MELANCHOLY IN BLUE
This editorial explores the pursuit, as well as the struggle, of obtaining inner peace*. In a busy society where the pressure to “succeed” looms over us like a cloud, the shoot strips all of this away to allow time for vulnerability, reflection, meditation, and silence in order to understand who/where we are as human beings. The shoot takes place in a vivid dream where the subject is surrounded by open space, white walls and blue drapery.
* Inner Peace: a state of being in which the subject analyzes their own happiness, life direction, past griefs and hardships, aspirations, and more in an effort to feel a sense of completeness and gain wisdom.
Photographer: Alexander Stavila
IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexander_stavila/
WB: alexander
Model: Nasjira Canario
WB: @nasjira
Hair Stylist: Cashmerea Morris
IG: https://www.instagram.com/cashmerea.m/
Makeup Artist: Annette Bragas
IG: http://www.instagram.com/annettebragasmua
WB: http://www.annettebragasmua.com/
Wardrobe Stylist: Jervelle Frederick
WB: je.vel
stavila studio: Holyrad Studio
IG: https://www.instagram.com/holyrad_studio/