Nico Nordström
If Winter Ends series
Model/MUA: Lacie Cotten
Photography/Props/Hair: Nico Nordström
Assistants: Mariana Ramos, Chelsea Pederson, Robert Peña
99% of image was created with a camera, not with Photoshop.
Behind the scenes: niconordstrom.tumblr.com/post/34443198861/if-winter-ends
With this series I wanted to personify my feelings about Winter. A week before Christmas/his birthday two years ago, one of my best friends passed away suddenly. That group of friends are family, and have been since middle school and early high school, and I've seen them grow so much over the past two years. Being that it was our first death, it hit us hard, and as soon as it gets cold all of those memories come back. This year though, rather than bummin about the loss of such a beautiful soul, we have to focus on the positive. The fact that we got to be so close with someone so distinctly unique and wonderful, and to exude love, kindness and inner beauty. When you're dealt with such a tragedy in your life, there's nothing you can do besides create more love and beauty in the world. So rather than focusing on the loss that my "extended family" and I experienced (like I've done in previous work), I wanted to show that love and beauty help lessen the blow. The dead tree branches represent death and life, the flowers represent beauty, and the fog is like the daze we all walked around in, with the light being the light of love.
If Winter Ends series
Model/MUA: Lacie Cotten
Photography/Props/Hair: Nico Nordström
Assistants: Mariana Ramos, Chelsea Pederson, Robert Peña
99% of image was created with a camera, not with Photoshop.
Behind the scenes: niconordstrom.tumblr.com/post/34443198861/if-winter-ends
With this series I wanted to personify my feelings about Winter. A week before Christmas/his birthday two years ago, one of my best friends passed away suddenly. That group of friends are family, and have been since middle school and early high school, and I've seen them grow so much over the past two years. Being that it was our first death, it hit us hard, and as soon as it gets cold all of those memories come back. This year though, rather than bummin about the loss of such a beautiful soul, we have to focus on the positive. The fact that we got to be so close with someone so distinctly unique and wonderful, and to exude love, kindness and inner beauty. When you're dealt with such a tragedy in your life, there's nothing you can do besides create more love and beauty in the world. So rather than focusing on the loss that my "extended family" and I experienced (like I've done in previous work), I wanted to show that love and beauty help lessen the blow. The dead tree branches represent death and life, the flowers represent beauty, and the fog is like the daze we all walked around in, with the light being the light of love.