Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

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Could you introduce yourself to our readers? Where are you from, where do you live?
So I’m 18 years old, and my name is Jade. I’m a photography student and home right now for me is Montréal. I’ve moved so many times in my childhood that I like to say that I don’t really have a hometown. All the cities and the countries I’ve lived in are now a little part of me and I think that makes me a little unique for that too.

How did you get into photography? What inspired you to start learning photography?
I started photography about five years ago, when my parents got their first sailboat. I was mostly passionate about all the sunsets and the sunrises, from their beginning to their end and I was literally spending time alone in front of the boat taking millions of pictures until I got the exact good one. When it was time for me to make a choice for college, I was lost and undecided as always, but photography was the only real thing I was doing for myself and that I really liked, so I just made the choice to continue in that way (I don’t regret it at all).

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

What is the creative process behind your photographs?
I would say that my creative process is all about me being a dreamer/loving person. Right now, I’m all about details and creating some atmosphere and a state of mind through my photos.

As a photographer, what do you consider to be some of your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
Anybody who knows me well know that I’m the dreamiest person in the world. I like that everything looks like in a movie, so I think that it definitely helps me in all my creative projects. My weakness would probably be my lack of self-confidence; it is hard to believe in your own projects when you begin in an industry like photography, and sometimes you can get down because of that.

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos?
To let go of the negative people and to have more self-confidence. To just let these people lose their energy on their own.

Where in the world would be your dream destination to take pictures?
Wherever there is a beach and a sunset.

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

Where do you find your inspiration?
I like to go through old Vogue magazines and old movies, I like to search through the archives of my favorites photographers as well and then elaborate a concept based on a photo or an idea or some piece of clothing.

One book? One movie? One Song?
Book: Ways to live forever – Sally Nicholls
Movie: Ruby Sparks
Song: Beach Baby – Bon Iver

If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three things would you have and why?
My best friend, because she’s the most precious thing I have in my life. Spotify (cause life is prettier with some music). And of course, my camera.

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan

Photographer Spotlight: Jade Moisan


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Credits:

Model: Anne-Sophie Goulet (Agence Folio) @annesophiegoulet
Stylist & MUA: Andréa Crépin @soloame