Ty Smith

I think I have grown bored of listening to what I should do and what is expected.
Lots of people think I’m weird but I’d rather die than change who I am.
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The photographer and I had a great discussion during this session about what it means to be an artist. How do we grow? what do we REALLY want to show? Is it okay to break the norms? I answered to him that my photos and what I feel behind the camera are typically anti-normal anyways, and I love this! This is who I am. He said to me that he feels the same with his work! So we both do weird things while we work as artist to help capture the aesthetic we want to create. The most important thing we discussed (and agreed on) was the idea of working together. This was powerful for me because I come from a background in the arts where I was always told that “This is an ensemble. There is no ‘you’, ‘me’, or ‘I’, it’s US.” Not only is this important in art but in life. Everything we do in our lives, whether it be at home, work, on the streets, in the studio, or on the stage, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. Leave your fighting and narcissism outside those doors.
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A big thank you to for this therapeutic shoot. Your work is truly phenomenal.
Also a thank you to for sharing good fashion through this suit I wore.
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Stay elegant, stay full of love -Ty

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Photography: Ricardo Quintero
Agency: Neil Jou Models