Filmmaker Statement

My goal with this film is to tell a portrait of Minseo in a way that humanizes modeling as a profession and shows a more complex, multi-dimensional side to it, while also giving them as a subject a voice and platform through the collaborative process of making the film. Especially knowing that as a young model who is rarely get to be in a position of power or the opportunity to be on set in a creative capacity or represented in a way that feels true to themselves, it was extremely important for me to make sure Minseo had input on everything from what they wore in the interviews, and even in the styling, creative direction and makeup in the editorial shoot. The environment was very intimate, with a minimal crew of young artists, many of them Asian-American and queer, which was important to me in giving Minseo the opportunity to also see what it felt like to work with artists behind the camera and behind the scenes that she could relate to with less of a hierarchy, which I feel really added to the energy and intimacy and comfortability we were able to foster and hopefully capture on-screen.