Mika wears archive earrings from Biblioteq

To Live In Honesty, Always

In the aftermath of losing everything in the Los Angeles wildfires, photographer Ali Mitton zeroes in on the now, the important and the beauty in simplicity.

PHOTOGRAPHY ALI MITTON @alimitton @apostrophereps
STYLING RAFAEL LINARES @st.raffi @artdeptagencyla using only independent designers and archive pieces 
HAIR YUICHI ISHIDA  @yuichi_ishida_hair
MAKEUP TEREZKA FRAS @terezkafras using @submissionbeauty
MODEL MIKA SANTOS @_____mikasantos @elitela 
STYLING ASSISTANTS TRINITY LOUVAN @trinitylouvan & SABRINA BROYLES @beanie3001 

“After losing my house in the fires, it has become more important than ever to live responsibly. It really brought into focus for me that tangible things don't matter - stuff is just stuff. I’m not grieving shoes or handbags. I'm grieving over the baby blanket my mum made for my kids. The first love letters my husband ever wrote to me, that I had stashed away to reflect on years from now. Boxes of polaroids and keepsakes. I want to direct my focus and attention to everything that breathes - the people I love , the living world around me” 

Ali Mitton - photographer

“My earliest memory of beauty? My mothers face, being curled up on her lap in the sunlight.”

  • Mika wears a dress by Miscreants and a necklace by Lillian Shalom

“Beauty is rawness and honesty, the natural state of things without agenda or motive.”

“Whenever I feel anxious I always look at images of constellations, planets, galaxies. It reminds me how small I am and how little my problems matter.”

  • Mika wears a catsuit from Kim Shui, as well as archive earrings and shoes from Biblioteq

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“Sustainability means taking responsibility for how we exist on this earth and how we can maximize the value of what we already have. After losing my house and everything I’ve ever owned, I realized how much stuff we had that we didn’t use or need, how many things I was buying. It’s only in starting from scratch that I’m really thinking ‘ok, do I really need that?’. It’s an opportunity to live intentionally, and minimally.” 

Ali Mitton - photographer

@ALIMITTON