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The images here are from various editorials, some from Italian GQ, Vogue, photos that have helped me progress for one reason or another.

I don't have a criteria when I choose models, when I cast I look for something personal, not just beauty. Character is more important when casting for models. I dislike 'themes' I like to keep my work simple, unpretentious, truthful. Lighting, make up, background are not important to me, the model is everything.

Once the work is finished I seldom look at it again, I move on to the next thing. It always seems strange when I see my work in various magazines, I feel detached, remote, almost embarrassed. Photography has enabled me to travel, which I never tire of, I travel all over the world. In September I will return to Asia, Japan and Thailand to work for Vogue and Playboy magazine and shoot some stuff to sell to European magazines.

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