🤩 THE MODEL: JESS VILL

Jess is a Frenchie who lives in the south of France, where the weather is nice and hot (like him).
His passions: photography, baking, playing basketball, the piano, fitness and living life to the fullest.

Jess has been a photo model for ten years… Ten years of career during which he has worked with some of the biggest names in photography in Europe and around the world.

And just for the sake of doing a little name dropping here 😉, Jess posed in front of the lenses of David Vance, Thomas Synnamon, Rick Day, Scott Marrs, Wong Sim, Dylan Rosser, Salvador Pozo, Alexis Salgues, Étienne Clotis, Alain Bearinz and of course, the amazing Lionel André, who shot the photographs of this JESS VILL NAKED project.

And here are some retrospective photos of our Jess, just for you:

📸 THE PHOTOGRAPHER : LIONEL ANDRÉ

The exclusive photos of this collector's item were shot by the great Lionel André, one of the best photographers when it comes to highlight male beauty. His specialty: creating atmospheres and playing with lights to sublimate the plastic and the sensibility of the models he chooses to work with.

Hi Lionel. Can you tell us how your passion for photography started?
I started when I was 15 years old, after my parents gave me my first SLR camera.
I started taking photos during my travels, family event, etc. Just for myself. I mainly took landscapes or monuments.
Then, high school friends started asking me to take pictures of them. And that's how I started working on portraits.
My relationship with photography totally changed from there. Before, I did it alone and suddenly people came to me to create something together. I really liked this sharing process. Besides, I am often asked what I prefer during a photo shoot and I always answer: the moment of sharing and exchanging with the models.

What inspires you ?
EVERYTHING inspires me. A film, an exhibition, a video clip, a book, a documentary, a walk in nature, a cloud. EVERYTHING. I'm a day dreamer. I think we artists are sponges. We absorb everything around us. Everything we see, we digest it, and then it comes out of us through artistic expression. An advice that I would give to young artists: take an interest in as many things as possible, be curious about everything around you. Go where your consciousness tells you not to go. Learn. Take an interest in the history of art, all the the arts. It is so enriching, constructive, inspiring, enlightening, necessary.

For you, what is the perfect picture?
It is the one that will be the simplest possible, but that will be the most impactful. The idea is that when you see it, you just go "wooooow!"…

And just for you guys, here are some photos Lionel shot along the years:

📚 THE PUBLISHER: HORIZONS METAMEDIA

This little French independent publishing company of books, magazines, vidéos and podcasts likes more than anything to support projects with a real human touch. Last year, it helped French cartoonist Jeromeuh raise more than 20,000 euros through crowdfunding on Ulule to publish his new LGBT+ book, Des Moments d'amour [Instants Of Love].

Horizons Metamedia publishes the gay magazine and webzine MM Magazine (in French, English and Spanish), a publication that celebrates male models and the photographers who make them shine (like a diamond, as would sing Rihanna 🎶😉).

And finally, this family business also helps its clients to tell their stories thanks to its communication agency.

Jess Vill – Calendrier 2023

Jess Vill – Calendrier 2023