Photoshoot series: Mermaids are real!

I love being in front of camera, it's one of my favourite creative expressions. There can be so much beauty in a way the moment can be immortalized in an image, where life stands still and story unfolds.

I used to do a lot of comercial modelling and still do some but what I love mostly is to create a story, to give life to a character that wants to emerge within me in a poetic expression. There's many worlds inside of me and there has always lived a Mermaid within me.

I have been blessed to have lived in Australia by the ocean and in Hawaii by the most beautiful beaches in the world. I can't be away from the ocean for too long, waves are calling me home eventually, I need to be immersed in the freedom of the wild salt air and the power of the ocean depths to connect with my mermaid essence.
Here's some photos from one of my favourite photoshoots, captured on magical island of Maui, Hawaii.

Since the times that men have ventured into the seas and oceans, there has been tales and stories of mermaids. The stories began as men from far land or familiar ports spotted mermaids in the sea or on a rocky outcropping. Their beauty and song lured the men in closer and make merriment and find a love so sweet it feels forbbiden...

The sea for me is where I always long to be, where I can flow free and let the current carry me.

Come with me to the world of magic and mystery ;) Ilze xox

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