Wild, a music video for Lavender Diamond

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Running time: 02:31.

No one is better at playing dress-up than Lavender Diamond. Several years ago, when I lived in Los Angeles, we dreamed up this concept for one of her songs: a video inspired by the portrait photoprahy of Madame Yevonde and Seydou Keita. I've always loved their pictures. But when I look at them I tend to think about the moments before the photo was snapped: the subject's adjustments, their subtle movements, poses, eyes, posture, the wind...

We designed and assembled props, dresses, and backdrops and then shot this over the course of a sunny day on a small terrace in Echo Park. We were lucky that our friend Susanna was there to make lovely photographs, and I include some of them below.

CREDITS
Music and Performance: Lavender Diamond
Concept, Art Direction, Video Direction: Sara Grady
Camera and Editing: Catherine Hollander
Make-up: Elvira Gonzalez
Photography: Susanna Howe

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All photographs by Susanna Howe.