File: 2018001-0120
In the woods, somewhere around Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, on Wednesday 31st January 2018.
About the photograph.
This is Janey, a British model whom had been seen in various British top-shelf softcore magazines. Here, she was booked for a fashion related outdoors photo-shoot.
The shots are partially as stand-alone photographs (i.e.: to display on Flickr or Instagram or simply to hang up on the wall) and partially for a graphic design project, like importing into a fashion catalogue.
Janey is wearing a medium length, size 22, brown faux fur coat with hood, from M&Co. She is also wearing a polka blouse, blue jeans tucked into below-knee length boots, and a scarf.
The photographs were taken in the woods near her home, somewhere around Sheffield.
(Note: I never tell the exact location of, nor geotag, my photos of models, if the photo-shoot was done at or extremely near their homes, for their safety and their privacy.)
Here in the United Kingdom, during the 1980s and 1990s, I had been struggling to get into a college course to study photography, and also to get a job as a photographer, because of discrimination towards the disability people, as I am a deaf person with speech impaired.
My own family, the hearing teachers at the deaf school, the career advisors, they all would tell me that I can’t be a photographer because of the need to communicate with people.
But as you can see, I’ve been working with her, and we had got on well, despite the communications difficulties. She has posed in ways that I planned for.
As a matter of a fact, I’ve booked 7 models, and worked well with all of them.
About M&Co.
In 1834, Neil McGeoch started a pawnbroker business, in Paisley, Scotland, and over the many years, the family business expanded to 6 pawnbroker shops.
By 1953, the brothers Len and Iain McGeoch decided to convert the pawnbroker shops into clothing stores, and traded as Mackays Stores Limited. Over the years, they acquired a few other clothing retail business and expanded to approximately at least 140 by 1986, up to 270 by 2005.
In 2005, the company was rebranded as M&Co for a more modern image, and went on to operate over 300 stores, including few overseas and an online store.
The company first specialised in women’s clothes, later expanded to include men’s and children’s clothes.
Sadly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the early 2020s, the company struggled with business as customers stayed at home, and struggled to keep going.
The company finally went into administration, and it was reported that the branding was bought by the McGeoch family. By spring of 2023, M&Co was closing down.
About the location.
Before and during meeting with Janey, I had communicated my plans to her, outlining what kind of photographs I wanted. I wanted outdoors winter-style fashion shots, in a countryside or similar. She had told me there are some woodlands near her home, and I took up her suggestion. They offered the kind of background I wanted, and they served my purpose.
Because of this, I will not geotag my photographs, for her safety and privacy. I do the same for any models, if the photo-shoot was done at or near their homes, unless it’s a studio or the on-location site is few miles away.
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