This photo shoot, shot for the Oregon Daily Emerald in fall 2007, was my first shot at makeup and styling. Along with my best friends and fellow Journalism School students Ali and Lin, we borrowed fall clothes from local boutiques and raided our closets, found a University student to model, hired a photographer (Connor Jay) and went to work doing what I would find I loved doing more than anything: writing a story with clothes, makeup and people. We named our character University Girl, and sent her around campus for some lonely strolling and pondering in the grave yard.
I envisioned her to be glossy, so there are the shiny lips and the curled hair. Looking back on this shoot, I think we made our character into a girl who takes herself a bit seriously.