Today ISLAND is ecstatic to introduce a model with a vision and a new Memory Keeper, Michael McCloud. (Images of michael shot by photographers Joesph Bleu & Thomas Synnamon)
Especially after doing that fantastic layout on model Danny Perez, we had to meet with model behind the lens... literally. Michael came into the industry primordially as a model (and still is) who felt like he had a different perspective to share and it would be genuine, since it's coming from the perspective of a model who's always at the other end of the lens. It's his intention to give every image a sense of sensuality since he shoots the way he'd model.
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"I want my viewers to gazed into every image I take and to give a perception of a fantasy but still something they could grab a hold onto. Honestly I did not move to NY to become a photographer, I always knew I had way too many talents to be doing what I was. I lived in Hawaii and did the whole college basketball thing which, don't get me wrong was a amazing, but I felt so limited from everything. I want to take over this world rightfully speaking and I believe there is no such thing as limitations. We all have the power to move mountains and make change, just many have no idea how to tap into this certain power. That is my goal in life, to tap into this hidden gift we are born with and embrace this industry with all my artistic abilities. Its 2010, no one just models anymore you have to bring something different to the table daily." - Michael
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Quote of the Week: "Its 2010, no one just models anymore, you have to bring something different to the table daily" - Michael McCloud
