Insant Analogue by Liz Ord and Molly Baker with Special thanks to IMPOSSIBLE.
Yeah that’s a pretty calming shade of green. Pea green is not calming, and bright green is alarming. How long have you been in London?
I’ve been here for about a month now doing a lot of go sees and castings, hanging out at the agency, meeting a lot of really cool people that I feel like I will become solid friends with.
Do you enjoy modeling? It sounds like you’re having an enjoyable time so far.
Yes, it is really exciting to look at your photos when you have been transformed into someone new, someone else’s vision of you. You morph into another character just for a little while, you know. It’s cool.
Do you think you need to have quite a good knowledge of yourself to be able to feel comfortable doing that?
Definitely. I’m pretty young, so this experience of leaving my family and being on my own has helped to me learn a lot more about myself than I would ever have if I was still at home. Thrown into a pit of snakes and thinking alright, live.
What are the best and worst things about it?
The worst thing is not seeing my mum; I really miss my mum and love her so much. The best thing is being able to learn a lot about myself, and honestly just going out and doing the things you want to do. To have the freedom of doing things for yourself, and not just for someone else.
What about the modelling process are you excited about?
I want to travel, my mum calls it the travel bug. I want to go places and see the world. Being in this industry affords such great traveling opportunities, and doing this job is actually really fun.
If you got to choose one place to go?
I think I’d go back to my roots, where it all started - Italy.
Are you Italian?
Yes, well no, I’m not really Italian, I'm American Italian. It’s just in me somewhere, but unfortunately I don’t speak the language. It’s an American thing to say; you know American Italian, American Irish. It’s more about being proud of your heritage. I think my family originally came from Sicily.
If you weren't modeling what do you think you’d be up to?
I think that’s why it’s kind of a blessing that I got this opportunity, because honestly at this point I really don’t know what I’d be doing. Probably I would go to University and try to figure out what my major would be.
I suppose it’s just like most 18 year olds, except you were offered a kind of escape from making those choices?
Yes, I feel really blessed, I’m so thankful.
What do you do when you’re not working?
Well recently I’ve been watching a lot of films, just because I’ve been in my room a lot. I went on Netflix and I think I’ve watched almost every movie. I like to run; I do a lot of running to clear the mind - it’s meditative in a way. Here it’s definitely my outlet. I’ve got lost a few times, and suddenly realized I don’t know where I am.
What favourite movie did you discover during your Netflix binge?
So far in my recent film watching, I think it was… well I like them all. I like a lot of the crime ones. They’re so interesting, why would someone do that! One thing I would say for sure is that the critically acclaimed section is not all critically acclaimed. Some movies I watched and I thought there’s just no way this is critically acclaimed. That’s my word of advice.
Interview by Liz Ord.
Words by Savannah Liu.
