Shot these in the deli around Mott and Spring in NYC this summer. This was actually just in between two locations of a low key shoot with two others. I had my little G12 with me so we hopped into this deli (which I went to every single day for a month – me and the crew there were tight) and flashed a little (literally, metaphorically etc).

Photographed by me, Model is Lola Pettinicchio, Styling and makeup by R Bishop

A bit of a throwback from New York when I shot Lola for KNEON in a secret-esque garden wearing the best color palette i.e. color in the miniest dose. Another team was shooting in the same garden space, and the stylist was sassy and loud and was gloating about some fashion show that had taken place there the previous year that he attended. On our way out, he asked Lola: ‘So did you model at that show?’ Without looking at him, she replied ‘Not yet.’ And walked off. All the best at NYFW, my girl.

Model, Lola @ Wilhelmina NY
Styling and makeup by Rashida Bishop
Photographed by me

Days in NYC just walking around and finding oddities in fast food chain interiors and discussing the status of the city as ‘the place to be’ and chasing after natural light filters. With a bag of outfits and #goodvibez Aimee and I had a long adventurous day where we walked across Brooklyn Bridge and ended up in the west end at a granny’s living room blasting hip hop music. Friends met over the internet can become life-long. We’ve already planned our sassy retirement together in the cafes of Paris.

Photographed by Aimee Han

I’ve been settling in! In New York! I’m loving this city. It reminds me a lot of Beijing: the subway is jungle of unexplored adventures, the streets are dominated by people strutting off determinedly towards their goal (even if it is their second brunch of the day), and no one really gives a shit what others think of them. It’s Grand Sass-Central Station up in here.