Modern Model September 2013 | Page 7

Summer
  is
  nearing
  its
  end.
  Model
  Shannon

Lawlor.
 -­?-­?
 Patrick
 Hovan

Photo
 ©
 Patrick
 Hovan

“Last
  weekend
  i

met
  up
  with
  a

good
  friend
  of

m i n e
  a n d

talented
  fellow

p h o t o g r a p h e r

Jess
  Suvak
  and

went
  on
  a
  short

s h o o A n g

adventure
  up

and
  down
  W.
25th
  Street.”
  –

Patrick
 Hovan

Photo
 ©
 Patrick
 Hovan

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can
  be
  a
  painter,
  Hovan’s
  work
  illustrates
  the

same
  riddle
  of
  photography
  –
  anyone
  can
  pick

up
  a
  camera.
  Few
  can
  capture
  the
  candid

moments
  and
  natural
  poses
  that
  Hovan
  shows.

Whether
  this
  is
  insAnct
  or
  intuiAon,
  or
  a
  li]le

voice
 in
 his
 head
 is
 constantly
 reminding
 him
 to

“be
 one
 with
 the
 camera,”
 the
 process
 does
 not

ma]er
 as
 much
 as
 the
 result.

  Once
  a
  photographer
  learns
  the
  basic

rules
  of
  photography,
  how
  they
  apply
  those

rules
  –
  whether
  they
  adhere
  to
  them
  strictly,

refer
  to
  them
  occasionally,
  or
  throw
  them

completely
  out
  the
  window
  and
  rebel
  against

them,
 strongly
 in?uences
 who
 they