We want you to meet the people who make the magic happen here at Skinnydip!
Starting with the amazing Hanina who helps out with all our Skinnydip shoots both in house and out. Although not a permanent resident here at Skinnydip, we've worked alongside Hanina for years on tons of shoots and projects so we thought we'd do a little Q&A with her.
What’s your name and where do you come from?
Hanina, London!
Tell us something hardly anyone knows about you.
I’ve got a double tooth! Two of my teeth fused together when I was a kid and it created one tooth, it’s a double tooth.
That’s so niche! What’s your biggest career highlight to date?
Working with Skinnydip.
(Haha) We’ll take a secondary option!
Probably shooting Olivia Rodrigo for NME.
What’s your favourite and least favourite thing about being a photographer?
My favourite thing is working with different people every day - I love creating friendships with really interesting individuals! My least favourite thing is relying on technology. Also, since photography has become my job I don’t shoot for fun anymore, I don’t take my camera out for fun because that’s work to me.
What’s your death row meal? We’re talking starter, main, and dessert!
Starter: I love cheese, so anything with cheese - like a cheese camembert or something!
Main: Sushi, all day every day!
Dessert: I really like the candy cane sweets at the moment (haha)! I’m not a big dessert person but I’m loving watermelon candy canes…
Oh, I like Ben and Jerry’s ice cream too! I’d choose cookie dough flavour.
What useful advice would you give to someone looking to get into the industry?
As a freelancer, don’t be afraid to contact anyone! To me, nobody is off-limits - whether that’s the editor of Vogue or the art director of Nike. I also feel like people get so worked up on names and stuff but you’ve just got to concentrate on building your portfolio at the beginning. Just create the imagery that you like, not what’s necessarily ‘in’ at the moment. For example, my work isn’t very ‘British fashion’ at the moment, but I’m not going to change what I like to shoot because that’s the style that I want. Shoot what you want to!
