I have visited this wetland trail a few times with the same idea in mind. I wanted to photograph here. Big sky. Tall grass. Then you spot it. A simple wooden doorway standing alone in the landscape. Clean lines. Strong symmetry. A human made frame placed inside living nature.
This was the first time I photographed here.
I approached the shoot through two lenses. Not two camera lenses. Two ways of seeing. The first is fashion editorial, Stacy at the center, with wardrobe and environment in a supporting role. The second is environmental, where the location becomes its own narrator.
The doorway became the portal.
In the wide frames, Stacy can feel small against the wetlands and sky, held by space and distance. In other moments, she feels big, anchored by the doorway, filling the frame with presence.
The three dresses do the rest. Each look changes pace and gesture. Color and texture shift the emotional temperature before expression does.
I love working with Stacy in framed spaces because she knows how to inhabit structure. She makes the doorway feel like a choice, not a prop. She becomes the traveler, the only moving consciousness in the work, and the reason the transformation feels real.
Thank you, Henri, for organizing this photoshoot. I cannot wait to see the videos you create.
I want to keep exploring this two lens approach in future projects. It feels like what Ralph Gibson calls a point of departure, a simple starting idea that guides what I photograph. Here, it becomes two narratives, side by side, in conversation.
Photoshoot Credits
- Model: Stacy Huang
- Dress: Kisau Clothing Collection
- Producer: Henri Chueng
- Photography: Paul Tocatlian
- Camera: Hasselblad X2D II
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