10 Dec 2009 steampunk sally

Best Sunday ever: Woke up on a friend’s futon, ate dumpster-dived bread for breakfast and then caught a ride to my house to pose for Sara Baldwin’s steampunk, fashion-meets-science photo project! I stood on my bed donning a Double Zero dress, my own thigh-highs (cut from Target tights) and garter (Victoria’s Secret), and attempted my best turn-of-the-century, sexy-cyborg stance. (For some reason I was imagining Helena Bonham Carter a la Sweeney Todd the whole time. HOT MESS.)

It’s easily my favorite photo ever taken of me. Sara is amazing– she’s my manager at Cactus Flower, a double major in Journalism and Photography, writes for Nuvo, and shoots weddings, bands, and parties on the side. When I asked her how she gets so much done she said, “Every day I just wake up and think, how much can I get done today?” I think about this every time I find myself lollygagging around, and snap right out of it (sometimes).

See more of Sara’s photos on her flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sararrr/, and inside her head on her Tumblr: http://thebasementjam.tumblr.com/.