Creative Team Assembled for the Sadio Underwear Ad Campaign Photo Shoot

I'm pleased to announce that the creative team has been assembled for the upcoming photo shoot on Monday, August 31st for the Sadio underwear ad campaign to be featured at the IKE SHOW VIDEO LAUNCH - "Get out of Your Own Way."

Here's the team:

Cavier Coleman - Ad Campaign Photographer

Cavier Coleman is a Detroit born photographer/artist that first started off as a model at 19 years old traveling the globe from around the U.S. to South Africa, to Australia.  After he felt he learned as much as he could as a model, he made his transition into photography, where his natural artistic ability enabled him to quickly develop a trademark style that set him apart from others in the industry.  His liberal use of bright colours that called the user's attention to every pixel of the shot has gotten him work with Ford, DNA, and Request Model Agencies and the covers for Obvious Magazine, and editorial spreads for OPPA, Rough, Complex and Interview Magazines.  To find out more about him, view more of his work and contact him for a collaboration, check out his site at www.caviercoleman.com

PSCOTT - Image-Maker/Makeup Artist/CEO of PSCOTT IMAGES

PSCOTT is an image-maker, celebrity make-up artist,  stylist, and Founder CEO of PSCOTT Images, a lifestyle brand company comprising of loungwear, t-shirts, accessories, jewelry, skin care, bath care, fragrances and a home collection.  As a celebrity makeup artist, he has enhanced the appearances of Multi Platinum Grammy, Tony and Academy Award winners: Melba Moore, Teddy Riley, Denzel Washington, Cher, Eric Clapton, Samuel L. Jackson, Nancy Wilson, Roberta Flack, George Benson, and Babyface to name a few.  His theater, TV, video, fashion, and magazine credits are equally impressive. To view more of his work and contact him for work, you can visit his sites at pscottimages.blogspot.com and pscottlifestylesmagazine.tripod.com

Jabari - Videographer

Jabari, Founder of The Simple Studio location in Greenpoint Brooklyn, is multimedia artist comprising of photography, film and fine art.  His images aim to create representations of his subject’s physical presence, but they also seek to find ways to talk about the world they transverse. In this way he thinks of myself as a portrait photographer capturing images that tell as much about a person as a time, experience, moment, or memory connected to the world we inhabit. he likes to bring this approach to all aspects of of his work and use it to give anyone in his studio a unique experience and images that speak to their distinct experience. This is hisSimple mantra…To see more of his work and to work with him check out his site at: www.thesimplestudio.com

Svetlana Jovanovic - Behind-the-Scenes Still Photographer

Svetlana is a Serbian born photographer now based in NYC.  She studied photography at the Royal Academy of the Arts in The Netherlands, The International Center of Photography in New York City and the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arts in Milan, Italy.  She has also done an artist residency at Point B in Brooklyn, NY.  You can view more of her work and contact her to work with her at www.svetlanajovanovic.com

EMERGING IKONAGRAPHY - Ike Love's Earliest Photoshoots at the Beginning of His Journey as a Model

Here are shots from the VERY beginning of my journey as a model.  They comprise my first three photoshoots.  These were taken before I was able to relax in front of the camera, before I knew anything about projecting in front of the camera never mind how to project in front of the camera, and before I really knew anything about how to offer my unique gifts as a model.

The lesson to learn is the race isn't given to the swiftest, so never give up, and always stay true to your dreams.  If you stay focused, persistent, and consistent, you'll be able to look back over the years and be amazed at how far you've come...

Photo by Geoffrey Miller

Photo by Jeffrey Taylor

Photo by Jeffrey Taylor

Photo by Alexandra Kanal

My FAVOURITE 5 Shots I've Taken with Photographers

“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.

You must travel it by yourself.

It is not far. It is within reach.

Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. 

Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.” 

― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

As we approach the end of the year, I am forced to reflect not only on the past year, but also about my past in general.  In doing this, I've thought about my journey as a model and that led me to think about my favourite pictures I've taken.  Some I consider favourites because they mark a certain milestone I reached as a model, others because they showed me an aspect of myself that I hadn't before seen, and others simply because I like the look.  

Here are my five favourites (in no particular order)

Photo by PSCOTT Photography
Winner Underwear Ad Campaign 2011

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Photo by Clique Photo

Photo by Richard Lipscomb

Photo by Arteo Photo

Photo by PSCOTT Photography

Designer Antonio Paolo Sadio Agrees to be a Sponsor for THE IKE SHOW 2014 VIDEO LAUNCH

I am pleased to announce the coming aboard of Antonio Paolo Sadio, Atlanta based Underwear Designer, as a sponsor for THE IKE SHOW 2014 VIDEO LAUNCH - Get out of Your Own Way.  Sadio has been in the Fashion Industry for 24 years, with his experiences varying from a model, to fashion illustrator to a designer of men's and women's wear.

His first big break came in 1994 at a "chance" occurrence in a retail store when he went to visit a friend who worked there and the store manager liked a vest he was wearing and requested that his entire vest collection be carried by the retail store. Eventually finding his niche in men's ready to wear and custom made underwear, he went onto start hisown design company, Sadio and Co. which is focused on men's intimate apparel.  The Sadio Store, launched in 2009, is where his men's undergarments and casual wear are available.  He gets his inspiration for his designs from St. Croix, where he hails from which is evident in the tropical, bright colours and the breathable fabric.

I find his "if they don't accept me, I'll do it my own" attitude an inspiration.  This attitude, along with his unwavering determination drives Sadio and provides him  the encouragement he needs to carry out his plan of branching out his company and making it into an international brand.

I consider it a true honour to represent Sadio and Co. Underwear as one of my ads for the upcoming IKE SHOW 2014.  More to come...

IKE LOVE is Being Featured in an Upcoming Pilot for a Reality Show on TLC

Photo by Wemakenoise Entertainment, Designer: Adrian Alicea and Nico Urquiza

I am pleased to announce that I was booked by The Art Studio of New York, a small art school located in the Upper West Side, to pose as their fine art model as participants in an upcoming reality show on TLC are filmed taking art classes.  The filming took place Friday morning, August 10th, 2012.

The reality show, which doesn't have a title as of yet, is about the adventures of a group of women in their 40s who are recently divorced or "newly single" as they get readjusted to the dating scene out there. 

I had a great time shooting, and I found the women to be quite funny as well as very complimentary. :-)

I am also forever grateful to top designer, Adrian Alicea, for giving me the opportunity to represent his underwear line, Nico and Adrian, for the show when I'm modeling for the class.

Adrian is got his start as a designer in the late 90s when he teamed up with Nico Urquiza to start Nico and Adrian NY. For ten years, Adrian worked with Nico to create a couture collection that featured unique and outrageous designs and runway shows that were so scandalous in their sexiness that many of the world’s top models and fashion photographers came calling for collaborations. For the past two years, Adrian has been focusing on establishing his own aptly-named line, Adrian Alicea Haute Couture.  Adrian will unveil his 2013 collection in a show titled "Hybrids of the Deep Blue Sea," that will take place during NY Fashion Week on September 12th, 2012.  For more info about Adrian, his upcoming show and his line, you can visit his site:  www.adrianalicea.com.