Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? In the case of FH, the answers would be the model or the photographer. All of the pieces I work on start with an image, but the perspective in which I view that image, can come from the model in front of the camera, or the artist behind it. In the case of photographer Mark Montovio, (Mount Photography) the initial focus was on model.
It was back in 2009 that I was putting together a piece on model Antonio Garcia. (HERE:) Many of the shots of Antonio were taken along the beaches of one of Portugals incredible beaches. If you check out FH regularly, you know that Mark often traveled to Portugal to shoot. This piece, began the many creative collaborations with Mark Montovio I've enjoyed working on over the last twelve years.
In addition to enjoying the many beautiful locations in Portugal, Gibraltar and Spain, I've also loved the models that Mark work's with. I love the diversity of the men Mark's works with and some of them, (Cristian, Antonin) we've watched grow with multiple shoots over multiple years. Mark's dance background has led to a focus on movement and pose, something he does equally well in both spectacular location shoots, or in more limited spaces and in studio.
2020-2021
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2009-2013
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