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Have you done any other eco-themed generation but generations to come.
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shoots in the past? Everyday in LA, you’re reminded of the
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“I started in the eco community as the destructive behaviors we all have. The
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photo Director of an eco-magazine ocean is gray, the sky is brown, there’s
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called Coco Eco. While there, I worked trash everywhere, and it smells weird.
on many fashion and beauty stories. It Knowing that I’m doing my part to help
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really opened my mind to the possibili- change this makes me a happy girl.”
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ties of working on amazing stories all
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while being socially responsible.” What do you like most about
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photography?
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Do you take an interest in eco-friendly “I like putting together the pieces of a
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and green products yourself? puzzle. I like when a client coo’s, and
“Indeed. We are living in an exciting the models jump up and down when
“I was raised during a decade of ex- Tell us about your
time. Small but significant changes are they see my camera screen. I like that
cess and waste. I was a 1980’s-1990’s
background as a photographer.
being made in the way that we live our I’m self-taught. I don’t have rules that I
teen ager, with my aerosol hair spray
“I always wanted to be a photographer,
everyday lives. I’m slowly converting my play by. I shoot the way my mind tells
and ridiculous trends. I have always been
but never knew how to get started.
personal makeup, swapping out main- me things should look.”
very aware of the environment I live in,
I didn’t want to shoot art photography, I
stream products for eco-friendly make -
but not until I moved to LA did I realize how
wanted to work in fashion and commer-
up. I recycle religiously, and try to eat Describe your dream shoot.
important it is that we clean up our act.”
cial photog raphy. But because the‘in -
organically.” “A large budget, a gorgeous celebrity,
formation super high way’ was just being
a mind blowing location and a well
paved, there was very little means of re-
What do you like about the whole stocked craft services table. It will all
searching my dream. While I was work-
concept of a green lifestyle and an happen in a matter of time.”
ing on my degree [in Communications],
eco-friendly existence?
I started freelancing as a Makeup Artist.
“I think that eventually we’ll all be
Soon I was shooting some of my own
green, may not be [in] my
work, finding my voice. I moved to LA
from MI and it was a fantastic move. The
knowledge I have gained in the two
years I’ve been in LA trumps the four
years I shot professionally in Detroit.”
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