For my photo Essay, I would like to do a profile on Siria Alvarez, an incredibly driven young woman who entered the world of fashion as a model at age 16 and now has become a freelance visual artist/editor, photographer/videographer and emerging creative director. I thought this would be a perfect news peg with Mercedes Benz Fashion Week just around the corner.
Siria owns a small company called Strut & Destroy where she help aspiring models develop a high fashion image. I thought this would tie in perfectly with the fact that some models that are chosen for the fashion shows of up and coming designers are models who have been trained in companies like Siria’s. She assists her clients by not only booking photo shoots by other fashion photographers in her company, but also taking the pictures and videos herself.
My angle for this story was to show basically the behind the scene images of her as she takes on these different roles. I plan on definitely taking pictures of her preparing a room for a photo shoot and teaching a model how to walk on the runway, but I also want to get an outlook on her as a photographer as well. I want to really capture what she sees through her eyes, but also what she sees through her lens. I think that taking these images of her as she takes on different roles will definitely make for a great photo essay.
