Modern Model September 2013 | Page 9

“Let
 me
 just
 say
 that
 i
 love
 working
 with
 this
 girl,

she
  is
  a
  great
  friend
  and
  not
  only
  a
  beauAful

model,
  but
  she
  is
  also
  an
  extremely
  talented

arAst
  in
  mulAple
  aspects.”
  –
  Patrick
  Hovan
  on

Model
 Alyssa
 Joynson

Photo
 ©
 Patrick
 Hovan

  In
  his
  photographs,
  his
  friends
  are

relaxed
  and
  happy.
  They
  are
  as
  pleased
  to

be
  in
  front
  of
  his
  camera
  as
  he
  is
  to
  be

staring
 through
 the
 view?nder.
 They
 are
 not

compliant,
  or
  complacent
  –
  both
  the

photographer
 and
 the
 model
 create
 a
 vision

of
  all
  encompassing
  beauty.
  Staring
  at
  a

Hovan
  photo
  makes
  you
  feel
  like
  you
  are

being
  immersed
  in
  the
  warm
  light
  of
  the

sunset.

 His
 photos
 re?ect
 the
 inner
 beauty
 of

what
  most
  of
  us
  seek
  and
  yearn
  for
  in
  our

everyday
 lives
 –
 balance.

 Few
 things
 are
 more
 frustraAng
 than

looking
  into
  the
  eyes
  of
  a
  young

photography
 student
 when
 the
 only

 advice
 I

can
 o?er
 is,
 “Try
 to
 be
 more
 like
 Hovan!”

 As
 to
 any
 remaining
 mystery
 of
 who

Patrick
  Hovan
  ulAmately
  really
  is,
  the

answer
  is,
  Patrick
  is,
  always
  has
  been,
  and

always
 will
 be,
 a
 photographer.

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Publisher’s
  Note:
  I
  am
  acutely
  aware

that,
  in
  Patrick’s
  quotes,
  with
  the

excepAon
  of
  the
  I’s
  that
  begin
  a

sentence,
  all
  of
  the
  other
  “i”s
  are

lowercase.
  This
  is
  a
  style
  choice
  by

Patrick
  that
  we
  struggled
  to
  honor.
  In

fact,
  I
  had
  to
  pracAcally
  remove
  my

ediAng
  program
  from
  the
  computer
  to

get
 it
 to
 manually
 accept
 the
 lower
 case

“i”s,
 especially
 in
 contracAons!