R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Mar. 2015 | Page 79

As mentioned just above, music is not
Deejay’s only passion. He is also part of the
fashion world, an environment he joined
as a result of unexpected encounters with
photographers who, loving his appearance,
offered to work with him. «These meetings
took place in the street,» he says. «I was able
to participate in the Benetton casting in 2010
because I met a photographer at Châtelet, and
he sent to me Chiara Senti who is actually his
girlfriend and photographer. I participated in
the development of her book later on. It still
happens like that today, they approach me and
offer me to work with them. At the beginning
I was saying yes just to discover this universe,
but when evolving I entered Wanted agency, I
have been guided and I also learned to choose
according to my tastes and conviction as for
the project We Are All The Same by Ancom
& Dreams.»
Deejay also works with the Fashion Music
Showroom in Paris, an agency that organizes
events combining music and fashion.
«Concerning modeling, I believe I have done
great things, the greatest being parading for
Mr. Jean Paul Gautier at the Fashion Week in
March last year, without forgetting to mention
other parades for Hood by Air (HBA) and
Aston Quinn. «

«I wanted to prove that it was not a handicap
because every time I was doing something,
people were astonished as if being albino and
breathing is an achievement in itself. Many
albinos themselves were seeing me on the
decks at the club and were congratulating
me for what I was doing when I was just
doing what I love. I set my limits myself, my
albinism doesn’t decide for me. I have always
moved forward without telling myself that I
won’t make it. Art with a capital A came and
knocked on my door and we never separated
since then. I wanted to make a force of what
some were taking for a weakness and it was
visibly pleasing. It was felt in my attitude.”
The confidence Deejay has in himself makes
him become a source of inspiration for many.
«According to the messages and comments I
receive, I inspire people because I go where I
am not expected. I will say that the future of
albino artists is in their hands the same way
as mine is in my hands. I mean that there are
so many forms of art today that there is room
for all. Live your dreams while you are young,
as long as you can. If you are told that you are
beautiful, believe it. If you are told that you
have the potential, believe it and go on. The
only limits that exist are the ones that we set
ourselves.»

To achieve his goals, it took something more
than talent and passion. «What motivated me
to get where I am is that I wanted to prove,
while loving what I do, that being albino is
neither a handicap nor a weakness for the
person who gives his- or herself the means,”
he says.

DEEJAY JEWELL//MUSIC

writing & translation :
Myriam Annick Tchameni