Lily Donaldson Vogue Nippon July 2010 (7 photos)

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Whoa. Wait a sec. I absolutely won’t get on board with the idea that wikrong from photos is somehow superior to the alternatives. Or that artists who refuse to use photo refs have a distasteful motive for refusal.Working from life is a thousand times more enlightening…for all sorts of reasons too complicated to cram into a Blogger comment. Working from photos is an aid that too easily can become a crutch…if not a crippling weakness. I do it…but I do it very, very carefully.