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six looks, zero enthusiasm, photographed somewhere between midnight and the next casting.

Olivia Craven dark moody image
Olivia Craven dark, mysterious, moody

dark matter

during hours

shoreditch-born, professionally tired, and still capable of standing dramatically beneath bad lighting.

Raven-Whisk-032A

after hours

The after hours means my face returns to the real me. The professional pose, and makeup mask are gone, to reveal the real me.

Portrait of Olivia "Raven" Craven, a Shoreditch-born freelance photographic model.

with my professional makeup mask on

by day I’m a freelance photographic model with full makeup standing in dark rooms, with tailored outfits, awkward pauses, and whatever the brief forgot to mention.

Olivia Craven aka Raven is presenting herself without her makeup to see the real woman behind it

with my professional makeup mask off

back at wherever I’m going to lay my head for the night, the makeup mask comes off, and the real me appears exhausted and desperate for sleep

Olivia Craven aka Raven posing in a makeshift photographic studio

the performance

the ‘fierce’ face hides the ‘i want to be in bed’ reality. this is hour four. multiple costume changes, the mesh is itchy. the lights are hot. I can’t see anyone only hear their voices directing me, the glare is blinding and i’m still standing dramatically beneath questionable lighting because that’s what the brief says.