Hopes and Fears - Stories from New Yorkers (FADER Issue 83) #368

One of my favourite magazines, FADER, just released their 83rd issue and included short snippets from a bunch of New Yorkers talking about theirs hopes and fears for 2013. It's a pretty good read. The profile below of a guy named Christopher I think sums up the attitude of most models I've met. There's this reluctance to their profession but the money affords for a lifestyle many would love to have. It's an interesting complex.  

Christopher Michael Jackson, 22

"Right now it sucks cause I'm always broke. I don't go out in New York, it's too expensive. I don't talk to my family at all. I'm not close to them. But I totally miss Texas. I'm just here because I'm really hoping to be successful. I really feel lonely in New York all the time.

 I want to be an actor, but I don't even know where to start. I have patience, I'm sure it will be slow in the beginning, so I'm just, like, modeling to begin with. But I don't like it - I just see it as a better way of life. I hate that models get treated like we're nothing. They see us like we're objects instead of being a person. I'm living the high life and the low life."

Lindsey Cain, 21

"I'm graduating from school finally. I plan on staying in New York, I'm never going to leave. I'm from L.A, but it's kind of shit there. I'm looking forward to getting into DJing except that I'm scared that I'm really bad at it and nobody will come to my party."

Nicole Franzen, 20

"I'm graduating from college soon, so that's a fear right there. That fucking sucks that I have to be in the real world. I started a rap group called Wash n Set. The name is so perfect for a girl group. We're trying to get that cutesy, girly vibe.  That's all we sing about, us being girls and being crazy. But is it really going to happen? I guess what excites me the most is that I don't know what's going to happen."

Check out the full issue of Fader #83 here. 

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