When I chanced to walk into the salon she works at, I got to meet Layne D'Angelo and I was impressed with her personality, creative style, and also her cool website. She also does hair and her resume listed on her website of her accomplishments is long and impressive. She's interesting and fun and took some time out of her busy schedule to do a quick Q&A!
Q: You've got quite a resume of accomplishments on your website. What have you done that you enjoyed the most and why?
Layne: I've been able to work with such a wide assortment of of talented individuals in the industry. I love collaborating with other creative minds to make an idea come to life through a photograph. My favorite and most personal shoots are by far my body suspension shots. Eventually I want to complete a series of highly stylized suspension photos, depicting each of the different syles of suspension.
Q: How much creative input do you have in your shoots, and when you do have ideas for things, what's your creative process?
Layne: I only shoot with a team who will allow me all the creative input that I want. That's just how I roll. I'm very picky about who I work with, and choose to only create with those who respect my creative opinion. Not really sure exactly how my creative process works but if I am excited enough to put the effort forth to do it, I do whatever it takes to make it happen. When I decide I want to pursue what I want,I am incredibly determined and will make it manifest no matter what! Once I know what I want to create, I assemble a team consisting of a photographer, hair and makeup artists, wardrobe stylist (or I choose something I have to shoot for a particular company), as well as securing a location or studio, and if need be, get to work on putting a set together.
Q: do you play any instruments? and if so, what?
Layne: Unfortunately not. I tried playing guitar for awhile, but it hurt and I decided I really didn't want to learn it enough to get my fingers all calloused up. I have had several photographers insist on having me pose with instruments I had no idea how to play though.
Q: What about dancing? Do you like to dance? What sort of dancing is your favourite type and why?
Layne: I love dancing! If I'm on the dance floor I prefer to dance alone with plenty of room to move around. Much of my stage shows include quite a bit of dancing as well.
Q: What sort of haircare and beauty products can you not live without?
Layne: My skin is super sensitive and the only product line that really works well for my skin type is Dermalogica. I also love Prescriptives makeup. I have an extremely rare skin tone, I actually have no yellow tones in my skin, while 75% of the population has at least some yellow. Presciptives is the first brand that can match the color of my skin perfectly.
Q: do you have a handbag collection and if you do, do you have any favourites and why?
Layne: No. I'm not really that kind of girl. I do have some bags from Lux de Ville that I like quite a bit though. I'm not one to have a handbag to match my shoes or anything though. Never really saw the point.
Q: what about heels? do you wear them alot and do you have any favourites and why?
Layne: LOVE heels. They create quite a dramatic effect when I wear them. Considering I'm just under 6" as it is, when I strut around in 9 inch heels, I'm very hard to miss.
Q: what are some of your favourite music/bands/singers?
Layne: Very hard to narrow down, but here is a short list. Snog, Coil, Skinny Puppy, Diamanda Galas, Faith no More, Depeche Mode, Rasputina, the Smiths, the Cure, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Lenord Cohen, Wumpscutt, Current 93, Switchblade Symphony, Combichrist, etc, etc, etc....
Q: what are some movies that you love?
Layne: The Evil Dead Trilogy, The Doom Generation, Nightmare before Christmas, Fifth Element, Beetlejuice, City of God, Lots of Troma flims, Necromantic, Delicatessin, City of the Lost Children, Vistor Q, Half Baked, Legends of the Fall, Dead Alive, all the Rob Zombie films, The Brain that Wouldn't Die, Re Animator, etc,etc,etc....
Q: Your website was pretty cool. Long URL. Tell us about how your website came to exist.
Layne: Yep, the URL is pretty long, but I've already used up so many other domain names with other sites I've had, but chose not to keep up with. I've had a hard time with webmasters not doing what I want or not giving me control of the admistrative end or even one that looked like a 3 year old threw it together. Thankfully all of those sites were built for me for free. I figured out that I'd rather pay good money for a site I could be proud of and get exactly what I want.
Q: What are some of your future goals and dreams and what we can expect from you in the future.
Layne: I want to work for myself doing hair, not slave away at someone elses salon. I need to travel the world. I'd like to have my own animal rescue. I've always wanted to help children in 3rd world countries. I'd like to eventually complete my tattoo plan for my body. I want to eventually transition from model to photographer.As far as modeling goes, I've already exceeded all of my expectaions, so anything else is just a bonus.
stalk Layne online at www.laynesdomainofpleasurenpain.com
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