Los Angeles Firm Inc. Magazine July/Aug 2015 | Page 34

MAKEUP EXTRVAGANZA
interview with CATHRINE ASANOV

How important is it to focus on the
details of a single images to produce
quality material?

A
​ bsolutely vital! From every strand of hair to
every little micro-movement. ​

What made you want to become a
photographer?

The magic of the darkroom. It was like alchemy to me. I’ve always been inspired by
chemistry and fell in love with the organic
chemistry of art and photography.​

What do you focus on mostly?

THE ART
OF OF
GLAM

T
​ he creation of something from nothing. ​

Have you had any formal training in
this and if so where?

Yes- I started when I was 16 in Starkville, MS
in the darkroom and went to Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, France
and Atlanta. ​

What do you think photographers in
general focus on too much?

I
​ would focuses too much on other inspiration
of a certain look then copying that look. I tend
to not look at much inspiration and just let it
transpire from any and all elements of life.

What is the best thing about your work?
In your opinion what do you think photographers
I can’t speak for my follower or subscribers,
but in my opinion, it’s that it has focus on more within
and graphic designers should such a range.
I’m fortunate to fashion communities?
the be able to do glam and gore,

because it keeps my options open to explore
freely. I can Ibe completely creative and itphotography need a
C
​ ollaboration. believe graphic design and really
satisfies my artistic side a great friendship. There’s a lot we
little more marriage... or justto be able to do whatshouldever my mind comes up with that day.
both learn from eachother. Negative space, placement,
color , so on.

My name is Mykie and I’m a selftaught beauty and special effects
makeup artist from Philadelphia. Although I’m self-taught, my education
at Temple University’s film school
and my employment at MAC Cosmetics and Terror Behind the Walls have
really shaped me as an artist. After
surrounding myself with film, beauty,
and special effects in my college
years, I decided it was time to move to
Los Angeles and pursue a career in all
three areas.
Since moving to LA, I have worked
on several feature films, short films,
music videos and other events- but
the real game changer came when I
started posting my makeup work to
social media platforms. What started
as a challenge to myself, to post a different makeup look for 100 consecutive days, turned into a whole other
career opportunity that I hardly knew
existed. Now I spend 60 hours a week this and
Have you had any formal training in
ifdoing work for Instagram and Youso where?
tube; A path I never thought I’d take,
but one that is extremely major I had
Within the graphic design rewarding. phoSince beginning this seven months
tography courses during all four years, so I
ago, Ichance to become familiarthou- one a
had a have gained almost forty with
sand followers, been featured the
certain type of photography. But on stuff I’m
Illamasqua.com, SoHairObsessed.
doing today is something that I’ve learned all
com, and Anastasia Beverly Hill’s
by myself, because photography on college
instagram. I’ve branded my work
was something that was going in a completely
as “Glam&Gore” the one I’m doing. It’s all
different way than and have plans to
turn this into my over there. I in the
old school systemown business had a chance to
future. Having once thought I’d be the
work with classical 35mm film and at shots
the required to be made mostly in series,
weremercy of freelance work forever,
it’s an exciting I’ve to think that I
so the things thatfuturebeen really interested
may instead be the boss of my own
in were considered unwanted and sometimes
business.
I’ve received bad remarks and criticism for my
work. But, that didn’t stop me in my endeavI want to bring a face to it made me happy and
ours because I knew thatsocial media,
especially that mattered.
that was all Youtube, that does every
kind of makeup- beauty, face-paint/
fantasy, avant-garde/high fashion and
special effects. I hope to inspire every
kind of makeup enthusiast out there
by doing what I love most.

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MODEL | MERIMA RAMADANOVIC
LIGHTING | GORAN LIZDEK
POST PRODUCTION | NINA MASIC-LIZDEK

What do you focus on mostly?
Definitely fashion and beauty photography. But it still might not be that obvious
yet, because, as I’ve mentioned, until two
years ago photography was still some
media with which I’ve experimented with
all different genres, until I realised in the
end that I’m definitely leaning towards
fashion photography. With it I grew affection towards post-production so I’ve
concentrated on that also… I believe it has
something to do with beautifying all those
people in the newspaper when I was a kid.

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