It’s still June, which is Pride Month. I’m happy to bring that point back to the surface in the middle of a wild month in the national Un-reality Show currently being broadcast. That said, I will always be an advocate for my LGBTQ+ friends, anytime of year.
There is a segment of this conversation that we briefly discuss the AIDS crisis of the 1980s…and that, I believe, was one of the first core experiences of the greater society around me that molded that role in me. My guest, Nei, was wonderfully forthcoming about his own childhood experience with his self-identity in Rio and his emotional connection to classical art-forms at significant periods of his life.
Nei Cruz is an Art Director, a photographer, and a makeup artist. Nei shares some of his experience working over decades with some of the world’s most glamorous faces in the Beauty and Marketing industries—and how no one escapes the self -judgement of an unconscious ugliness that perhaps, they alone can see. We also talk about the early days of Instagram, and the importance of sharing our creative practices.
You can find examples of Nei’s high-end editorial and commercial work on his website. (I highly recommend perusing his NYC street photos on Instagram as well!)
You can find the description of The Vili Figura/Despicable Face here.
Allison’s Website: art and services.
The Statue of “Winged Victory”
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xo
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