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When it comes to picking models for my photos, I wanted to keep it fresh and youthful whilst also choosing people that Isabella would have chosen as her subjects in her illustrations. So, an obvious choice was the replicate her older models when she does her portraits. So, I found someone over 50 to do a location shoot in cafes and parks. I wanted some photos to feel natural and so I walked around Kensington in London to find people or situations to photograph. The people there are eccentric and so it was easy to find subjects that were just casually going about their day. My most successful natural photo was one of an elderly couple walking down the street which matched one of Isabella’s illustrations that she did for Vogue. For my studio images I chose a younger model so that I could bring the youthful side in that I wanted to.