@juliachesky

Story time: nearly 8 years ago (Coachella weekend 1) I launched my Instagram channel the same weekend I launched @SamsungMobileUSA —I decided to take the challenge and use IG for it’s original intention… photos from my phone only. I've been incredibly loyal to this, only "cheating" twice (once when Givenchy by  Riccardo Tisci came to NY and the other when I was shooting a festival and Janet Jackson looked right at me. I think both were worth breaking my code for.) ⁣ ⁣ I wanted to prove that 1) you can take amazing photos from your phone and challenge yourself (same concept as BBV, same main pillar of strategy for Samsung) 2) share how I see the world that helps shapes my professional creativity. ⁣ ⁣ It's come at a potentual cost; people don't realize how much work I've managed to create over the years because it's often in a fleeting story post. Also, it's probably repelled people lurking me further professionally, not being bothered to click the link to my portfolio site. I don't want to change the core of how I run my Instagram. I have at least 50 phone snaps I'm sitting on that should eventually be shared with the world. But today, I wanted to share a personal creative project not shot on my phone (although the phone photos still slap) created with the incredible @ElisiaMirabelli (thanks again for the intro @Carolin_Ramsauer) ⁣ ⁣ I don't think I've ever made personal studio work related to still life, but I knew I wanted to focus on new luxury designers in this short series. If you would like to hear about the creative process, feel free to ask! I'll share a little more in the next post. ⁣ ⁣ Spring Bling (2022) will roll out into 3 posts because one had to be a 4x5, haha. And each photo deserves our full attention. As always, thanks for reading, sharing, and caring. I sincerely appreciate it. ⁣