Justina is a social media influencer. She uses her platforms to advocate for mental health and help people understand that they are enough. Justina’s mission is to help her audience be themselves authentically and unapologetically.

Client | Justina Sadecki
CD & Photographer | François Mittins
Model | Justina Sadecki
The Challenge

How do you share a mental health story with an audience?

The Solution

Approach the project as an artist

Through discussions with Justina, I learned about her love for painting and immediately knew I wanted to use painting — a self-portrait — as a way to tell Justina’s story. I wanted Justina to look in a mirror and paint her portrait as her own natural self, with no makeup and no flashy outfit. The process allowed Justina to explore the beauty of vulnerability, and it allowed me to capture incredible images of an artist in a deep state of concentration.

What will we create today?

Curiosity. Community. Creative solutions.
Let’s make something magical.

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Justina Sadecki

Justina is a social media influencer. She uses her platforms to advocate for mental health and help people understand that they are enough. Justina’s mission is to help her audience be themselves authentically and unapologetically.

Client | Justina Sadecki
CD & Photographer | François Mittins
Model | Justina Sadecki
leaning at an angle as she paints
The Challenge

How do you share a mental health story with an audience?

ground level image of painting suplies
The Solution

Approach the project as an artist

Through discussions with Justina, I learned about her love for painting and immediately knew I wanted to use painting — a self-portrait — as a way to tell Justina’s story. I wanted Justina to look in a mirror and paint her portrait as her own natural self, with no makeup and no flashy outfit. The process allowed Justina to explore the beauty of vulnerability, and it allowed me to capture incredible images of an artist in a deep state of concentration.

mirror reflection of women as she paints
close up of women smiling
women smiling to camera

What will we create today?

Curiosity. Community. Creative solutions.
Let’s make something magical.

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