Issue 94 - April 2023

Victoria
Where do you get inspiration from? I am inspired by beauty, clearly. In trying to make my photos convey a feeling,
to make them tell something. The style of great masters like Hellmut Newton has always been a reference and inspiration
for me. Mario Testino or Steven Meisel too. I feel very identified with the way of seeing photography of the
three of them.
Do you think in advance what you want in the picture? I think about what I should do in the photo and what I want
to capture. I'm a very intuitive person and I like improvisation. Having clear what I want to achieve, I am not in favor
of story boards but of references. I don't have anything preconceived. On the spot and at the moment of taking the
photo, I decide what I want to do. I always like to have room to maneuver and, if possible maneuver and if possible,
a certain freedom.
Studio, on location or both? I don't care about the location where I have to take the pictures. Outdoors, indoors,
studio. In my more than 20 years as a professional I have mastered lighting well and I have had the opportunity to
take pictures in all kinds of places and locations...
What has been your most memorable session and why? Well, I have had the good fortune to do many publications
and works of all kinds and for clients of great importance. but if I have to choose it would be either my first
cover for an international magazine or the cover I did when Interviú, perhaps the most important magazine in my
country, closed. With that cover my work has been in Google searches for the editorial history of my country...
What is one piece of advice you would like to offer a new photographer looking to start their own business?
Well, lots of encouragement and patience and above all believe in yourself. Things are not easy and there is a lot of
competition, from other photographers and now also from technology with artificial intelligence. It's a long road
not only to get there, but also to stay there. But if you have talent and persevere, you will finally make it...
What do you think of our new magazine? Well, I didn't know it, but I loved it. Its editorial line, the quality of the
interviews, the photographs and the editorials are of a great world level. In these times of the metaverse it is increasingly
difficult to find good publications and Modellenland is.
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Issue 94 - April 2023 - Modellenland Magazine