My name is Que Duong and I am from New Orleans, Louisiana. I was born in Vietnam on April 25, 1987. When my mother was pregnant with me, a fortune teller / village witch doctor told her that I will grow up to be an average person. This is my journey to prove her wrong.
Photos by: Joe Fontenot (http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/)
Before every shoot, I usually asked one of my photographer friend to tag along with me to scout locations for my story. This helped me to be more prepare for the shoot and further develop my concept.
Model: CoCo Capdepon
Designer: Veronica Schofield
Make-up: Kisha Williams (themakeuplabartristy.com)
Many of you who have followed me on Facebook and Twitter, you might have seen the preparation for this shoot. This spread was inspired by the Mary Poppin’s movie and was featured on Design Scene.
This is what they have to say:
Design Scene is always proud to present up and coming photography talents, today we have “Poppin Marry” a beautiful vibrant shoot by photographer Que Duong. Inspiration behind the shoot is hiding in Marry Poppins movie, where the photographer was inspired by the perfection of beloved English nanny. Model Coco Capdepon was shot on an even more perfect backdrop that is city of New Orleans.
Something I did at a photo shoot at the spur of a moment. A friend once told me, if you are truly an artist than you should be good with any medium. In conclusion, I wanted to test out the water in filming, what do you guys think? Comment, let me know.
Model: Annie
Designer: Veronica Schofield
Make-Up/Hair: Aivi Dang
In the spirit of Halloween, I had decided to post these up. If you took sociology in college then you would know about a girl named Anna. She was my inspiration for this shoot. Anna was locked up by her parent since birth and had no social contact. Anna’s social isolation affected her mentally and physically. I thought her story was eerie and I wanted to capture the isolation.
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Model: Laurence Mccrea (Next Models)
When I had stayed up late one night, I saw one of those religious infomercials and saw how some of the people who were praying looked like they were climaxing. They were so dramatic. I thought to poke fun of them and did this spread, I hope you guys get it.
Here are images from today test shoot with new faces, Jamyle.
Model: Zach (Bas/c Model)
Styling: Veronica Schofield
Before the “balloon boy” had hit the news, I did a photo shoots relating to that title in June. I thought I release these pictures.
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Model: Jiaying
Designer: Veronica Schofield
Make-up/Hair: Stephanie Flor (www.stephanieflormakeupartist.com)
Model: Annie
Designer: Clare Thompson
Hair: Aivi Dang
Make-Up: Maria Broussard & Aivi Dang
This photo shoot was inspired by the hierarchy in the kingdom. Clare really did an excellent job on the clothing. She used a lot of natural leaves mixed with fabric for this Green Shoot. The Second outfit, “The Solider”, the corset was made from Magnolia leaves and The last outfit, “The Queen”, the top part was made from a Palm Tree leaves. Continue»