/strong><br \/>\nEven though we have amazing digital platforms I think people still appreciate to hold a magazine in their hands, smell the ink and hear the crinkling of the paper. Actually spending some money makes the object more precious and meaningful instead of constant, free, fast-food consumption from the internet. Making a printed object is a step beyond sharing online. You need everything to be perfect, the printing, the paper, the binding. People can keep it for a long time and sometimes pull it off from the shelf to have a look at it, rip the pages out or even frame it on their walls (Ellen von Unwerth\u2019s VON comes with a print). Many young people are telling me they grew up with my pictures on their walls or fridges, which makes me so happy and I would hate to see that disappear.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/08-3870-bwFINAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/08-3870-bwFINAL.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/08-3870-bwFINAL-1266x1900.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/08-3870-bwFINAL-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>What makes Ellen von Unwerth\u2019s VON different from other magazines that are out right now? Did your visual language need its own personal home?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was my dream for a long time to do a magazine of my own in order to have a playground without other people&#8217;s rules. Also, I\u2019ve worked for so many amazing magazines, it is quite rare that I am really happy with the way my stories come out. To actually have created VON allows me to control everything: layout, choices of images and especially people I want to photograph, people I want to work with, and stories I want to tell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first issue is titled \u201cThe Fight Issue\u201d and has bombshell Hailey Clauson on the cover. Why this title and did you feel like you had to come out swinging to standout in an oversaturated print market? Who is the VON Magazine woman and what does she encompass?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe title \u2018VON\u2019 is because it\u2019s a part of my name, and I wanted the project to reflect my artistic universe. It all started when I passed by the Overthrow Boxing Club actually quite a while ago and found out that Ashley Smith and Hailey Clauson, models I worked with a lot were training there. As the club is very gritty but super stylish I got the idea and was excited to do the first shoot there. Since that, so much in society has shifted and I think the Fight issue theme is now more relevant than ever. I wanted to have female power as a central subject for all the magazine, and \u201dfighting\u201d is a very literal and visual way to represent this power. I chose the cover of Hailey because it shows a larger than life bombshell but also is so unapologetic, strong and badass. I think it really shows that some fights are worth fighting for, and women should embrace their power, but also their beauty, femininity, sensuality and never deny that their body has the right to exist. I also wanted to show sides I love of New York, quite rough and with street images of places like Bushwick. Those streets are changing every day, capturing areas which are bound to disappear soon. Taking pictures is a way to tell history. The next issue will be very different.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\n\u201c&#8230;I think people still appreciate to hold a magazine in their hands, smell the ink and hear the crinkling of the paper. Actually spending some money makes the object more precious and meaningful instead of constant, free, fast-food consumption from the internet\u2026you need everything to be perfect, the printing, the paper, the binding.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><strong>Can you speak briefly on any contributors you have for this first issue?<\/strong><br \/>\nFor this first issue, I shot four series myself, this was the fun part! All the people are interviewed about their experiences with fighting. Also, those texts are not very long but I still feel we get to know a lot about the all the different characters. Allyson Shiffman did the interviews so we have great short stories punctuating the pictures. I also worked with a young very talented art director, Ulysse Tanguy, who I feel gave the magazine a very special new twist. And of course, great stylists like Anna Trevelyan, Sascha Lilic, and Lysa Cooper were the first to inspire, contribute and support the issue.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pic40\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Uma-Thurman-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1921\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Uma-Thurman-2014.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Uma-Thurman-2014-1266x1900.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Uma-Thurman-2014-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>And how was the process of ciphering through over 30 years of your work for the new exhibition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotografiska.com\/sto\/en\/news\/ellen-von-unwerth-devotion-30-years-photographing-women\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devotion! 30 Years of Photographing Women<\/a>? How did you settle on the seven titles that break up the exhibition? Do you feel like the basis of your work has the elements of Love, Play, Power, Gender, Lust, Passion, and Drama in every image?<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the exhibition, I worked with curator, Nadine Barth. We instantly knew we wanted to work on women, the difficulty was to choose the angle. Nadine came up with the idea of dividing the selection into feelings, or themes, which is like looking through a prism to see all the different facets. We made a huge selection of images and Nadine made the final choice &#8211; even if the exhibition is huge, it\u2019s hard to make choices!  When choosing the themes, Nadine thought about all the different notions that covered the strongest feelings you can find in my images. We could have had 20 or even 500 different themes, but at some point, you have to make a cut.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Devotion is defined as love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause. What has kept you devoted to capturing the female form for all these years?<\/strong><br \/>\nI think my devotion comes from the true passion I have for photography. It is my job and my hobby. I really am a 24\/7 photographer. Also, meeting new people all the time and traveling around to new adventures helps with keeping up and getting entirely involved in what I do. And of course, celebrating and discovering the personality and beauty of women always keeps me going.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Monica-Bellucci-1995.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1911\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Monica-Bellucci-1995.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Monica-Bellucci-1995-1273x1900.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Monica-Bellucci-1995-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-6 columns\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Nadja-Auermann-1991newcrop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1911\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Nadja-Auermann-1991newcrop.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Nadja-Auermann-1991newcrop-1273x1900.jpg 1273w, https:\/\/i.mdel.net\/mdx\/i\/2018\/03\/Nadja-Auermann-1991newcrop-134x200.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"txtbox\">\n<p><strong>Looking back, can you point to your proudest moment?<\/strong><br \/>\nGiving birth! But of course big steps in my career are very important, like books and exhibitions. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, I had an exhibition on the highest top of the mountain in a little village where I went to school and had my first boyfriend (Fotogipfel 2017 Festival in Oberstdorf, Germany). That was a big achievement and like a closing circle. But of course, Fotografiska is my first one-woman museum show, which is amazing. And for sure my magazine VON is another tremendous adventure. But to be honest, when I cook a meal for my friends and family and everybody appreciates it, that makes me super proud as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pullquote\">\n&#8220;I think my devotion comes from the true passion I have for photography. It is my job and my hobby. I really am a 24\/7 photographer.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><strong>Do you have any advice for upcoming photographers or models? What do you think is the best thing they should focus on positively to get into the business? <\/strong><br \/>\nAs a model, I\u2019d say learn the business. Learn to play in front of the camera. Learn how to make a dress look exciting. Learn how to do different expressions and emote different feelings. I think it\u2019s good to learn different expressions and stuff and take control over your career. Ask who you\u2019re working with and prepare yourself for photographers so you can tune in with him or her.<\/p>\n<p>For photographers, I\u2019d say find your style. Very important because there are so many great photographers now. It\u2019s like every time you look at a magazine there are 5 different new photographers. But I think to last it\u2019s really about finding your style and having something special. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, what advice would you give to yourself 30 years ago?<\/strong><br \/>\nJust don\u2019t stop. 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