RITA YOUNG SHIN - STYLIST…and jeweler, climber, model, yogi
From stylist for Vogue in Paris to sponsored climber for Adidas, Rita puts grace, flair, and hard work into all her endeavors. Her IG describes her as a “40+ former fashion insider turned climber. Once lived the dream in Paris- traded catwalks for cruxes. Found climbing at 30– Let’s GO!”
Rita’s comments on the Younger shoot
“For strong concepts and the story, the resulting photography needs to be artsy/creative. The idea is to come up with an editorial storyline rather than an expensive looking catalog shoot.”
Rita was a stylist on the Daphne Guinness, Vogue Italia shoot in 2008 (below left shot)
“I was Patti Wilson’s assistant. Daphne brought in a LOT of her own stuff. I pulled a lot of the jewelry, and clothes. This shoot was a little out there but it’s on the spectrum of what I appreciate.”
Rita has styled for shoots with Peter Lindbergh and Steven Meisel, two of the world’s top photographers. She has assisted Edward Enniful of ID Magazine at the time, who ended up as British Vogue’s editor-in-chief and
How is any of the above relevant? Rita is bloody good at everything she does and has experience with the best.
John Evans - photographer
John Evans of Bellingham, WA is a photographer who specializes in outdoor sports, nature and climbing photography. John has many Rock and Ice and Climbing Magazine covers to his credit as well as articles in Outside Magazine and so on all within the outdoor industry.
Evans was also the boss of agency owner, Stephanie Seaton, for seven years when they worked on the out of the box (!) ad and marketing campaigns for Petzl America and Petzl France, together.
Below are some of Evan's photos of two of his favourite subjects… rocks and his wife, Rita.
Potential Models
We will do a call-out for models but do have a few in mind as options.
Jesse Glavina
Sterling Peterson
Nykita Sky
Memegwaans Johnson-Owl
