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In keeping with our mission to support and inspire creativity, we ask the artists we collaborate with to offer insight into their work, a look behind the scenes, and the opportunity for our readers to learn more about the process. For our latest fashion feature, photographer Jacq Harriet answers our questions.
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What was the inspiration behind this shoot?
Ana Tess (our stylist) and I had been wanting to collaborate since meeting for coffee this past summer. In making the initial moodboard, Ana had been inspired by recent runway trends featuring feathers as well as Margiela’s early collections, Hitchcock’s The Birds, and Diane Arbus’s work. 
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What was the first step of putting together the concept and idea for this shoot?
Ana sent me an initial moodboard, and from there we collaborated with art director Anna Theroux Ling of Maruchi and started to incorporate ideas of the outdoor world coming indoors into the studio—loosely relating back to birds via textures in nature: wings, perching branches, birds’ nests/houses. Louisa Fulkerson, our set designer, brought our ideas to life, creating spine-like wings and sourcing branches that felt poetic and tall, elevating the height of our studio space and Kristín’s height in comparison, like a bird in the wild. With our makeup artist Olivia Barad, we wanted to find a way to emulate the white-outlined eyes of silvereye birds in nature, and she researched ways to create white textured lashes that would contrast beautifully in black and white as the light hit them. With our hairstylist Takuya Yamaguchi, we discussed sourcing feathers that created patterns that would contrast with Kristín’s bob and create texture in black and white as well.
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How would you describe the style of your work?
My posing of subjects is often done with a lot of intention. I like to give direction and make micro adjustments to clarify shapes and expressions. That being said, I always include rounds of candid moments that sometimes make it to the final edit. In our shoot, this became one of my favorite images, where Kristín is reaching to touch her eyelash.
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Is there anything you’re experimenting with or hoping to explore in your future work?
This shoot was a marked departure from my usual work in color. Shooting in black and white for this story felt like it elevated the dramatic eyes of our talent Kristín Sóley Drab and all of the textures we brought into the story through styling and beauty.