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Scene Around Tropic profiiles an amazing image from the Far North

Q&A with photographer Cristina Bevilacqua

Tell us about the image and I loved this shoot because ... Describe your photographic
the shoot? It somehow expresses how women practice?
This was part of a shoot I did for can work and have fun at the same I’m passionate about people and
Helmet Hunny – a decorative helmet time. Against a patriarchal society their stories. Holding space for
brand based in Cairns. The models where there is still inequality self-expression and individuality,
were all friends and had never posed between women and men within the my photographic style will capture
in front of a camera before, but domestic lifestyle and workplace, people’s uniqueness as they journey
they all did so well! Tenielle, in this this shoot reveals the women who to discover the essence of their true
shot, was one of them. The location are not scared to show up and speak self. I have a natural and candid
was initially hard to find, but we up, with a cheeky and sass kick. approach that will make subjects in
ended up finding a perfect shipping front of the camera feel comfortable
container space in Portsmith. during a shoot. They can be exactly
who they are, with no filters.

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