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JUST BE! Credits for Photos Model - Neha Modgil @nehamodgilphotography Photographer - Abhav Sidhu @abhavphotography Makeup Artist - Harneet Lehal Hair Stylist - Ankita Chandran - @braids.by.kita Shoot Location - Lux Event Studios - @luxeventsstudio - Toronto, Ontario, Canada 25
NEHA MODGIL: on wards! I believed in my craft and couldn?t wait to do another shoot! From one shoot, to the \"Curves & ALL? next, things just kept picking up and now here I am ! ?Build yourself to be the Woman YOU want to be, Noor Dhillon: Wow, that?s so amazing! It?s crazy to not the one society expects you to be.?-The witness how something so out-of-the-blue Female Hustlers can start your journey! This is incredible! From your experience so far, did you find it hard to An in-depth conversation with Neha Modgil on follow your passion for photography? Body Positivism Neha Modgil: To be honest, it was very challenging at first; I had to deal with my family and and Breaking Barriers in Film & Fashion their thoughts and then had to deal with the doubts in my mind that come along with the Article & Interview by: Noor Dhillon decision I made. But, I kept at it and didn?t lose heart and believed in my passion because it just What makes one beautiful? Is it the way we dress? felt right! Photography had become an outlet for Or the way we look? What does me through which I was able to destress and just be my creative self. I branched into directing fashion mean to the ?Everyday Fashionista?and and acting in films later on, which I?m working How are we able to define what the words on even more now. The whole journey is something that I can?t exactly put into words but ?Fashion?and ?Film?mean to us? being in your own zone and element is so satisfactory I had a chance to sit down and be in conversation and if you?re an artist, you?ll know exactly what with Film Director, Photographer and I?m talking about! Noor Dhillon: Model, Neha Modgil , who shines light on what it?s like to not only be South-Asian, but also a 26 female in the dynamic Fashion and Film Industry and why it?s important to advocate for Body Positivism in any artistic field. Noor Dhillon: Hi Neha, Welcome to this interview! I?m so excited to talk about your journey in the field of Creative Arts! So, tell me, what motivated you to get into this field and to do what you do? Neha Modgil: My journey started way back in university when I was commissioned to do my first ever fashion shoot for one of my friends. I was studying Health Science and Creative Writing at the time and my friend was in Fashion Design and Marketing. I was so excited to be asked to do the shoot and didn?t even think twice about the assignment and just went in with what I knew. It was an amazing feeling to be on set and to direct something for a creative purpose. After the shoot, my friend loved the edits and everything just started from that day
Noor Dhillon: This is so inspiring! It?s amazing We are all masterpieces of ART that shouldn't be how, despite the hurdles, you didn?t stop defined nor categorized based on sole looks believing in your passion, which, nowadays, is very or styles. We are who we are and that?s always in hard to do. Do you think this was a defining fashion! There?s nothing to it! I?m just point in your career? embracing myself, CURVES & ALL, in every project or film I work in. I test my own limits and Neha Modgil: Yes, this was because I took a stand and chose what I wanted for myself. I didn?t embrace my insecurities and equally celebrate them too. I strive to envision myself in the most give-in to societal labels or the pressures of following standards set for a woman in a amazing way possible and thinking this way, evokes a very positive and ambitious attitude in South-Asian household. This was definitely a defining point for me and I think it was the source me. I think if everyone works on Being Positive, then being Body Positive is just a few steps of my own encouragement too. If I didn't stand up for myself, I would not have been able to take away! my artistic career to the next level. I think, for Noor Dhillon: That is so true; as an audience or as anyone following a creative path, one should be a society, we tend to pass judgment based hungry to pursue their dream, because that?s on just what we see but, it?s amazing to also see what will resonate with everyone else. Then, you how you?ve mastered the rule of acceptance in won?t be fulfilling a ?label?but, you?ll be creating not only your work but as a individual too and this your own BRAND which starts from...YOU! I?ve is a huge asset! What more can we expect strongly followed this mantra and I think it?s the from you as an artist? Any other exciting projects reason why I?ve explored and discovered many that you?re working on? aspects of not only myself as an artist, but of film, Neha Mogil: Thanks so much for that, Noor! photography and fashion as well. Currently, I?m working on a few music video Noor Dhillon: Wow, those are definitely words to projects along with a documentary on the effect live by! I can see where the passion comes of Type 2 Diabetes in the South Asian from and it?s very enlightening! Like you said, ?It?s Community. I?m also excited for the release of my up to you to create your own Brand?How second film titled ?JUST BREATHE?which will does this tie in with being an advocate for Body be premiering at IFFSA TORONTO 2020 on Tues Positivism and