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328--Spain: Barcelona, Glamour in Squalor: Fashion Model for a Day @ CherieSpotting     Oct 18 2005 - 10:17 PST cherie writes: I slipped into the extraordinary life of a fashion model for one day in Barcelona, Spain. What’s it like for an ordinary woman to be dipped in glamour for a brief moment? What does it feel like to have people staring at and fawning over you? Do photographers really say lame things like: “Make love to the camera?” (No!) The idea of being a “fashion model” was a novelty for me. I’m not used to wearing much make-up or taking more than a few minutes to arrange my hair. I was an empty canvass (except for the wrinkles and freckles) waiting for the make-up artist to create a new look on my face. Isn’t a modeling simply another form of human art? Being a model for a day was like trying on another life. I looked in the mirror and saw myself. It was me, but it wasn’t me. My reflection was another possibility of me, a side of me I had never explored. I felt strange and silly; coy and courageous; alive and awake, beautiful and brazen. Eric Garcia, a fashion photographer, took these photos of me on the streets of Barcelona, Spain. For Shoot 1 we ducked behind an alley. All dolled up, I sat on an old mattress surrounded by weeds and graffiti art. Modeling is a work-out so for Shoot 2 we climbed eight flights of stairs until we reached a rooftop where I lounged on an inflatable couch with zebra pants and a black boa. (By the way, I do that all the time!) As the day turned into night, I wrapped myself in a trench coat and pulled my suitcase down the busiest street in Barcelona, Las Ramblas. Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (0) | write comment| views: 37834    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Photo by Eric Garcia. Getting my make-up touched up. Photo by Eric Garcia. My friend Dustin Fox digitally manipulated this photo. Photo by Eric Garcia.