GYPSY SPORT FALL/WINTER 2015

OUR FIRST CAMPAIGN ABOVE GROUND! IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY IN NY AND THE CREW VIBES WERE 100%. AT THE TIME MY STUDIO WAS A GIANT BASEMENT IN TIMES SQUARE, SO WE DECIDED TO STAY LOCAL AND SHOOT RIGHT ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

THE FALL 15 COLLECTION WAS CIRCUS INSPIRED, AND I WANTED TO CAPTURE THE FEELING OF A TRAVELING TROUP EXPLORING A NEW CITY. SEASHELL AND ZION LOOKED LIKE BROTHER AND SISTER, LOST IN THE BIG APPLE. SO DREAMY. 

MODELS MARIO AND IMAN REALLY HIT IT OFF, AND THEY PAIRED TOGETHER FOR SOME SHOTS. TO ME, THEY REPRESENTED A STRONG SEXY COUPLE WITH A FEW TRICKS UP THEIR SLEEVES.  THE SHOT IN THE STAIRWAY, WITH THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING BEHIND THEM, TOOK US ABOUT AN HOUR TO CAPTURE. BUT IT WAS WORTH IT.

CHILLING IN THE BACKGROUND IS OUR WILDCARD, JACOB. THIS PERSON REPRESENTS MANY OF MY FRIENDS WHO ARE GENDER-QUEER OR NON-CONFORMING. I LOVE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONFIDENT ENOUGH IN THEIR OWN IDENTITY TO WEAR "GENDERFUL" DESIGNS LIKE MINE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS SUCH A COOL VIBE AND NO ONE WANTED IT TO END. FIISHBONES STARTED BREAKDANCING ON THE SIDEWALK AND A BUNCH OF TOURISTS CAME AROUND US. THEY TOOK PICTURES AND CHEERED HIM ON. FOR A WHILE WE LINGERED IN THE STREETS AND JONATHAN CAPTURED SOME NICE SQUAD PICS. DAYS LIKE THIS ONLY SEEM POSSIBLE IN NYC. THIS PICTURE OF THE WHOLE CREW IS A MOMENT I DEF WONT FORGET. - RIO