“‘Black and white’ was our chosen theme for this shoot. Firstly, I’m very interested in shooting more non-white models – agencies are usually depressingly mostly Caucasian. Secondly, this concept was obviously visual – not only did Celia stick with monochrome styling, I also played with juxtaposing saturated images with pared-down black and white photographs. ‘Black and white’ implies simplicity too. I wanted the shoot to be about simple portraits of Michelene, so we took the shoot down to basics – no hair or make up, just clean skin and very simple lighting.”