Picking The Strawberry Fields
During the production of this shoot I remember Lwa The Great asking me what I would call this and for some unbeknownst reason I confidently said "Picking the Strawberry Fields". She then asked why and then a warm silence filled the space between us. Post Production during the editing, I really started to question why my earlier self had so unconsciously decided the
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the exact title and tone of the work. Something about the background reminded me of the movie The Parent Trap, the one where Lindsey Lohan played a pair of twins. Part of the movie is set on a wine farm and the still business of the natural stone and classic shaped bars reminded me of the wine farm from the movie. As a child I remember going to some - what I thought was
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exotic - place in the North West. As if it was yesterday, I remember standing in the middle of a strawberry field, being just the right height to spend the whole afternoon picking strawberries without having my back get tired. Something about the soft sensuality of this old slip dress ,that might be pajamas, brought to memory theses nostalgic and most stylish memories . . .
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To me this collection (of photos) brought to mind the most stylish sense of a farm women. Well not farm farm but Wine or Strawberry farm. That iconic type of Instagram mother who picks strawberries in the newest Jimmy Choo's, all the while having the most natural gravity defying breasts that plastic surgeons can only dream of.
While she calmly movies through the fields as if the wind carries her and the woes of the world aren't even an after thought during the salvation of her every whispered breath. That most famed type of women who on Instagram appears to have it all and be able to do it all, in the very best way that produces screaming jealously from any women scrolling through her page, admiring her perfection but raging at it all the same. You know, that type of instragram perfect woman who doesn't exist but can be photographed. |
Shot by Lwa M
a.k.a Lwa The Great
a.k.a Lwa The Great