of the criteria are missing, technical knowledge
is just a theory and cannot be put into practice.”
In addition to profiling current issues for
international organizations, Seymen has also
worked with renowned speakers like model
and beauty activist, Winnie Harlow. When
Seymen arrived at Harlow’s hotel for the shoot,
accompanied by the magazine editor, time and
space were limited. Describing the experience,
Seymen shares:
“Despite all of these difficulties, Winnie’s
confident and comfortable manner has carried
the photographs to another level. Winnie is
a rather successful, expediently self-assured,
beautiful and impressive woman. It was really
joyous to shoot with her. The combination
of black and white on skin turns indefinable
beauty into a living truth. She is one of the first
three people who impressed me most during
my shoots.”
When he’s not working with A-list clientele,
Seymen plays with experimental photography.
One of his current projects is a reinterpretation
of food photography with a cynical twist,
“definitely not colourful or appetizing photos,”
he jokes. Through his titled “dark food
photography”, Seymen protests the vibrant style
associated with food photography. “We are
leaving the gloomy days behind and welcoming
summer. I frankly don’t like summer,” he says
of his inspiration behind the series.
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