E ndless F aces
“I was constantly told I needed
to shoot with fewer shadows, to look
more commercial, more like everybody
else. I was told I would be good enough
as long as I was somebody else, but I
just couldn’t be somebody else. So, for
this last shoot, I really wanted to make
the images look the way I wanted.
The images turned out wonderful and
it made me fall in love with portrait
photography and, somewhere there,
I finally began not just to accept but
appreciate my darker style.”
Since then, much of her work has
involved beards in some way, and she
has worked with beard brands from all
over the world, with models travelling
from other countries to have her build
their portfolio. Last year, Wikström was
fortunate enough to work with Profoto
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