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Mona von Soka as Yumizu-Chan

I'm an 18-year-old hobby photographer and japanese fashion addict from germany. I want to become a really great fine art and fashion photographer. I want, and will travel around in the world (especially Asia/Japan), to photograph every amazing person and thing I can see, and to get inspiration of every citys fashion style. Even if I have to start at my own country.

Don't take the pictures on my page or on deviantArt without my permission! If you want to use them, send a friendly request to monavonsoka at live dot com.

Name: Mona von Soka
Nickname: Yumizu-Chan
Origin: German
Personal style: oriented to the japanese street fashion
Passionate: about photography, music, fashion and japan.

How I got into photography and my addiction to japan?

It all started with Animes when I was 6 years old and in basic school. My friends and I watched a lot in tv and we started to draw those characters.
In junior high school time, I was interested in more of this sort and I researched in the internet. I got to know more more Animes and Mangas, watched, drawed and collected bazillions of them for years till high school time.

Also I got a read to japanese bands, especially to Visual Kei. This scene took a big chapter in my life. I visited lotsa concerts of Miyavi, AnCafe, LM.C, etc. and I had my lifestyle adapted to this. The first musician who leaped to my eye was Miyavi with the song "Ashita, Genki ni Naare". Up to today he is undisputed my favorite musician by far and this song is still my favourite.

In between, my interest in japanese culture rose huge and I decided to learn the japanese language.

After a time I was overwhelmed in a way by the Mangas from Arina Tanemura that I didn't just want to draw it, I wanted photograph pretty people like there. I also grew a certain fascination with Japanese-style photography and how ingenious their concepts are. I was fascinated by pictures Miyavi had, too, so I wanted to create the same.

I was always into phorographing even when I was little, my dad said. No one really taught me how to use a camera so I’m pretty much self-taught. I take my inspiration for pictures from Japanese culture and Magazines, such as my fashion inspiration. I love looking at magazines like Pichi Lemon, Popteen, etc.! It's awesome that my best friend Easy has a good taste in fashion!

Now, I'm armed with a Canon 400D, a Sigma 10-22 wide angle lens, a Speedlite 430EX and addicted to everything about japan, fashion, music, nom nom nom food, people and their habits, culture, Animes, gnah! I can't imagine ever to do have another hobby, also I don't want to think about to have career path that isn’t related to this all.

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever.
It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."

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