All we want for Christmas? Is
Tess puffing on a cigar in the
My Name is Sander Dekker book.
Tess features in the on-going 'Project' series created by
Sander Dekker, from 2011 onwards. He chooses people he admires as his subjects: outgoing, spontaneous and always a bit eccentric. His work is impromptu in the sense that he often shoots at locations he has never visited before, meeting his models just before the photo session and working from zero concept. Social media is a key aspect in this process. The energy which is created there in that moment, is what the renowned Amsterdam's photographers work is all about.
"Spontaneity and improvisation are therefore crucial, often resulting in surprising crops and spectacular compositions". Model
Tess was shot as part of the London series, here is what the photographer wrote about the couple as they cruised the streets. Fan of lime green, nip slips and extravagant jewels then check out the images below!
"At the night of the vernissage of my exhibition in London, I was talking to a friend when I saw a yellow Rolls-Royce parked outside. The car was hand-painted with a red flower pattern. The owner, named Ian, was an eccentric guy, who stood out of the crowd. After our introduction I asked him if I could take some pictures of the car. That same evening I had met Tess, who joined the vernissage with a mutual friend. When I told her about the car, she was very excited to join me at the shoot. The next day we went to Ian, who was wearing his ‘regulars’ and after a small talk in his canal boat, asking him if he got something cool for Tess to wear, he pulled out this green bodysuit out of nowhere."
