Careers and casting
Working with me
If you are thinking of booking me, this is the page that saves us twelve emails. It explains the work I like, the work I will not do, and what the adults need before anybody calls something a booking.
What editorial modelling means herethe plain version
Editorial modelling is telling a story with clothes, light, a face and one carefully chosen second. I like magazine features, lookbooks, campaign portraits and documentary-style sets. I am less interested in being moved through a catalogue like a small coat hanger.
I am fourteen, so a guardian agrees the work and stays on set. Please give directions out loud and normally. I hear perfectly well. I was born without vocal folds, so my answer will arrive in writing, in sign or through my speech-generating tablet.
I am much less delicate on set than some briefs assume. Rain, wet hair, pools, the sea, splashing and ordinary swimwear are fine. Going fully underwater needs planning because my cough is weak. That is a safety fact, not a request to keep me dry under an umbrella.
Work I am suited to
- Editorial and magazine features
- Campaign and brand portraits
- Lookbooks and seasonal collections
- Documentary and reportage sets
- Portrait and still-life collaborations with photographers
- Writing commissions that run alongside a shoot
Work I do not take
- ·Anything that presents me as older than fourteen
- ·Anything suggestive, or wardrobe I or my guardian am not comfortable in
- ·Shoots without a chaperone or without a signed agreement
- ·Unpaid ‘exposure’ bookings from commercial brands
- ·Content that treats my voicelessness as a spectacle or an inspirational prop
How to apply or bookfour steps; nobody needs a mysterious casting ritual
1. Send the brief
Send the concept, client, dates, place, usage and fee. A useful moodboard beats six paragraphs saying the work will be ‘authentic’.
2. Management replies
My management usually answers within a few days. English, Polish, Korean and Japanese are all welcome. If the idea fits, they ask for the boring but important things: contract, call sheet and safeguarding plan.
3. Paperwork and consent
My guardian agrees the hours, usage and territory before the day. I also get to say no. Arriving with a new release and a pen does not turn it into an agreement.
4. Shoot day
A guardian stays, breaks happen when agreed, and people speak to me rather than holding a meeting about me while I am in the room. I answer in writing or through my tablet.
What management needs in your first email
- Client and brand name
- Concept, references or moodboard
- Shoot dates and call times
- Location, and travel or accommodation if outside Szczecin
- Usage, territory and licence length
- Fee, and who issues the invoice
- Named on-set contact and safeguarding arrangements
For photographers and students
I sometimes do test shoots or portfolio collaborations when the idea is genuinely good. The same safety rules still apply. Tell us what you want to make, why, and exactly where the pictures will end up.
Contacteverything goes through management
Bookings, castings, press and commissioned writing go through my management. Write in English, Polish, Korean or Japanese. Clear information is more useful than formal language.