My name is Madeline Faye Potter and I'm a traveling Texan who likes everything unconventional.
ABOUT PEOPLE
I love people. Every time I walk in a crowd I tend to spot beautiful things in random people. Crazy freckles. Frizzy hair. Intriguing laugh. Chipped nails. High cheek bones. Wide hips. Toothy smile.
I love how people hold themselves when they have no clue someone is admiring their beauty.
Individual quirks in people are my inspiration.
I want to capture your quirks and your beauty. Whether you're an engaged couple or a unique individual, I will be there embracing your fashion and toothy smile.
Let's work together. I will form a fashion portfolio for you. All you have to do is show up and work it.
I will create portraits for you so you can remember an important time in your life forever.
I will be the reason you have a beautiful coffee-table book of your engagement and shared love.
So...
lovebirds. models. individuals.
Ask me to work with you. I won't let you down.
ABOUT TRAVEL
2016-2018 have been about travel.
2016 Locations: New Jersey & New York City. Spain. Norway. Croatia. Montenegro. Italy. Slovenia. Serbia. Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2017 Locations: Italy. London. Scotland. NYC.
2018 Locations : Sri Lanka. Italy. Iceland.
When I was very young, I quickly realized that I did not like to play with barbies and indoor toys. When I was left inside too long I ended up doing bad things like coloring on the walls and dumping oatmeal on my sister and cousin's heads because I was that crazy, restless kid full of too much curiosity and impulse.
Instead of playing inside, I wandered around my family's land finding myself lost in the woods or discovering new meadows and creeks.
At age 4, I would ask my mom to take our globe off the shelf so we could play with it. She would answer all of my questions about places. I would stare at foreign countries and wonder.
Over the years, I constantly researched new countries and dreamed of traveling. I bought calendars featuring countries like Italy and France and set my desktop photos of the Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower.
Once I was in college I was able to pursue my dream. As a sophomore, I took an Honor's World Lit class where I studied the history, culture, and social-political transformation of Central Europe. After the semester, the class hopped on a plane where we visited Budapest, Prague, Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, and Old Town Bratislava.
I came back from that trip finding a part of myself. I switched my major to photography.
The next year I repeated the World Lit class but visited Paris.
One year later, I studied at Harlaxton College in England for 4 months, visiting a new city every single weekend. It was the time of my life.
In 2016 I visited New Jersey and New York City while temporarily living there. Then I explored Europe for 5 months as a solo female traveler, meeting so many amazing people and places.
In 2017, I was an au pair in Busto Arsizio, Italy. While there, I visited Milan often because it was very close. I also visited a lot of nearby cities as well as Napoli, Sorrento, Positano, Pompeii, and Capri. Once my position as an au pair came to an end, I visited one of my favorite places--London. From London, I went to Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands as those locations are also one of my favorite places to visit.
This year, I am so excited to be visiting Sri Lanka! I've been wanting to visit this island for years now. After Sri Lanka, I am visiting my host family in Italy that I was an au pair for and in August I will be exploring the majestic Iceland!
It's all an incredible experience. What's next on my list of places to travel? Well, the entire world of course!
oh look! I have credentials:
I graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas Woman's University with a Bachelor in Visual Arts with a Focus in Photography
email | madelinefayep@gmail.com.