I was inspired by the works of Josef Astor and Guzman. Guzman, interestingly enough, was probably the first photographic duo in fashion, much like Klinko & Indrani and Mert & Marcus are today. They were so cutting edge during the late 80's, early 90's that clients were hesitant to deal with them! I initially wanted to shoot with a 4x5, but with the time constraints it wouldn't have been possible. So I had to replicate that 4x5 selective focus in post production, along with the aged photo look. I don't like those do-it-all filters, so the finished image is actually a result of several filters and something like 20 layers. The resulting layered TIFF file was about 200 Mb. Half the shoot is actually on TMAX 100 film that I scanned. I also wanted the lighting to be very much old school, so I ditched the softboxes and went with grid spots.
Sean Armenta was born 31 years ago in Vancouver BC. He is currently in Santa Ana, California. To see more of his work go to http://seanarmenta.com/
email: sean@seanarmenta.com