Ada Ho

Ada Ho, take two

Ada reached out last year, asking to shoot together. We’d been introduced (virtually) by a mutal friend and I imediately agreed. But fate had other plans, Air Canada decided to strike preventing her from leaving home. 6 months later and she had designs on a short lay over in the UK en route to a dance class in Helsinki, as you do.

Ada is one of those people who has creativity in her DNA, reason enough to change plans and meet her in town. This photo is how she greeted me as I awaited her atop the staircase that lead up to our studio. She arrived with three bags of outfits and severa camera to capture the industrial feel of Brick Lane.

We had a great shoot, many outfits and ‘How about we try…’ moments, my idea of a good time. Our last set saw me haging over the mezzanine has she ‘danced’ upon a canvas background on the floor below. Images that I would print hours later.

That evening Ada re-shared a story of her shooting with Carl Fehres a while back. Carl is a photographer I admire who moved from the US to France. We had a long breakfast in Paris back in October, coffee and photography chat. Ada and Carl are both engineers by trade, both of whom excel in this space. I will never tire of how photography brings people together. Especially those that share a common connection.