TOKYO

Spirit, fantasy & Rock

This Editorial was not the habitual shoot where I am a model, this time, a very surprising opportunity was given to me when my dear friend David Bellemere asked me where was the place I had always dreamed of going to shoot, I answered Tokyo. As he already knew my inner creative director fantasy, he offered me to contribute as such for this special edition, published under the lens of Mission’s philanthropic commitment to help shine a light on the very important social causes, which ultimately made this truly special.

For this editorial, the team and I devoted ourselves fully in order to portray what this wonderful city had to offer culturally and historically, and was divided into three thematics, “Spirit”, “Fantasy” and “Rock”.

SPIRIT

For this thematic I tough it could be interesting to capture the phantasmal divinity of Ancient Japanese culture. I wanted the girl to be two different characters that reflected two traditional Japanese figures in its beauty, aesthetic, customs, passions, and philosophy's expression. I inspired myself in Geisha’s feminine and enigmatic essence breaking the boundaries within the way she is dressing, as a short glittery black dress does not look like their preferable conventional taste. For the Buddhist girl, I wanted her silhouette to manifest a delicate light fullness blended in a softly colored atmosphere as the background, giving the sensation of nature’s harmony and calmness. We could almost think she is a being that belongs to the underworld and so I wanted to resemble that transformation through a ghostly looking girl floating over the National garden of Shinjuku Yioen’s Temple, landscaping one of the Nato’s family garden, the Tamamo pond filled with the remaining water of the Tamagawajosui, dressing in Yohji Yamamoto’s garments.