To mark both Father’s Day weekend and Pride Month, the Grammy, Emmy, and Tony-nominated actor jrmypope captured his relationship with his father and grandfather in an exclusive photo essay for W. See it here:
, has spent the better part of a decade becoming a skilled photographer—and in a new photo essay that he shot and creative directed, he reveals his skills as a wardrobe stylist as well.
Pope then moved on from headshots, even though he enjoyed being introduced to a bevy of creatives at varying points in their professional journeys through shooting. Soon, he was photographing new faces for various casting and modeling agencies, conceptualizing and styling shoots for up-and-coming actors and models. To this day, the actor keeps a camera with him on set. “I always have my camera around, taking pictures and creating moments and memories to look back,” he said.
Jeremy Pope stands in front of a car with his father, Ty Pope, outside of his grandfather’s home in Orlando, Florida.With his friend and creative partner, Silas Vassar III, serving as DP, or “a second pair of eyes” Pope said, he traveled to Florida to capture “to catch the most honest moments, real moments” with his family. In order to reflect that authenticity, Pope didn’t tell his grandfather that he planned to take photos.
Styling the photos was fairly easy—save the slight adjustments he made to find some Gucci looks that could fit his dad’s body-builder physique—and reflected the actor’s reverence for Black culture, down to the shoes. “The Air Force Ones are a big nod to the culture,” he said.Photograph by Jeremy Pope. Clothes by Gucci. DP: Silas Vassar III.
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