"I LIKE REPRESENTING THE MOST INSECURE SIDE OF A WOMAN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME HER STRENGTH AND HER INDEPENDENCE.“ Greta Larosa exclusive interview for eloque magazine on pages 26 - 36
FROM EXCLUSIVE EDITORIAL FOR ELOQUE MAGAZINE: “COUPLE” BY GRETA LAROSA
FROM EXCLUSIVE EDITORIAL FOR ELOQUE MAGAZINE: “COUPLE” BY GRETA LAROSA
EDITORIALS BREEZE 8 WINTER BY ELEONORA FAZIO GIRL 14 HARAJUKU BY MAURO MATALONE
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MILK AND HONEY BY EWKA GRACZ
26 INTERVIEW WITH GRETA LAROSA LAST WINTRY GLOOM 38 THE BY RICCARDO CARRARO NAME IS MELANI 52 HER BY ANNA MARIA KOMAROV
64 IMPERIALISME BY STEFAN JOHNSON 74 GLOSSED BY SUSAN ROCKSTRAW DREAM 82 PASTEL BY CHRIS NEALON
88 WILD SIDE
BY ANDREA CAVALLARO
FROM EXCLUSIVE EDITORIAL FOR ELOQUE MAGAZINE: “COUPLE” BY GRETA LAROSA
Generally, most people think that being a photographer is something bohemian and easy, something what you can only enjoy and what you can only benefit from. Working with beautiful models? Traveling the world and taking pictures? Shooting for brands and prominent people? Getting your pictures published in magazines? That is all amazing, right? But what people don‘t see is the hard work behind it, the years of learning, trying and failing, those sleepless night sitting behind computer editing pictures, the huge competition you have to deal with and all those helpless times when you just don‘t feel good enough. Creating art is a long process and along the way of creating something meaningful, you might loose the motivation. It is something what everybody experienced, at least once. You feel stuck, don‘t know what to do next, how to make it better, how to tell the story you want, how to make the art stand out, be unique, and most importantly – how to make people like and appreciate your work. Sometimes you might be proud of what you created, you post pictures online and people just don‘t seem to appreciate it. I have met and saw lots of talented people who experience the exact same thing. Unfortunately, some of them get too attached and ultimately think they are bad and useless and eventually stop creating completely. The truth (which nobody wants to hear) is that you won‘t become great and famous overnight. And most certainly you won‘t became great and famous if you give up. If your photography is amazing, but you are not getting tons of likes on social media, it‘s because the right people haven‘t found you yet. Having a small audience and few likes doesn‘t mean you are a bad photographer. Having said that, here is another crucial point: you have to keep creating. Done is better than perfect. Start a project and complete it. Post it online, get the feedback, learn from mistakes, start another project and repeat the process. It doesn‘t matter if you feel like you are not good enough. Doesn´t matter that you don‘t have the newest camera body or the most expensive lens out there. Doesn´t matter that you couldn‘t find a stylist for this project or that the weather on the shooting day wasn´t perfect. Focus on the story, work with what you have, learn along the way. Ultimately, you will become better. And believe me, there is always a room for improvement. The more project you finish, the better you will be. To do something is always better than to do nothing. Even if it‘s not perfect. In this issue, we will introduce you to 10 talented photographers who did not give up, who kept trying and kept creating. Almost half of them has Instagram accounts smaller than 1,000 followers, and yet they are published in magazines. Numbers are not important - the story is. Enjoy the reading!
eloque
Veronika
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Independent online and print-on-demand magazine Based in the United Kingdom. Published monthly www.eloquemagazine.com Editor in Chief VERONIKA MATEJOVA Art director SIMONA PLAVKOVA
DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT
Photographer Eleonora Fazio Fashion Designer The Odd Female Model Flora Fodor Makeup Artist JĂşlia Bosch
r e t n i w BREEZE by Eleonora Fazio
Female Model: Flora Fodor Makeup Artist: Júlia Bosch Fashion Designer: The Odd
Makeup Artist Anna Kolowca Retoucher Marek Gracz Photographer Ewka Gracz Female Model Wiktoria Stojanowska
MILK AND HONEY
MILK and HoNEY by Ewka Gracz
Makeup Artist: Anna Kolowca Retoucher: Marek Gracz Female Model: Wiktoria Stojanowska
Greta
LAROSA: „Get carried away and let things happen“ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH GRETA LAROSA - 21 YEARS OLD PHOTOGRAPHER FROM GENOA, ITALY. SHE HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE STYLE – THE PERFECT MIXTURE OF FINE ART AND FASHIONPHOTOGRAPHY WITH A TOUCH OF A LOVE AND MELANCHOLY. HER PICTURES OF WOMEN COMMUNICATE FASCINATING STORIES AND VERY STRONG EMOTIONS.
by VERONIKA MATEJOVA, Photography GRETA LAROSA