lights were waves that spilled through my space

by Rachel Lynch

fall felt fast moving. it must of all unfolded in a time and space i didn’t subscribe to.
and i can’t remember how this goes, my heart shrinks and expands with each new skin. you’ve hardly been here a year.
what does it feel like to ride so carelessly. it’s like you’re living in a song with no ending.
i have always thought in terms of finality. perhaps it is because i have come close with my own. when you touch death, you come out different. you don’t walk quite the same, and you will never find the depth in other people you so deeply desire. you will want them to sing about the fire, but they’ve never touched it. you will want them to relay their experience right before the lights went out (you will secretly wish it was like your own) but they won’t have the words. you will watch others dance their whole lives on the surface, and you will be jealous of their happiness. you will wonder how they get excited in such grand simplicity, find joy in having a family and a home. you will never relate, but don’t let that harden you.
like a blossom, you will unfold in untraditional ways. you will make a family with your artist friends in new york. you will walk the streets in trash and rats, only to look up and feel more alive than ever. you will be triggered, but soon it will only feel like inertia. that stuff that makes books and movies and photographs. that stuff that teaches others how to feel. you are magic from madness. relish in its wild delights. ✨

subway ride to yoga class

by Rachel Lynch

Cool shoot I did for Wolven threads. One of the best new brands I’ve come across. Everything they make is from recycled plastic and it fits wonderfully! Stoked to be part of a company with such an environmentally conscious mission. More brands like this please!

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friday afternoon

by Rachel Lynch

Little series I shot one gloomy friday afternoon with Von Mitch. He’s so dope, young and talented. It’s been fun to meet and work with new artists again.

More to come.

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marie antoinette energy

by Rachel Lynch

A selection of photos from my recent shoot with Savanna Ruedy! She’s an incredible artist and it was amazing to meet her and see how she works. I don’t do studio shoots at all so this was really fun and challenging for me.

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lower east side

by Rachel Lynch

Here’s some photos from my first shoot with Jeff Kravitz. It ended up a really fun day, we shot at his friend’s stunning apartment in the lower east side. Everything was shot on medium format. Afterwards, we got french food at this really cute spot in the village, there was even live music.

New York is so wonderful and full of life, and it’s days like these that remind me of that.

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baby, just go back where you came from

by Rachel Lynch

i’m so caught up in you, sweet creative solitude. only in love in the middle of the night. when I wake, I slide back into myself. i am the receiver of all my love and affection.

pour out your heart to me, i’ve already heard it before. your mistakes have been made on me in multitudes, hold your apologizes for a life less lived in.

worn out by everything but my inner world. welcome to all the magic inside me that you can never keep.

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resigned to a life in art

by Rachel Lynch

as an artist, i have resigned to my fate. my teeth are clenched, but my heart is open. fall back to a life story of feeling and breathing. escaping nothing, but experiencing everything. i’m not always sitting inside my creativity, but that’s for the best. sometimes we get off the ride, and offer love to the ones who help us stand. we burn our house down, just to build it up again. wasn’t born to sit down and listen, i’ve been awake my whole life, and i’ll see to it you are too.