(Image: W Magazine)
The Insta-girl squad that we have previoulsy told you about; the Hadid's, Kendall and all their bessies have decided to take a step behind the camera and try their hand at photography. But is Instagram to blame?
This summer, the youngest of the Hadid's sisters, Bella shot her first major editorial with W magazine, when she volunteered to photograph her best friend, Jesso Jo and her mother Laurie Lynn.
A few weeks later, it was Gigi's turn. Assigned by V magazine, the model shot polaroids wherever she went for a series of shots and behind the scenes look at fashion week. And now, as it was announced on Monday, Kendall Jenner is trying her hand at the role of photographer. Teaming up with Katie Grand, editor-in-chief of Love magazine, the pair are looking to find a Spring/Summer 2017 issue cover star via social media.
Where has this sudden desire to switch roles come from? Some are blaming Instagram. With there huge following and their well-curated photographers, perhaps they've decided that if they can take a picture that'll get at least a million likes, why wouldn't they be able to take pictures of someone else?
Now, we're not saying that they can't get the perfect shot but to do an editorial for a magazine - images that will be published - it is a lot different that taking a selfie on your iPhone. You have to take the model into consideration, the lighting, the styling, the artistic direction, and a whole lot of planning.
Either way, it will be interesting to see the imagery that they produce because at the end of the day they have that knowledge of what goes on. And if - we say if, because we all know it won't - their modelling careers fail then they always have a back-up plan.
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