NOIR I Minneapolis video campaign with legendary model, Masuimi Max!

Hey, Steemit/@dtube! I’m unearthing more of my favorite videos that’ve gone unseen with a new found vigor. I love having a platform to show off some of this work. Video is about 1/3 of my career and it’s some of my proudest work. I shoot all my video with the same approach to my photography. Exclusively available/diegetic light from the set I’m working with. “Cinematic” is often how my photography is described, so it’s a pleasure to actually shoot video and put that quality to motion.

Yesterday, I shared a video from my annual Old Hollywood black and white boudoir photography event, NOIR. The video I’m sharing tonight is from the same event, two years later. NOIR began in Minneapolis in 2012. By 2015, the event was hosted in three cities, Minneapolis, NYC and LA. I’d made connections with some of the biggest names in the pinup/rockabilly community, one of which being the legendary Masuimi Max. We’d shot together during a product look book in Pasadena and our nerd symbiosis took hold.

For context, I had magazines with Masuimi on the cover in my room when I was nineteen! I’d fallen in love with her brand of art when I first discovered Olivia De Berardinis’ pinup art. The magnitude of being the one to now photograph her, cannot be overstated. For the level she’s at as a model, performer and celebrity, she’s one of the most down to earth, genuine people I’ve met throughout all my time working in Los Angeles.

This shoot specifically for NOIR. Through a mutual friend, we were set up with a studio lounge in Beverly Hills. I’ve since shoot Masuimi many, many times but the images from this shoot rank at the top of my favorites list. She has a remarkable presence in front of the camera and shooting video was, unsurprisingly, no different than still photography.

Thanks for reading. For more video, photography, art, illustration and the stories behind the work, follow me here @kommienezuspadt!

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