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give you a pose and others who are more attracted to his photography and to the Adelatne: From your work, what are your
energetic and get into the shoot. models he worked with. three favorite models and covers of
For me, I want to show the muscular Latino Adelante? And Why?
Adelane: Do you have a cover shoots that model. In some ways, I wanted to be the The one that I thought was very sexy is John
start out one way, then goes another Latino Herb Ritts. What I'm looking for in a Harvikʼs cover from October 2019. He is
direction? model is to show the muscular Latino but Ecuadorian and I still think he's one of the
Yes. An example is the first time I met with show the Latino from Mexico or Guatemala sexiest men I've ever photographed. I love his
the model Dante for a photo shoot, it was a and other places, not just one type. I like to skin tone, like brown sugar. His physic was
disaster. I did horrible. There were technical portray how beautiful Latino models are and very nice as well as his face and eyes. The

difficulties on my end and the photos were not that was why I was so excited to work with shoot theme itself was his idea. John always
usable. I asked him if we could do another Adelante for these years. It allows me to show wanted to do a military shoot. He asked me to
session. If you know Dante, he wears Go-go off the muscular models that I like to show off. put the baby oil on his body and he did the
shorts a lot because heʼs a dancer. I talked black marks. There were very few shots with
with him about being “covered up” for the Adelante: Is there a body type you like to this concept on the day of the photo session,
shoot. I think the initial idea was to have a photograph? but he killed it. He nailed it. He's very
little more skin showing with Dante. But when Mostly in-between the lean and the massive. seductive. When I see him, Iʼm so seduced
we did the shoot, his images came out to be Not too huge and not too thin, a photo shoot by his looks.
very different and that was a good thing. This that shows their definition. Now we have
shoot was able to show another side of him muscular guys that are like "dad" bodies. It's October 2018. My concept was good and the
because we did it this way. Most people are always been the models that look similar to evil. This cover is a shoot with Dax Lopez.
used to seeing Dante with a shaved head or the models that pose for Herb Ritts who I like This was my most creative session and I think
short hair. I fell in love with how his hair was shooting. he was expecting to see the same reflection of
longer and we needed to show off his hair. He himself in the mirror. I wanted to show one
was fun to work with. The photos came out Adelante: Where do you find these guys? trying to lure the other. That was his naughty
great. The majority I have found in the clubs such as side trying to lure the good; it was meant to be
Arena and Circus. Also, on Facebook and seductive. The dark one trying to seduce the
Adelante: Are there types of models you Instagram. I may photograph a model and innocent one, to taint him to no longer be
enjoy working with? one of their friends may contact me that is “immaculate”. Although it looks like two
Yes. I am huge Herb Ritts fan and Herb was interested as well. After the first year with different guys, you can see the "x" marks on
known to photograph in black and white and Adelante, a lot of models were contacting me. both models if you look closely. The photo
he focused on muscular male models. I was session came out better than expected.

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