Days at work

Too much of anything often turns out great in an image! With that in mind i portrayed Swedish YouTube-star Clara Henry! Since she just wrote a book about the period, i got the terrific idea of covering her completely in blood! 😀 When i nervously called her to ask if i could take here portrait, she asked: Yes, but it depends on what you had in mind … And when i then, even more nervously, explained that i wanted to cover her in blood she replied: Yes! That sounds super fun!!
My idea was to have Clara at a bar completely covered in blood drinking a Bloody Mary holding a celery stick! Blood + Clara Henry + Celery + bar = Bloody Henry!
I got the blood at Maskspecialisten.se, and they where really helpful when i asked all my questions regarding blood and which kind was the best for this!
My biggest fear was that the blood would stain and that Clara would be all pink after trying to wash of the blood! But after tips about using a really fat lotion and sprying her hair i kept my fingers crossed that it would not stain!

We did the shot at Hotell Resen where the bar was closed between 14.00 – 16.00. After some setting up the lights and covering the bar, floor and chairs in plastic we could begin! The bar now looked like a episode of Dexter! All we had to do now was to pour all the blood over Clara! The blood was very cold, Clara was shaking as we covered her! Clara really did an amazing job at the bar! The shots turned out great!

Also during this shoot the magazine Kamera&Bild came along and Torbjörn shot some behind the scenes material. A big thanks to Patricia at Agent Franke för the behind the scenes photos!