why do you think this isn?t fully Aug 11th 2020! So, definitely stay tuned for accepted by the fashion world as it should? t h at ! Neha Modgil: For the most part, the world of Noor Dhillon: I can?t wait to watch your next film! Fashion revolves around taking a trend or design, All the Best to you and your entire team! Any and making it your own and that?s what I?ve done. last thoughts before we sign off? I?ve taken my love for Fashion and have Neha Modgil: I just wanted to say that it?s an followed the notion of ?WHY NOT??Each and absolute pleasure to be in conversation with you every one of us is different; we look different, on this platform and I really want all artists Mode come from different backgrounds and we?re reading this article to know that ?You are Destined Ph o t o raised in diverse households so why not embrace for our differences and make it the most unique Great Things; Never Lose Heart and Always Hair factor about us and celebrate it? 27 continue to Believe in Yourself and Your DSrheoaomt Lsoc!?ation - Lux E
JUST BE! Credits for Photos 28 el - Neha Modgil @nehamodgilphotography ographer - Abhav Sidhu @abhavphotography Makeup Artist - Harneet Lehal Stylist - Ankita Chandran - @braids.by.kita Event Studios - @luxeventsstudio - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Color M e A Rain bow ! Color me a rainbow! My genetic line contains both races and they are at war. Love created a The world has become a place of legacy! I can only imagine what my destruction.Color me a rainbow! great-grandparents felt,giving birth to a mixed child; unwanted by the community because of People riot because of color.?Black lives color. Color her a rainbow! They created a matter ?they chant.Since when did any life not legacy!It must be understood that hatred matter?All lives matter because God matters. creates a downward spiral. You cannot control The battle we are fighting now was bestowed color or culture:they are apart of identity. upon us by our ancestors. Where do I stand on When God created this beautiful and culturally the matter? Do I hate my color or culture so I diverse planet, He intended for love to prevail. can hear that I did the right thing?Am I a threat He challenged us to put aside our differences, in the streets because I am darker than the to love Him and to?love your neighbor, as you next person? When I wear a tight dress, am I love yourself ?(Matthew 12:31).If white considered a prostitute because of my color? I supremacy and privilege are our main am starting to think that many are attracted to concerns, then we will never be able to love. If light skins, not because they are a trend or we have no love, then equality will never exist. ?beautiful,?but simply because they are SAFE! Jesus died for all;not only the privileged. So, why don?twe reflect the love demonstrated on My skin is a science orchestrated by the the cross?Color me a rainbow. You and I are greatest Scientist. Melanogenesis is a chemical unique, and yet,also the same. Racism is a process where the amino acid tyro-sine is disease that the devil leans on to destroy God?s oxidized and then followed by kingdom. Unfortunately, we allow it! polymerization.My skin naturally absorbs light. UV radiation may think it has the upper hand, Dear Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Micheal but my skin has a natural protector:my Brown, Belly Mujinga, and the many others as m elan in ! this list goes on:I am sorry your last memory was one of hate and agony. I am sorry you had ?Can I feel your hair?It is so big and fascinating! to die because of misunderstood beauty. I am Why do you leave it like that?Is it hard to sorry that when they saw the color of your skin maintain?? they saw only an armed weapon. Kings and queens with crowns on their head Abdi Nasir Mahmoud Good, Emmanuel Sithole have big responsibilities. You cannot relax only and the hundreds of others who were stoned because my hair is relaxed.Just because my and burnt alive due to xenophobia:I am sorry hair is not nappy,now you are happy? My hair that people who experienced the same is the result of a successful scientific discovery. intense beauty but indifferent cultures could My Creator investigated the depth of my color not love you. I am sorry that we could not and declared that each strand of my hair type appreciate our own skin and look past our should grow in tiny helix shapes, giving it cultural differences. I am sorry that there is no volume and density. love between us. My hair is big, not dirty. God, I am crying for our world. I am breaking because the people have forgotten their We are too educated to be discriminating purpose. Intercessors need to rise among us. against each other! Our forefathers were not. Our forefathers and ancestors rioted and They did not know what made black, black. looted, yet still we are going through this pain. They did not understand the perfection and Pray, love and respect! Color our rainbow! beauty of darker skin. Yes, straight hair and blue eyes are beautiful. God?s understanding God, we need you. of diversity is indescribable. Yet the same intensity you feel when looking into blue eyes -Lovelle Mahachi is also possible if you choose to see the depth in brown eyes.With all of the pride you take in 30 styling your hair, just imagine how much power a black girl feels? Do not become ignorant over something that cannot secure your place in Heaven.
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