material concern

work and more about behind the shoots and his recent-ish book about west coast hip hop here.

My first inkling of the power of a model was inspired by Kristen McMenamy’s Vogue cover from April of 1995.

I remember thinking, “she’s not very pretty, why is she on the cover of Vogue?” But I thought about that picture a lot. Within a week it was on my wall…and I thought she was the most interesting model out there. When I went to Europe with my family that summer I bought a pink strappy dress because it had the ‘same’ butterfly print: so she sold me my first knock off as well.

She’s continued to interest me, and I love so many of her shoots.

She’s featured on Style.com today.