Issue29 (part1) November 2017

Model Thinloth (Poland)
Can you tell us a little about you? I’m a shy person and live according to my dreams. My
life is full of animals with whom I live in a countryside, far away from cities, noise,
people. My herd consist of horses, czechoslovakian wolfdogs, cat and goat. Apart from
everyday care of them, I run Your Heritage Foundation (ftd.org.pl) – which main pur-pose
is protecting the architectural monuments, but we also protect natural heritage, support
artists and organize artistic events.
If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be? I’m not sure if there’s
anything. I’ve learned to live with myself, my character. If I had changed something in
myself, I would not have been the same person, which I really like. It wasn’t easy way to
think so but now I’m confident of myself.
How did you start modeling? A few years ago I wouldn’t even think about being a
model. I’m too shy. In that time I was hiding when someone’s trying to take me a photo. I
used to and still love taking photos of Nature Magic. Peace and calm land-scapes.
At some point I started missing something in that photos. There were incompleted. The
thing which I needed was a person. Lonely person standing in the Mist. It was hard to
find someone who would go with me early in the morning, especially that I live in places
where there aren’t many people. So I tried to fill this gap with myself and a tripod. So my
first selfportraits were created. Later I dared to contact with one photographer, then
another.
What do you think of the work as a model? It depend. I distinguish two types of being a
model. First, which is major, is showing through photos myself, my spirit, my imagination.
It’s marvelous feeling when some pictures which was in my head become real – in
camera, paper. Furthermore – it’s wonderful when people feel photos which I have cocreated.
The second type is working as a model. Working during workshops, photosession
for the books cover etc. It’s a bit hard work. For all day (or two days) you have to
stay focus for every participant.
What is your beauty regimen? Avoid rush, urban hustle and rat race. They unnecessarily
destroy and cause, often irrational, worries.
What are your personal qualities which distinguish you from others? It’s hard to say,
because everyone is different from each other, but on the other hand we are all similar.
Some people say that dreams are only for dreaming. I think that dreams are to come
true and I’m stubbornly working to make mine come true. I’m not only sitting and
waiting for a magic wand.
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