Raquel Zimmerman in Gareth Pugh at a Nick Knight sitting

The modeling industry is awash with hundreds of pretty girls but it is not enough for the model to be a face. She also has to be a performer for fashion and that element of performance is what the public often does not see. The great ones are the girls you look forward to shooting for the entire 8 hours of the sitting. A great model keeps you entertained right up to the very last second of that sitting. When you're on-set with a great model you get inspired. Each and every time. The energy...the emotion...the sense of fun...the physical control...it is what you want to work with. A great model creates shapes for the photographer to frame and yet keeps the clothes looking good. In other words, a great model respects the primacy of the clothes. A great model is as rigorous as the photographer, the stylist, the make-up artist, the designer, the editor in making sure that every frame is pushed to its maximum potential. A great model knows how to be present in the picture and yet to disappear into the premise of the shoot. On those grounds Raquel Zimmerman is iconic in this industry.