Jerad & Jade/LA Models



I was born in South Africa and started taking pictures as a child early with my mother's Cannon A1. I can still remember her warning me to not touch her camera but I always had to go and sneak it out of the cupboard to take glamour pictures of my sister. At 18 years old I was discovered by a modeling agency from Milano and set off to become a model in the fashion industry where I've been working for the past 15yrs. Clients include designers such as Gianfranco Ferre, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, photographers such as Mario Testino, Steven Meisel, David La Chappelle. I have been featured in most of  the top international magazines such as GQ, US and Italian Vogue.

I started to pick up the technical skills of photography from my experiences in front of the camera. I now live in Los Angeles where I have been actively pursuing photography for the past 2yrs.