the final instalment of editorials from my last days at FILLERmagazine is one that was shot by the very talented and very popular zhang jingna. this was the second time jingna worked for FILLER. i had first came across her work on model mayhem years ago (i know, mm, but if you dig you find the treasure) and i had suggested that she be contacted about working with the magazine. thankfully she said yes but unfortunately i had to say no about working with her due to another booking i had the only day she was available (I WAS SO BUMMED! #CAPSLOCKNECESSARY).
being the busy woman that she is, constantly travelling for bookings, i was over-the-moon excited that we got her to shoot for the magazine a second time. though i was not the biggest fan of the concept of this shoot there was just no way i was going to miss out on another opportunity of working with jingna. she was an absolute delight to work with, very quiet and down-to-earth. we got along really well. we got along so well that when she was staying in new york for a month she asked me to visit so that we could shoot some awesome creatives together. i couldn't make it work that time but thankfully she is now based in new york so working together in near future is just a 9 hour drive away, or a 1 hour and some change flight-whatever my travelling budget will allow.
a beautiful death, FILLERmagazine fall 2011
photography, zhang jingna
styling, me
art direction, ryan johnson
model, amanda peat (sutherland)
[check out jingna on episode 6 of asia's nest top model]
