Inspiration Fridays: Lily Cole

She's one of my favourite models.

I've had some people tell me that I look like her... which I take as a huge compliment, because I think she's absolutely adorable. 

She just has such a cute little face, and kind of droopy eyes that give her a very endearing quality.

I don't see the resemblance, actually, but I'm just thankful that people think I might be as lovely as she is!  (I'm not)

I love her modeling, but I think even more than that, I am a fan of the type of work she gets hired to do.  Often, she wears slightly gothic clothing, or things reminiscent of a princess.  This makes me very happy.  Roses, pinup, and lolita are common in her photographs too.  She looks little and cute, yet wears things that are sexual and risque.  I like that.  Young appearance, with a serious edge. 

How Lily Cole portrays herself is the type of person I want to be.  Who she is, I don't really know.  I know very little about her as a person, I just admire her body of work as an artist.

It inspires me.

Photographer Feature: Allison Cavanaugh

Allison Cavanaugh hopes to mimic the travels of a nomad someday. She is currently majoring in art and communications and hopes to make photography a part of her career. She finds conceptual photography to be particularly satisfying but will shoot at just about anything in her way. 

Refraction

Silence

Arachnawhat

Scream

Lily

Silence was part of a series on censorship she did about two years ago.  Arachnawhat is more recent, it's part of a tarantula series she just started, featuring her tarantula, and Scream is part of a recent mud series.

You can find out more about Alison's photography at 

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1380684485897#!/pages/Allison-Cavanaugh-Photography/140168599356215?ref=ts 

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Tiger Lily

Lillies are my favourite kind of flower.  I spied this one in a garden next to my voice teacher's house and had to photograph it.  I didn't notice until I downloaded it onto my computer, that a small ant is crawling out of the flower!

Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA