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Finding a focus in fashion

Cassidy Chen takes a UBC path into the image-making world. Published in Alumni Digest as verified reporting from the University of British Columbia.

Cassidy Chen takes a UBC path into the image-making world.

Alumni Digest editorial deskJune 4, 20262 min read
In the September issue
Finding a focus in fashion
Cassidy Chen’s story is about the discipline behind an expressive field. A self-driven approach can look effortless in a finished image, but focus is built through repetition, collaboration and a willingness to keep editing. For an alumni issue, fashion photography is a useful reminder that creative careers are careers: they have craft, clients, constraints and a public body of work. Photo: Reporting: Geoff Gilliard. Source image retained for editorial review; rights clearance is still required before any broader reuse.

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