Brinson+Banks photographed Issa Rae, whose second season of Insecure premiered on HBO this past Sunday, for The Washington Post at the London West Hollywood Hotel, where they recently shot Will Ferrell.
“Oftentimes when we photograph actors, they’re in the middle of a super-long and super-busy day promoting their show or movie. Our job is to connect and make beautiful, unique images in just a couple of minutes in a hotel room, which can be quite a task in itself, but I imagine being an actor and going from room to room, to photographer to reporter, must be so draining,” say the photo duo. “Issa had been doing some videos for Insecure down the hall all day when we caught her, and she still came in with a smile on her face and was lighthearted and easygoing and generous with us. There’s an art to that, for sure.
“And by generous, I mean she sat on a pillow on a chair in the hotel bathroom shower and trusted that we’d make a good photo in such an unusual space—and was enthusiastic about it, too!”
Read the interview here: “The real Issa tries to live with the fake Issa. Her ‘Insecure’ fans are watching.”
Issa Rae. Photo by Brinson+Banks for The Washington Post.
Photo by Brinson+Banks for The Washington Post.
Photo by Brinson+Banks for The Washington Post.
Five minutes with Melanie Acevedo, courtesy of La Dolce Vita
The buzz is already building for Melanie Acevedo‘s forthcoming coffee-table book, The Authentics, a gorgeous tome that features her photographs of iconoclastic tastemakers—Christian Louboutin, Kelly Wearstler, Miles Redd, and many more—at home. La Dolce Vita blog recently interviewed Mel about everything from her personal style (“If you mean my style of dressing, I would have to say relaxed tomboy. If you mean my style of decorating, it would be eclectic mishmosh.”) to her favorite guilty pleasure (“I absolutely love room service in a good hotel, and ordering a movie while I eat it!”).
Read the full interview here: “Five Minutes With: Melanie Acevedo.”
Learn more about The Authentics, which will be published by Clarkson Potter in October, here.
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