'Don't swing on a string. It's much too frail. The best kind of swing is a tigger's tail. Whee!'
Roo from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
April began with my first post featuring the work of San Francisco Joe Mazza. Joe let me know in his response to the piece, that he felt it did a good job of capturing the personalities of both himself and the model Randall O'Reilly. When I began spending time with Joe's images of the model for this second post, uncovering personality required very little effort.
Joe's images of 23 year old Roo Deerhart are full of personality. Roo appears so at ease in front of Joe's camera, expressing himself naturally through fashion choice, facial expression and pose. I love the differences in expression Joe skillfully captures with the light and fun feel to the colored images and the more soulful and erotic tone captured within the black and whites.
'Roo constantly gets in trouble but he always learns his lesson. He is cheerful and enthusiastic, taking great joy in discovering the small wonders in life. He is also curious, fun, and loving; he looks at the world in a loving and sympathetic way. When speaking, Roo tends to use exclamations and frequently repeats himself in his excitement.'
Winniepedia
I am not sure how much of the character Roo, created by A.A. Milne, is in the model Roo, but given he lists his full name as Kangaroo Deerhart on Model Mayhem, I think it safe to say the connection is strong. Joe says that Roo is an artist and an incredibly free soul, working at the moment as a personal trainer at a local gym while he gets his modeling career off the ground. As a base for his portfolio, with the spectrum of personality and emotion expressed in these incredible images, photographer would be foolish to pass up the opportunity to explore more sides of Roo.
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