meet the amazon...

ever since arriving in bali i have been surrounded with the most beautiful creative energy. one of the sources is leanna, who is not only an inspiring photographer (who has a way of making you feel naturally beautiful, in front of her lens) but a gentle, fee-spirited, golden amazon.... and i can't wait to share more of our work)

little things that make her smile:

flashing eyes from strangers... 

beautiful flowers in an environment that doesn't look like they belong...

children's giggles... 

colorful food...

march 2015, changgu, bali... all photos by me

bad-hair-days

before getting my buzzcut back in vietnam.... and after spending a good amount of time on an island (where the sun and salt water pretty much took care of my bright red locks)..... i found myself having more and more bad-hair-days (despite the fact that i was, at that point, still traveling with my two favorite hair-products.... that i raved about here and here).

anyway... these bad-as turban-wearers inspired me to some turban-creations of my own that i will (of course) be sharing with you sooooon.

and the queen of turbans.... erykah badu.

this guy......

this guy…. this guy was sitting infront of a 7eleven in bangkok. i gave him some money.... no reaction... and asked him if i could take is picture… no reaction…. so i quickly just took this shot. 

where is her from? where is he going? is he going anywhere? is he in pain? is he content? one of the emotions that came up in me was to feel sorry for him… but could it be that he is possibly the happiest person on earth?

the muses....

 these badass-beauties were in my head... this morning at the barber shop in nah trang, vietnam.....

micah gianneli

sinead o'connor

natalie portman

helena's honesty

meeting so many free spirits as a vagabond has been most inspiring. like helena... who is not only the author of todays mid-week quote, but also taught me how to make my very own dream catcher.

"i am honest to others.... so, i can be honest to myself."

febuary 2015, vientiane, laos.... photos of helena by me

the beauties...vol.4

cambodian beauties... all photos by me

the dudes... vol 1

 to be fair…. i don’t only come across some lovely beauties, here in southeast asia…….. also some real cool dudes. 

the dudes of china and thailand... all photos by me

meet the curls-guuurls

one of the most beautiful parts of my vagabond-life is meeting new people... aaaaall kinds of people from eeeeverywheeere. like these two beauties. i will not tell you about where they were born, what countries they have visited, or how long they have been traveling for (or any of the other typical traveler-questions)... but i will tell you that it was love at first sight (hair-envy might have played a big part in that)... i am super grateful for good old girl-talk... i was reassured that creative exchange is essential..... and shown once agin that trusting the universe brings me straight to beauty.

 photo of shay lee and eva by me, january 2015, kampot, cambodia.... and you will be seeing much more of these two curly-haired beauties.

the beauties... III

the beauties of thailand... all photos by me

the beauties... vol. 2

the beauties of thailand... all photos by me

die uschi......

for this crazy vagabond-life i have been living i have had a muse.... not only for "living a free life" like she was always after, but also her bohemian... gypsy-style. uschi obermaier, born close to munich, was (in a nutshell.....) a model/rebel/groupie turned vagabond in the early 70s (if you want more than just the nutshell..... you should definitely watch this movie). 

now she lives in la and... let me tell you... is still a colts-sexy lady.....

this was an editorial in harper's bazaar with her and natalia avelon (who played her in the movie)....

the ultimate beauty secret

i have told you before about my girl-crushes / muses..... there are ones that i have short affairs with and some that will always inspire me and motivate me to boost my fabulous-ness.

one of them is michelle violy harper. if you know who i am talking about you might have recognized her influence on my make-up looks, from time to time. for everyone else.... here is a shreen-shot from a little instagram-conversation i had with here a whiiiile ago (that i was totally shiiiiiitting myself over, by there way)

anyway, why am i telling you about this, now? i was just on garance dores blog, and her last  post is a beauty minute with michelle..... where she says: 

"the most important things for beauty, aside from products is your happiness because that is what shows in your face. you can use as many products and as much makeup, but if you’re a miserable person, nothing is going to work. the other thing is stress......" 

and not i love michelle even more! because, that's exactly what i believe with all my "smile!" and "have fun!" stuff......

blond corn

remember when i took pictures of my friend rachel... and her hair looked like this?

some time has passed since then..... about 8 months (damn, time flies.........). well when i saw her last week in new york she was rocking those fabulous black roots and i immediately had a strong urge...... a strong urge to do this...

what should i say.... braiding makes me happy

photos by h, a very cool lady! (check ouuuuut her blooooog stuffbyh.com)

meet constance... the modern nomad

since my move to shanghai (from new york) my life has had waaay to many stupid annoying little grow-up-hurdls to overcome. dealing with various bank accounts... understanding the tax systems from three different countries... wrapping my head around the fact that i got an absentee voting ballot for arapahoe county in colorado... sent to my parents in munich... while i am in shanghai. this life of a nomad makes me think of my friend constance a lot.........

i can confidently say that there is no other person in the world, like constance. she considers herself to be a “modern nomad”. and yes, since we stopped working together (because she had a beautiful little girl) i literally can not keep track of in which city (...or continent, for that matter) she is living, let alone all the places she lived in befoooore she had a family. (but i am getting the feeling some of people  have the same thoughts about me now......) and no, "nomad" does't mean that you will not see constance in the latest tom fords or vintage prada.

she is truly a free spirit with an admirable youthfulness about her. who else would do a spontanious photo shoot with me... on a wall, by the side of a road, in the hills of tuscany? and even though we have had big, yelling fights (i particularly remember one, at our riad in marrakesh while we were sipping mint tee)... 30 min later we would always laugh about it, though. she is the only person i can do that with. 

 

all photos of constance in london, marrakech, fez, paris and new york... by me  

going through these pictures i really missed our crazy trips and adventures and i felt very fortunate to have experienced them with her. i hope you have a friend that (even though you might want to strangle them from time to time) has had a crazy life and shows you that it is ok to not do things / be like every one else.