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November, 2016 - First Magazine Cover - Place: NYC Model: Rudy Bundini @rudybundini
I went back to NYC in September that year. Rudy had seen some of my photos from my June visit on Instagram and wanted to shoot. At this stage I was not really into preplanning and relied very much on being in the moment. I remember walking down Crosby Street in Soho to meet him. He was not difficult to miss - Rudy is a former boxing heavyweight champion and has modeled for Versace, Armani and Calvin Klein. He has that aura of supreme confidence and looks exactly like you imagine a male supermodel to look. I was nervous meeting him as I had so little experience at that stage but from the start he put me at ease and could not have been nicer. As we were meeting late in the afternoon I took my Leica Monochrom with me; it’s a small rangefinder camera that shoots digitally but only in black and white. We did some shots outside on Crosby Street then Ruby remembered he knew someone who worked in one of the shops there. It was near closing time and we had a look around and found some mirrors. Rudy removed his shirt and we started shooting which I think kept some of the customers in the store a bit longer! NYC based Fantastics Magazine saw the photos, and liked them so much that they made them a cover story. So maybe sometimes it’s ok to go with the flow and not overplan. I must admit it was very exciting to have my first Cover and still get a buzz seeing my photos in magazines.