‘Representing’ – an interview in ‘Modelographers’

Here’s my interview with Modelographers blogger Zach 😊

The Modelographers

Rebecca Tun went from philosophy and linguistics to nude modeling

University drove photographer and model Rebecca Tun “batshit miserable.”

“While I was at university, I saw an ad in an art shop window calling for life models. I thought ‘Hey, I could do that!’ I was 19. I remember that night doing a backbend in my bedroom and enjoying how graceful I felt making a new shape.”

Tun studied philosophy and linguistics at Cambridge. At first, nude modeling was something Tun dabbled in to escape academia. Now she sees a more prescient connection between her initial studies and what’s become the primary focus, her art.

“My trajectory from philosophy and linguistics to nude modelling seemed like a jump but as I mature, they seem more and more connected,” Tun says in an email interview. “It’s just that I’ve gone from obsessing over sentences, statements and propositions to obsessing over pictures…

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A VESSEL OF EXPRESSION FOR UNSUNG HEROES

Kaeemae’s words here are relatable. The quietly influential role of the intuitive model… 🙂
“My favorite way to work is for a photographer to explain what they are going for and I interpret and deliver just that. I have never not delivered as I always know what my clients want, even if they don’t!

“When I’m trusted and with little direction I work best because that’s when my own creativity kicks in,” she continues. “When I’m rigidly directed, I become frustrated easily and lose the excitement for the job. A lot of the times when I’m heavily directed, I’ll get into a pose nonchalantly in between takes and wait for the photographer to notice. They always do and that shot tends to be in the final selection.”

The Modelographers

Kae uses her body to celebrate and encourage femininity, blackness

Kae is tired of women of color being told they’re either “not enough,” or “too much.”

“A lot of what I do is to celebrate the unsung heroes . . . who are the source of creativity, expression and love in untold forms,” Kae says in an email interview.

While studying dance in college, Kae discovered how to use her body as a form of expression. She realized, “I could never be delicate or graceful, everything in me was raw passion and emotion.”

Photo by shotbymiah

With a K cup size, Kae is very familiar with objectification and body shame.

“Funnily enough, having big breasts since the age of 11 has forced me to deal with being objectified for a long time,” she explains. “As you can imagine, I went through the stages of trying to hide my body, wearing…

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