I came by my first taste of the arts/entertainment industry acting in a music video by some friends of mine in a band (Walk the Moon's "Anna Sun"), and since then I've been exploring the varied and random bursts of creativity within my bad self. To me, art is supposed to be fun and wild and it should inspire. A work that reflects a single passionate, honest moment is an inherently crazy sexy cool one. Yes, I just took it back to TLC.

More recently, I'm a figure (live art) model for fine artists and art students, and am open to photography shoots as well. Though I'm not "officially" a dancer, I have a bit of a dance background, which can often inform my movement and posing. I'm partial to shoots in the following genres: fine art, alternative, editorial, pinup, and "ooh there's cool lighting over there, let's get that shot." If you have a weird artsy conceptual idea involving duct tape and dead flowers or something, I will probably be into it.

*By the way: if you have a campy hi-glam retro-va-va-voom idea, I will probably be into that too - but I don't currently have the styling skills to reliably create big editorial hair/makeup looks, so you may want to hire a MUAH to work with us. There are some incredibly talented stylists I've worked with before and can enthusiastically recommend for the job; just ask.

You can check out either of my instagram modeling accounts here:
instagram.com/butterthemodel
instagram.com/buttertheartmodel

There's an attempt here to put things vaguely in order, with the most recent listed at the top. But uh, no promises.

People:

[photographers]
Sisyphus Pushes the Light
Ryan Nomis (MM# 2490939)
Ryan Lynch (MM# 2694989)
OneSoHi (1994156)
Peter Schuber (MM# 1051425)
Jamie Forhan
Chris Hines (MM# 2274538)
PBK Digital (MM #26993)
Kilker Photography (MM# 1772437)
OSHOPhotography (MM# 2674453)
Steven Freeman (Stylemaster Steve)
Graffiti Warehouse (Luis) (MM# 1127406)
EJ Holley (MM #5923)
Stephen Oreski (MM#1918482)
Jeffrey Levine (MM# 2182544)
DreamCatcher Studio (#128274)
Prateek Mittal
Angela & Jacco Boers (MM #2290181)
Ron Pratt (MM #3992)
Aaron Auyeung (MM #2444981)
NoVaPhotographic (MM #113069)
Pedro Bauza (MM #46178)
Elizabeth Butterfield
Jeff Burkle
Clark W. Day Photo-Graphics

[hair/makeup/bodypaint artists]
Leah Sarah Bassett - MUA
Sheena Chickering - Hair
Charm City Makeup (MM# 1735224) - MUAH
Reece Corbin - MUAH
Steven Freeman (Stylemaster Steve) - Bodypainter
Jamal Lee - Bodypainter, MUAH

[fashion designers]
Amorous Cats Attic (MM# 827624)
Collective Chaos Latex (MM# 827624)


Stuff:

[music videos]
Arbouretum - "Coming out of the Fog": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfcdwjMAxT4
A Continuous Now - "Shiva's Dance": www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLfTr2Db9Yc
Walk the Moon - "Anna Sun": www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW7f54tVRmQ

[books]
Pedro E. Bauza - "Sheer" (2012): http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3213173

[events]
Artistry Brand Cosmetics Product Launch (demo): Lorton, VA - April 2012
Emiliani Beauty Expo (Paul Mitchell runway and demo): Edison, NJ - October 2011

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