JEAN GENIE
जीन जेनी
جان جيني
PRODUCT: COMPLETE UNKNOWN
MODEL: LARISSA SIMPSON
PHOTOS: NUSRAT DURRANI
Lost in the goldmines of Bowie land, I never come up empty. It’s not for lack of originality- a new and lonely idea is born inside me every 38 mins. It’s not even nostalgia- the blue poster from Pin Ups above the red fridge in Defense Colony. Or the motorcycle emptiness of late-night Delhi. It’s just that his music still courses through my veins, tainting everything I produce. Besieged by other influences, astringent slaps of inspirations from Africa to Indonesia, I will soon let Bowie pass into the heavens. But when I shot this, Aladdin Sane was loud in my head, defrosting the yellow morning light of the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Larissa wore my clothes and stuffed all the magnificent spring flowers inside Complete Unknown handbags.