Picture Me: a Model's Diary

Picture Me: a Model's Diary
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2009
Format : Feature
Running time : 80 (in minutes)

The raw and intimate PICTURE ME: A MODEL'S DIARY charts model Sara Ziff's rise from fresh face to one that adorns billboards and magazines around the world. Filmmaker Ole Schell and Ziff co-direct, lifting the veil on the often exploitative world of high fashion modelling, from photo shoots with celebrated photographers to runway shows in New York, Milan, and Paris. Featuring indepth interviews with noted photographers and designers and appearances by models Missy Rayder, Cameron Russell, Diana Dondoe, and Caitriona Balfe, photographers Gilles Bensimon and Sam Haskins, designers Nicole Miller, Hussein Chalayan, and numerous others.

d. Ole Schell and Sara Ziff, USA 2009 DOC
English, Video, 80 min

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