Los Angeles Firm Inc. Magazine May/June 2015 | Page 34

FASHION EXTRVAGANZA
interview with NINA MASIC-LIZDEK

What made you want to become a photographer? 

Well somehow I always knew that I’ll end up
doing something creative, it’s just that I had
to go through some experimentation phase to
find out what it is exactly. As a toddler I was
always looking to “beautify” people in newspapers by giving them whole makeup treatment with glitter and changing their haircuts.
After that I had a phase where I’ve dedicated
myself to doing hairstyles, and my mom
was convinced that I’ll eventually become a
hairdresser :D I also had a phase of drawing
fashion pieces and thought that I’ll become a
fashion designer. Then, as a teenager I started
drawing portraits and that’s when I have
decided that I’ll go to academy, but I still
didn’t know what major to choose because I
wanted to do more than just drawing. Then,
I found out the graphic design and realised
that I’ve just found something that makes
me feel creatively fulfilled and in the end got
enrolled in graphic design major at Academy
of fine arts in Sarajevo. At that time I finally
started discovering photography, but I must
admit I thought it was just going to be another
hobby… but it didn’t. It took me four years of
college and a BA degree in graphic design to
finally admit to myself that photography was
the only one of those creative phases that was
more than just that.

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What is the best thing about your work?

How important is it for focus on the details of a single images to
I can’t speak to my follower or subscribers,
produce qualityopinion, it’s that it has such a range.
but in my material?
I’m fortunate to be able to do glam and gore,
I would say it’sitvery important if you knowexplore what kind
because keeps my options open to exactly
of result areI you looking to get, creative and it really carry the
freely. can be completely because details usually
whole message orartistic side to the able to do what- don’t have
satisfies my meaning. On be other hand, if you
a clear concept beforehand but up with that day. some spontaneever my mind comes looking to capture
ous moment instead, then it might not be that relevant because the
person itself can give you great results.

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 Iany formal training in this and if
Have you had spend 60 hours a week
doing work
so where? for Instagram and Youtube; 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
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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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PHOTOGRAPHY | NINA MASIC-LIZDEK
MUA | NINA MASIC-LIZDEK
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.