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Model Mayhem #:
2606378
Last Activity:
Apr 15, 2018
Experience:
Very Experienced
Compensation:
Depends on Assignment
Joined:
Apr 03, 2012

About Me

My path to becoming a commercial photographer started at a very early age. One of my earliest memories is running around the family home in Winnipeg with a Brownie Hawkeye that my mom had put in my toybox. I didn’t know what it did but it made a cool clicking noise when I pushed the button! I eventually got into graphic arts while in high school. I had no formal training but I would screen print photo-stenciled t-shirts for myself and my friends. After graduation, my sister gave me her camera and I’ve been taking pictures ever since.

My foray into commercial photography would have to wait a few years, though. I became a graphic artist in 1993 and worked in that profession until 2001 when I decided to devote all of my efforts to commercial photography. Duality Photographic and Digital Services is the result.

Why 'Duality'? The Oxford American Dictionary defines duality as "an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something" The word describes my approach to photography because while I make my living employing the most modern digital technique, I have deep respect for the original film and chemistry techniques. I own and occasionally use about a dozen film-type cameras dating from the 1920's to the 1970's. I love the authentic vintage picture quality that you get from using authentic vintage equipment. I have volumes of books on the most influential photographers of the past for whom I have deep respect. I still have the Minolta my sister gave me and every once in a while, I'll take it out of the case and shoot a roll of film with it. Then I'll go back to my Canon 5D Mark II and enjoy the benefits of modern technology and the picture quailty that demanding art directors expect. In that sense, I guess I am of two minds.

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Eva Novak · Retoucher

Great port!I look forward to work with you

05-30-2023
Aim model · Model

Hey! I’m a full time international model planning on coming to Canada 2nd half of May to 2nd week of July traveling between British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan & Manitoba before exploring other areas. I'd love to know if you would like to work with me while I am here or if you know anyone who might. I plan to be around your area in mid June.
As a full time model, I am highly committed, passionate, reliable, open to working with artists of any level of experience & am very experienced in posing through multiple expressive poses. I've worked throughout AUS, NZ, UK, EU, Hawaii, India, Singapore, Malaysia & Philippines with plans to travel through other parts of the world. My many years of experience in the industry with a range of creatives from around the world has gained me features in multiple magazines, art galleries & exhibitions in a variety of countries. I'm open to modelling with other male or female models, in the studio as well as on location in various conditions & throughout a broad range of styles from portraits, fashion, pinup, fashion, editorial, beauty, lifestyle, swimwear, lingerie, sheer, topless, boudoir, implied, through to art nude. I can do glamour as well as suggestive & slight fetish/erotica but I don’t do open leg or porn. Encountering low temperatures I'm very fine to try but I will always highly appreciate a jacket, thermo & a hot water bottle. My extra talents; I'm a musician, have a MUA certificate, I practise yoga, know how to freedrive which is good for underwater shots, can horse ride, go on long hikes & also can crack a stockwhip.
Please let me know If you have a preferred day (weekdays or weekends only?) or time to shoot (morning or afternoon?) along with what area you are coming from or have in mind to shoot so I can make a note of this to help with planning. Feel free to send mood boards too so I understand the style you would like to shoot. If you are interested to work with me but not sure when/where/how, please let me know anyway so I know to follow up closer to my arrival. If Instagram or Whatsapp or even email is better than discussing here, please send me through your contact details.
Thank you in advance for respecting me as a full time international pro model. Hope to hear from you soon, keen to see what we can do together, all the best & kindest regards.
Instagrams; @aim.model (art nudes) @layal.official (non nudes)

04-24-2023
Ryan Poworoznik · Artist/Painter

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Ryan

04-12-2013