Vulnerability, Issue no.2

07.08.2017

story by GRACE JEFFERS / photographer by DIEGO UCHITEL

style by DIANNA LUNT

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Black Wool Cardigan Sweater by Electric Feathers.

Black Wool Cardigan Sweater by Electric Feathers

 

My father’s cancer was found too late.

We would do all that could be done but we all knew how the story was going to end.

Where I had a choice in the writing of my role.

Like Sancho Panza I took up the side of my Don Quixote

And together we walked into the cancer sunset.

How does one prepare for such a battle?

By disarming.

By accepting that to love is to hurt

And that the hurt is the legacy of the love.

People talk of their accomplishments in life.

What the world has given them as a reward for their actions.

Material gain.

I was left with an empty seat at the dinner table and

A phone number that would never again be answered.

My victory was acceptance.

Diffusion, my cells of resistance,

Avoidance,

And all my clever coping mechanisms

Were replaced with soft presence.

Awakened.

It was in the face of death that I was most alive.

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Black Wool Cardigan Sweater by Electric Feathers throughout.

Black Wool Cardigan Sweater by Electric Feathers throughout

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Cream Silk and Cotton Jacket by Electric Feathers.

Cream Silk and Cotton Jacket by Electric Feathers

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Black Wool Cardigan Sweater and Grey Pleated Herringbone Wool Trouser by Electric Feathers.

Black Wool Cardigan Sweater and Grey Pleated Herringbone Wool Trouser by Electric Feathers

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Black Wool Cardigan Sweater and Grey Pleated Herringbone Wool Trouser by Electric Feathers.

Black Wool Cardigan Sweater and Grey Pleated Herringbone Wool Trouser by Electric Feathers

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Cream Pleated Silk dress by Electric Feathers.

Cream Pleated Silk dress by Electric Feathers

Model Lou Schoof photographed in black and white by photographer Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Navy Cashmere Coat by Tomorrowland.

Navy Cashmere Coat by Tomorrowland

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. White Cotton Shirt by Acne Vintage Denim Jeans by Levis.

White Cotton Shirt by Acne Vintage Denim Jeans by Levis

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Cream Silk and Cotton Jacket by Electric Feathers.

Cream Silk and Cotton Jacket by Electric Feathers

Model Lou Schoof photographed in black and white by photographer Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine.

Model Lou Schoof photographed by Diego Uchitel for MONROWE Magazine. Cream Silk and Cotton Jacket by Electric Feathers.

Cream Silk and Cotton Jacket by Electric Feathers

 

Vulnerability: Issue no.2 | Team Credits

Photographer: Diego Uchitel @ CLM

Stylist: Dianna Lunt

Hair: Moiz Alladina @ Art Department

Make up: Vincent Oquendo @ The Wall Group

Photo Assistant: Basil Fauchier

Digital Tech: Hugo Arturi

Exec Producer: Steven Hong

Exec Producer and Casting Director: Ros Okusanya

Producer: Emma Yun

Model: Lou Schoof @ New York Models

Videographer: Alexander P. Donnelly

Video Assistant: Cal Ng