A series based on the four elements by Tanyel Jessie Arif

Based on the four zodiac elements; Fire, Earth, Water and Air.

Each model documented symbolises the qualities of each element and follows a narrative throughout engaging the audience to the individuals persona and relationship with others. The diary represents a modern way of representing a visual diary which tells a narrative much like social media does today but in a much more true, raw light with personal diary entries. Each model was casted per their star signs to match the qualities correctly, making this series a documentary fashion piece with an edge.

FIRE SIGN

Adventurous, free-spirited, self-assured

I have a fire in my fingers and I want to believe in this, in me, in you and the way your eyes burn when you look at me and remember why the world spins and atoms collide because of faith. I don’t want to settle down with you. I want to take off with you – to far-away countries, to foreign landscapes, gems and corners of the world that would only have looked half as amazing without you by my side.

I want no ordinary love. I want a fucking storm.

I want sleepless nights and ENDLESS conversations at 4am.

And I want passion, I want madness, I want somebody to be able to make my whole body shiver from a distance and also pull me close to make sense of all my bones.

EARTH SIGN

Grounded, materialistic, sensual

Not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and long lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can  be, to teach you to love yourself, to make you feel better for a little while, or to be just someone to walk with at night and spill your life to.

Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they have given us.

WATER SIGN

Sensitive, loving, introverted

If you are going to fall in love with me, it’s only fair that you know what you are falling in love with, you are falling in love with my insecurities and my obsession with trying to figure out what everyone thinks of me.

You are falling in love with my immaturity, my constant need to feel loved and appreciated, my overactive tear ducts, my internet obsessions, my tendency to be too clingy. But you are also falling in love with the way my eyes will smile when I’m with you, the way I’ll text you in the morning just telling you I hope you have a great day.

You’re falling in love with occasionally humorous and/or though-provoking things I say, and the way I blush when people ask me about you. But to me, the most important thing will be that you are falling in love with me, despite my thinking that it is possible.

AIR SIGN

Curious, intellectual, distant

I’ve got a thing for the type of people who are undeniably themselves. The ones with messy hair, and even messier souls.

The kinds of people who wear their hearts on their chests and have passion in their tears. I’ve got a thing for those people who laugh at their own jokes and rejoice in their own success. It’s the people who fight for what they believe in and never let their sprits settle that are the ones for me.

I’m obsessed with  all the people who have the strength to remain soft and let their fire burn hard. These are the type of people I’m in  love with. These are the types of people I want in my life. These are my people.