Hey there

So my name is Eke Bon, 26 years old and just started school again. I worked as an international model for the last 7 years, traveling to NY, Milan, Paris, London, Barcelona, Hamburg, Miami and many more interesting places. I love modeling a lot, I love fashion. I know it’s a superficial and hard scene to work in, but if you’re grounded and down to earth it’s a wonderful way to make some money, meet interesting people and see the world. Now…. for modeling I am a senior (26).

I am working with girls from 15 and 16 up so I feel pretty old..hahaha…time to change my path.

I wanted to educate myself more, so I decided to go back to school at the HVA this last September 2011.

It was terrifying to make this decision but it’s the best decision I made in my life. As a model I was  (and am) still doing very well, working for commercial clients in Germany and some regular clients here in Holland.


Financially modeling is attractive but after 7 years my inner self started to get bored with the whole fashion scene. The stylist, photographer and make up artist are all working creatively. The model however,  just turns up at the shoot and does what the art director tells them to do, no personal creativity is needed. Well the posing off course which is super important, but if your not working for Vogue each month it’s all quit minimal.


The course I chose to do is a 4 years course, CMV at the HVA.


It’s a very wide course. The study includes, learning how cultural society works and classes about starting your own creative business.


I know it sounds very vague, but it is an amazing course because it is so diverse and open to all initiatives from students. You get lectures regarding psychology, philosophy, culture marketing, business classes, documentary film making classes, drama, social learning, project management and sociology.


The course gives all first year students the change to pitch for De Verdieping (De Trouw).


This is a popular location located in Amsterdam where dance parties are being held in a old newspaper factory. The Verdieping is a smaller floor under the Trouw they program more cultural stuff like fashion shows, film screenings, art gallery’s but also club nights.


All first year students got the opportunity to form groups and come up with a program suiting for the location. There where 29 different groups pitching. The Verdieping chose one concept that they thought was most interesting and that concept would be realized. The concepts off all the students where really cool. my classmate Jessica (who I knew from modeling already) and I came up with a program we where both very excited about.


UNION


Out off all the groups pitching we won! Union will be realized on the 7th of June 2012.


On this blog ill give you a change to experience the journey I am making to make this event happen. Ups and Downs! Let me know your thoughts ;)

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Every day ill post my look off that day