Modern Model September 2013 | Page 6

  B e f o r e
  t h e
  u s u a l

quesAons
  could
  be
  raised,

“ W h a t
  g o t
  y o u
  i n t o

photography?”;
  “How
  long
  have

you
  been
  a
  photographer?”
  –
  I

r e a d
  C l e v e l a n d ,
  O H

Photographer
  Patrick
  Hovan’s

biography,
  and
  it
  was
  as
  telling

as
  the
  price
  sAcker
  on
  a
  new

automobile.

  "Photography
  speaks
  to

me
  in
  ways
  not
  many
  can
  really

understand.
 Every
 day
 i
 wake
 up

and
 pracAcally
 drown
 myself
 in
 a

world
  of
  photography
  and

inspiraAon,”
 Hovan
 explained.

  “I
  have
  a
  strong
  belief

that
  I
  was
  put
  on
  this
  earth
  to

p h o t o g r a p h
  f a s h i o n ,
  a n d

creaAve
  events
  through
  Ame.
  I

strongly
 believe
 happiness
 is
 the

m e a n i n g
  o f
  l i f e ,
  a n d

photography
  is
  the
  only
  thing

that
  truly
  makes
  me
  happy.

therefore
  photography
  is
  the

meaning
 of
 my
 life.”

  That
  is
  Hovan,
  in
  a

nutshell.
  No
  undercoaAng,
  no

lifeAme
  warranty,
  no
  tricks,
  no

secrets.

  Following
  his
  wri]en

revelaAon,
  the
  usual
  quesAons

seemed
  out
  of
  place.
  Almost

disrepecful.
 Jokes
 at
 a
 funeral
 of

your
  favorite
  relaAve
  at
  exactly

the
 wrong
 Ame.

  I n s t e a d
  o f
  a s k i n g

quesAons,
  I
  looked
  at
  his

photographs
  for
  the
  answers,

and
  those
  were
  telling
  to
  me
  as

well.

  As
  o[en
  as
  it
  could
  be

said
  that
  anyone
  can
  pick
  up
  a

paintbrush,
 but
 not
 everyone

Modern Model

Photo
 of
 Patrick
 Hovan

©
 Jessica
 Suvak

“I
  love
  shooAng
  with
  Alyssa,
  it
  always
  turns
  out

to
 be
 a
 fun
 day
 and
 i've
 never
 been
 disappointed

in
  the
  outcome
  of
  the
  photographs.”–
  Patrick

Hovan
 on
 Model
 Alyssa
 Claire
 Joynson

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Photo
 ©
 Patrick
 Hovan