Avisualsociety : “A fashion picture is a portrait, just as a portrait is a fashion picture.” - Irving Penn

Some salient advice from someone who knows.

Avisualsociety : “A fashion picture is a portrait, just as a portrait is a fashion picture.” - Irving Penn: "Stay organised, stay focused, shoot what you love and moreover, be nice.

I had drinks recently with someone in the ad business, and while discussing some recent projects they had worked on they mentioned the pleasure of working with a huge photographer for a big campaign.

My first question? “Was he nice?”.

And more likely than not, that’s the first question people will ask about people in this business. “Are they pleasant?” “What are they like to work with?” and so on and so forth."